notwhoyouthink Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Grave digger is a game published in "creepy computer games" by usborne, for the zx81.I converted it to ti basic (non extended), plus added custom graphics. Converted by Rami Davis in July 2017 using classic99, cs1er, & ti99dir. grave digger.zip 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Interesting concept with a lot of potential. A few suggestions: There is really no need to redraw the screen with each movement. Just erase the character and skeletons at the previous location and move them to their new one You can use CALL KEY for 1 letter input, therefore eliminating the need for pressing the ENTER key each time Even better use CALL KEY to capture the arrow keys as input for movement instead of cardinal direction letters and then the space bar to dig a hole. That way there is no interruption to the gameplay. The skeletons don't seem to be moving much at all, and are essentially blocking the exit, making the game almost impossible to finish. A simple algorithm perhaps would have them move around randomly beyond a certain distance from the character, and then close in when the character is say within 5 spaces of any one skeleton. This would make for a much more dynamic game. Make the skeletons move regardless of whether you move or not. This will put more pressure on you to hustle and make the gameplay more challenging Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwhoyouthink Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 I am aware of all of those issues. I was going for a "clean port" from "as written" in the book, to TI. I just decided after i played it a few times to spice up the display. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I think I actually have that book around here as a hardcopy (and IIRC, Usborne put all of their old computer books online a while back as PDFs). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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