+adamantyr Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Nice, what's the high score anyone's achieved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernalKeith Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 20+ levels? Man, I suck. I think I've gotten through 6 or 7, tops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Somehow I missed posting this game on the TI Gameshelf... I'll correct that oversight with the next update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 The level below is set to run a bit faster for demoing purposes. I sacrificed myself soon after and the score ended up at 47,970. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernalKeith Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 This is strangely hypnotic to watch... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+adamantyr Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Fired it up myself... Wow I made a tough game! I wish it was more playable without using CPU Overdrive mode though. Part of me wants to make a "deluxe" version that uses assembly routines to do the GCHAR/map uncovering quickly, and then add multiple monsters as you descend deeper... I won't though... the problem is, it wouldn't stop there. Then I'd want the maze generation to be fast too... and then response time would be sluggish... and I'd just end up crafting the whole thing in assembly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Fired it up myself... Wow I made a tough game! I wish it was more playable without using CPU Overdrive mode though. Part of me wants to make a "deluxe" version that uses assembly routines to do the GCHAR/map uncovering quickly, and then add multiple monsters as you descend deeper... I won't though... the problem is, it wouldn't stop there. Then I'd want the maze generation to be fast too... and then response time would be sluggish... and I'd just end up crafting the whole thing in assembly. Try Forth! I bet this thing would just blaze away in TF... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernalKeith Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I dunno if this is a weird side effect of age and nostalgia, but I find that I'm not turning CPU Overdrive on when I play games like this as much. I like the slow, deliberate pacing you have to force upon yourself to move in "BASIC time." I think it adds to the atmosphere of the game. I'm dealing with that with the thing I'm trying to finish up now. It's a slow-paced game and I like it that way, but I have a feeling most people are gonna be driven up a wall by it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I dunno if this is a weird side effect of age and nostalgia, but I find that I'm not turning CPU Overdrive on when I play games like this as much. I like the slow, deliberate pacing you have to force upon yourself to move in "BASIC time." I think it adds to the atmosphere of the game. I'm dealing with that with the thing I'm trying to finish up now. It's a slow-paced game and I like it that way, but I have a feeling most people are gonna be driven up a wall by it. At first a slow TI BASIC game can be a bit irritating, but after a few minutes of play, assuming the game is well made, I find myself getting absorbed by it. I suspect that in this age of gigahertz processors and lightning fast shooters, many users may quit on these types of games within a few seconds without giving them much of a chance and thus miss out on a potentially great experience. As for overdrive, I usually don't use it because it feels like cheating. Weird, huh? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 F**k me what an awesome game! I'm dying to port this to TF (I'd make a "how to" video series out of it) but I can't fathom how the maze drawing routine works. Can someone break it down into pseudo code? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astharot Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Admantry your game is more near at deep dungeon for msx system.. look it here http://www.file-hunter.com/MSX/can give at you idea for deluxe version :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+adamantyr Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Certainly! Fill up the screen with wall patterns Create 8 3x3 empty chambers randomly on the map board The coordinates picked are spaced on even coordinates and sized to remain within the boundaries The center coordinate of each chamber is stored in an array From each chamber, plot in the four cardinal directions If you hit a boundary, change direction clock-wise If you encounter an empty space, stop and move on to the next direction/chamber Done! This short code snippet captures the maze generation: 100 CALL CLEAR :: CALL HCHAR(2,1,35,736):: FOR I=0 TO 3 :: READ VR(I),VC(I):: NEXT I 110 FOR I=1 TO 8 :: RANDOMIZE :: CALL PEEK(-31808,R,C) :: CR(I)=INT(R/29)*2+4 :: CC(I)=INT(C/19)*2+3 120 FOR J=-1 TO 1 :: CALL HCHAR(CR(I)+J,CC(I)-1,137,3) :: NEXT J :: NEXT I :: FOR I=1 TO 8 :: FOR J=0 TO 3 :: R=CR(I)+VR(J) :: C=CC(I)+VC(J) :: D=J 130 R2=R+VR(D) :: C2=C+VC(D) :: IF((R2=2)+(R2=24)+(C2=1)+(C2=32))THEN D=D+1 :: IF D=4 THEN D=0 :: GOTO 130 ELSE 130 140 R=R2 :: C=C2 :: CALL GCHAR(R,C,G) :: IF G=32 THEN 150 ELSE CALL VCHAR(R,C,32) :: GOTO 130 150 NEXT J :: NEXT I 160 GOTO 160 200 DATA 1,0,0,-1,-1,0,0,1 I was working with a 30 line limit with this one for the contest, so I did not make it as "smart" as it could have been. The original intent was to plot paths between chambers so that you were guaranteed there was no cut off areas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Soooooo nice. I remember this game fondly!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+adamantyr Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Admantry your game is more near at deep dungeon for msx system.. look it here http://www.file-hunter.com/MSX/can give at you idea for deluxe version :-) That's a cool one! It's not even on Moby Games... No worries, I have a long-standing game project besides my CRPG that's similar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Question re XB... it's been too long since I did any XB, and this line is perplexing me!! 130 R2=R+VR(D) :: C2=C+VC(D) :: IF((R2=2)+(R2=24)+(C2=1)+(C2=32))THEN D=D+1 :: IF D=4 THEN D=0 :: GOTO 130 ELSE 130 The bit that confuses me is the GOTO 130 ELSE 130, however, let's back up a bit... Am I right in thinking that XB skips to the NEXT line number if the big IF clause evaluates to false? And this: IF D=4 THEN D=0 :: GOTO 130 ELSE 130 just means if D=4 then set D to 0 and go to 130, otherwise just go to 130. Right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Question re XB... it's been too long since I did any XB, and this line is perplexing me!! 130 R2=R+VR(D) :: C2=C+VC(D) :: IF((R2=2)+(R2=24)+(C2=1)+(C2=32))THEN D=D+1 :: IF D=4 THEN D=0 :: GOTO 130 ELSE 130 The bit that confuses me is the GOTO 130 ELSE 130, however, let's back up a bit... Am I right in thinking that XB skips to the NEXT line number if the big IF clause evaluates to false? And this: IF D=4 THEN D=0 :: GOTO 130 ELSE 130 just means if D=4 then set D to 0 and go to 130, otherwise just go to 130. Right? Yup. If you added another ELSE clause, failure of the first IF would take that route. ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic1975 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Somehow I missed posting this game on the TI Gameshelf... I'll correct that oversight with the next update. Is there possibility to put all games i one zip archive? In older version of TI Gameshelf was possibility to download all games in one zip file? Please??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Is there possibility to put all games i one zip archive? In older version of TI Gameshelf was possibility to download all games in one zip file? Please??????? The problem with the archive zip file is that I have to pack and upload all the disk images on the site every time I do an update, and this is a pain, particularly since I have been doing fairly frequent updates lately. Also I have limited bandwidth for downloads, and the zip file has gotten pretty large... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 The problem with the archive zip file is that I have to pack and upload all the disk images on the site every time I do an update, and this is a pain, particularly since I have been doing fairly frequent updates lately. Also I have limited bandwidth for downloads, and the zip file has gotten pretty large... How big is the Zip file? I can host it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 How big is the Zip file? I can host it for you. Thanks for the offer. I'll look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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