Denial

Man - I have been off the scene for too long. Today I had a moment of nostalgia, thinking of my Vic-20's and how much I enjoyed programming a game on it for the Mini-Game comp a few years back. Then I think - "Lets toddle over to denial and see whats going on - I haven't been there for ages (ne...

> On the other hand, I'm programming for my own satisfaction, and > whether other people like it or not is a side effect. I'm with you there. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. Didn't matter where I came, I would have still been proud of my effort. I learnt so much aswell ... Cheers Martin

Well there you go, I got 10th out of a possibel 20 4k entries. Have to say I am pretty happy with that - being my first effort and all. Furthermore even I will admit the game itself isn't that exciting. I originally had no intention of making a tron style game (mostly just wanted to check out the vi...

Wow ... very different.

I (Aswell as many others no doubt) shall put my thinking cap on.

Martin

Hey anders, how does the voting work ?

Are the specific judges ?
Anyone can Judge ?
Game Submitters can judge ?
Or ?

I couldn't find any info on voting on the minigame page, I may have missed it though.

Martin

Good on you mike for having a go ... I have to admit I wasn't sure about the difficulty level. Still probably arn't. I currently have an extra life awarded at level 15. I am thinking I should add one at level 10 aswell. I just had a quick belt and got to level 8, but I wrote it and I know some of th...

Somehow (when writing a follow up to my own post) I managed to nuke my original post about my 4k mini-game entry (VIC-LC for the VIC-20).
Oh well, no worries.

All I was wondering, was if anyone had had a chance to have a go ?

Any feedback welcomed (good or bad).

Martin

All good stuff guys. I have to say, what, this must be my first vic-20 programming of any kind in 20 years ! And my first machine code programming (well, anything worthwhile anyway) - its been an experience, I have and am learning so much. I do seem to have vague memories of reading somewhere (don't...

Bwah I got my math wrong above aswell. $1400 + 20x12x16 = $2300.

$300 = 768 = 4 columns = bingo ... problem definately found.

Now to solve it.

Martin

That all makes sense, thanks guys .. time for a re-think !

Martin

Currently working on a little proggy using bitmapped mode. I have the screen memory set at $1200, and the char memory set at $1400. Using 20x12x16, the char mem finishes at $2080, which goes into expansion ram. Everything works great in VICE, but tonight for the first time I loaded my proggy up on t...

Everyone has to start somewhere.

The vic-20 was a great little machine at the right time for these guys to start on their path.

It had simplicity, but also some great features. It was my first, and will always be my fave.

Martin

Indeed it does michael. Thanks for pointing that out.

Think I have left my brain in bed the last week or so. A third kid seemed like such a good idea 10 months ago. The sleepless nights, how quickly we forget.

Martin

I think it best to format the screen as as bytes running top to bottom then right to left... Hey curtis, forgive my ignorance but is there any advantage to going top to bottom, then left to right, over left to right, then top to bottom. I am using user defined gfx, for a bitmapped display on my cur...

Anders, yeah apols mate, I probably should have said, I am having to learn again - having not done any assembler before. Although in some respects, being a senior software engineer, the actual art of coding at work has become somewhat mundane lately. I have been working as a softie for about 14 year...