Programming For Newbies, Help?

[LukeBob13579]

rem Hello World...

I need help putting together atari games, and I thought what not better place than here to go to?

I decided to put together a topic for programming for newbies. I am going to use common terms to describe terms like:

rem Hello World

This is alot of help started now, so please leave a comment.

So anyway...

Let's Start!

 

So, first off, I need to get multiple .bas files (or Basic Programming files) into one .bas File, so anyone know of anything? PS: The sprites (or graphics, or in even simpler, pictures that represent something) don't have to move.

 

 

(PS: Keep the commands explained, because of the sake of simplicity. Just a little extra typing cant hurt!)

Edited June 27, 2015 by LukeBob13579

[LukeBob13579]

I have realized that i need to upload one of these types of file.

 

Well, here it is!

Animated_Burger.bas.lst

[+Random Terrain]

Have you visited the bB page?

 

randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-batari-basic-commands.html

 

Why do you want many .bas files in one .bas file?

[LukeBob13579]

Just for a feature.

The game that i am making uses a shop system, where many spruites are in one big playfield

Animated_Character.bas

Animated_coffee.bas

Edited June 28, 2015 by LukeBob13579

[LukeBob13579]

here are the .bin files.

 

Animated_Isometric_burger.bas.bin

[LukeBob13579]

I want a system that can sell items, while displaying 3-4 in 1 page, in which you can scroll through them. The score counter acts as a money display.

[bogax]

why can't you just cut and paste?

if I understand what you want to do

you will be better off if you do it

in a way that requires some knowledge

of some details of how batari Basic and the

kernel work (but that's not to say it

can't be done without that).

Does being a newbie mean you're going to

avoid that?

for example statements like

 if f=1 then player1:

 .

 .

 if f=2 then player1:

 .

 .

might be done [something like] this

 player1pointer = P1_animation[f]

but you have to be willing to find

out how the sprites work and what

the player pointers are and maybe

dig into the listing to find out

what the actual values need to be

Edited June 28, 2015 by bogax

[LukeBob13579]

Thanks! i will try that

[LukeBob13579]

k i am srtarting to use assembly, but will still use bb for prototyping sprites

heres a little sneakpeak into what will come

 

Shelf_preview.bas.lst

[bogax]

I think it's a fine thing for you to use assembly.

 

so by all means do.

 

But what I was talking about is knowing enough

about the nuts and bolts to use bB (which may

include doing stuff in assembly that you can't do

in bB or finding out things you might want/need

to know to do what you're doing in bB by looking

at the assembly listing)

 

here's an animated sprite that runs forward

then backward through 35 (or so) frames

(I forget the exact number) for a cycle of 70 frames.

 

it's in bB. all the frames are in a single player0 definition.

 

animated_sprite.bas (pastebin)

Edited July 18, 2015 by bogax