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In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
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Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
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Screenshot of arcade on MAME -> gimp -> VIC-SDD -> asm exportbeamrider wrote:awesome!
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In the title screen keys H, J, K and L move the display area.
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Why not stick to the cursor keys convention like all the commodore cartridges and Tank Battalion ?
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Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Just carrying on the Unix tradition. Saves me shift key detection.beamrider wrote:Why not stick to the cursor keys convention like all the commodore cartridges and Tank Battalion ?
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I think the original Commodore-carts only allowed to move right and down with the cursor-keys, just flipping over to leftmost/top-position after a sensible number of moves. HJKL is probably something no one would ever guess without looking at the manual, but they might try using the cursor-keys as with the Commodore-carts.
Oh and what is "VIC-SDD -> asm-export" which you used to convert the MAME-screenshot?
Oh and what is "VIC-SDD -> asm-export" which you used to convert the MAME-screenshot?
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All in all I think HJKL is much more comfortable to use instead of WASD. Should be configurable anyway.tokra wrote:I think the original Commodore-carts only allowed to move right and down with the cursor-keys, just flipping over to leftmost/top-position after a sensible number of moves. HJKL is probably something no one would ever guess without looking at the manual, but they might try using the cursor-keys as with the Commodore-carts.
beamrider's VIC screen designer did the job. Cleared the charset, selected the right colours and an area on the screen, laid them out as columns, then went into "edit as bitmap", selected all of the selection, picked the screen shot and pasted it into the charset without dithering. Then I did a regular export and slapped the new charset data into the game. Very nice.tokra wrote:Oh and what is "VIC-SDD -> asm-export" which you used to convert the MAME-screenshot?
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Now one can pause the game by pressing 'P'. 'N' will make it jump to the next level.
Still, nothing has been optimised, so you can safely assume that things will get smoother.
When the hardware check shows up, Arukanoido actually scans memory for add-ons. (There'll be one for the Ultimem expansion at least.)
Still, nothing has been optimised, so you can safely assume that things will get smoother.
When the hardware check shows up, Arukanoido actually scans memory for add-ons. (There'll be one for the Ultimem expansion at least.)
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Why allow cheats takes away the challenge..?
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Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
tokra would crack the secret pass phrase anyway. Well, there'll be add-on #2 (level selection) then.beamrider wrote:Why allow cheats takes away the challenge..?
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Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
Pre-orders are on for those who want a low serial number. Please mail pixel ät hugbox puntur org to get on The List and please do not forget about including your address.
Price tag: £10 + £3.40 shipping (world-wide) for tape + TAP file for VICs with at least +24K, joystick or paddle. Carefully assembled by the innocent hands of a destitute child. (Mine. I don't have kids.)
Targeted release date is the 1st of September, 2017 – then payments can be made via UK wire, PayPal or Bitcoin. No VAT. The NTSC version might show up a little bit later.
Have a lovely weekend!
Price tag: £10 + £3.40 shipping (world-wide) for tape + TAP file for VICs with at least +24K, joystick or paddle. Carefully assembled by the innocent hands of a destitute child. (Mine. I don't have kids.)
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Re: In the making: Arukanoido – an Arkanoid clone
I pre-ordered 1X99742553518070C