EricBall's Tech Projects

Neat - clever use of playfield colors too. Though I get the feeling that rock and dirt should be swapped as the dirt looks "more solid".

 

Are you planning to have sample levels to load into the editor that show placement rules? I didn't originally have the ladders going up thru the dirt and had a rather boring first game

As much as it would make sense to swap the dirt & rock, doing so then makes digging wrong. The code XORs the bits to dig & fill, so the entire block has to be filled in.

 

About the only placement rules I have are no rock or dirt in the first row since that's where killed enemies respawn. The editor does this, although it doesn't show it for some reason.

Ah - that makes sense. Is the digging working? I tried the fire button but didn't get any response.

Ah - that makes sense. Is the digging working? I tried the fire button but didn't get any response.

fire+left / fire+right to dig the grid square down+left / dow+right respectively

- I'd tried fire, fire up and fire down thinking the direction you faced would control the side and the up/down would control fill/dig.

- I'd tried fire, fire up and fire down thinking the direction you faced would control the side and the up/down would control fill/dig.

Nope. The dig and fill actually happen automatically once you start the process.

This is a lot of fun, Eric.

 

I still think the game runs too slow, though.

 

EDIT: Oh, and: if the leprechaun is on the very bottom row than it glitches the very top row of your score/timer display.

I still think the game runs too slow, though.

Try different difficulty switch settings. P0 should change the player speed, and P1 the enemy speed.

EDIT: Oh, and: if the leprechaun is on the very bottom row than it glitches the very top row of your score/timer display.

Good info, I'll look into this.

I still think the game runs too slow, though.

Try different difficulty switch settings. P0 should change the player speed, and P1 the enemy speed.

Oh; beautiful! I think this is my new favorite 2600 game now - I have a weakness for level designing.