Released: pulse

[orion70]

Robert, you linked an older version of the game!

[malcontent]

If you do free up more space I'd like to see upside-down or cave terrain. Most of the code is already there I'm guessing.

[pixel]

If you do free up more space I'd like to see upside-down or cave terrain. Most of the code is already there I'm guessing.

It's a run-length decoder for the level data which is very tight and would IMHO call for self-modification. Even if that worked the score display had to be done with raster interrupts because it's running out of characters. So that'd be a +3K thing, I'm afraid.

[bills442]

Wow. I'm blown away. Very impressive, and fun -- I actually want to go home and use my joystick. I can't even fathom how you accomplished this in the unexpanded vic.
I did at one point die and found my ship inside of a terrain mountain,lol I could survive there as long as I didn't move

[Boray]

Did the last update introduce some graphics bugs?

[pixel]

Did the last update introduce some graphics bugs?

What kind of? They're kinda all over the place. :p

[Boray]

Things sticking in space kind of.

[rhurst]

Robert, you linked an older version of the game!

Nice catch!! Too busy playing to pay attention to those (crucial) missing 57-bytes.

[pixel]

Things sticking in space kind of.

If you mean those red riserbombs, no, it's always been like that.

[pixel]

Today is release day! The last bytes went into a 1up every 1000 points and a more correct background collision detection. If have a hard time finding unfair situations and always die because I didn't pay attention, forgot about coming up with some strategy or because I couldn't control my fingers. My absolute record is 1677 points, my average is about 500. It's just bringing me to my very limits. Friends trying pulse out got nailed to it for about an hour each. One couldn't ask for more.

So, this evening this release will be done, no matter what, including a little present for the community.

Have a nice day!

love+respect
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[Mike]

If all goes well, I'll make a short video of pulse running on my VIC-20 by Friday.

My desk will go vintage until then! *scratch!*

Here we go (warning, big: ~72 MB): pulse.avi

Cheers,

Michael

[Boray]

Maybe it's time to bring out my Vic-20 from the closet. There are some new games I haven't run on it yet: Pulse, Bolder Dan, Viccy Bird, Pooyan, Panicman and Fastboy. After your release today seems like a good time.

[malcontent]

I appreciate that you're done, but I'm thinking you could use procedural generation for the level data, instead of storing it. You only need two numbers right? Height and length?

Anyhow, ignore me. The game is great.

[Mayhem]

So, this evening this release will be done, no matter what, including a little present for the community.

May I suggest posting that version as a link IN the release post you make, so we know it's the release version?

[pixel]

Here we go (warning, big: ~72 MB): pulse.avi

Cheers,

Michael

Thanks a lot!