jum Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Yes, I've read the full tutorial on how to set up and compile the dev environment (thanks for writing them). To be honest, as it looked like quite complicated with a lot of stuff to install, I was hoping that there was some precompiled windows builds floating around, even if they are not up to date, so I could go through a simplified / easier process . Do you confirm me that they're isn't any compiled release available? I am using a precompiled Windows version of CC65 (on Windows 7). Just looked up where I got it from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cc65/ It seems to be 4 years old now. I followed the link from the CC65 main page: https://cc65.github.io/ Not sure if there is something better now, but this version is much better than the "old" cc65. Edit: Looking at the https://github.com/cc65/cc65 src files, it seems there is some recent activity. May be possible to build cc65 using Visual Studio? - Jum PS: I anyone has any ideas on how to do a fast vertically scrolling playfield on the Lynx, please let me know. At the moment I am experimenting with using 2 80 x 102 sprites, stretched 4x horizontally. Edited June 2, 2019 by jum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Less is more. Instead of moving lots of graphics you could move just small details. That is what Turbo Laser Lynx did with Reiko's Robot Run. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Oh, this is not this kind of card game (too hard to balance for a single developer), in fact there is no card in hands, and even there will be no cards in Lynx game. It will be more like a bordgame on Lynx. But right now, I have ask for permission to the original author of the card game as I feel confident to be able to develop it. But right now, I can not tell more before agreement. Finally, no agreement, the original game will probably become private (maybe a future extended physical edition ?) So I have to find something else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 That's a shame...but you came up with this crazy game...https://atarigamer.com/lynx/game/TetrisRaiden/678896681(Tetris Raiden) ...so I'm sure you can make up something equally as cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 We’re proud to announce another entry into the AtariLynx Programming competition. This one is from RetroGuru with a run and jump game called “Nutmeg” . 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drludos Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) Cool to see another entry! On my end, I've been trying to compile CC65 karri version, without any success so far. I've tried different version of GCC (various mingW and cygwin versions), but all lead to the same compilation errors for the "bin" target: In file included from abend.c:37:0: ../../include/stdio.h:92:19: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribut e__' before 'clearerr' void __fastcall__ clearerr (FILE* f); I have about 20-30 similar errors and the compilation fails. So, as suggested by Jum, I've tried to use the prebuilt cc65 binaries for windows. Those works fine (thanks), but sadly they don't seem to work with the Karri/Nop90 template . I have the following errors: game.c(10): Error: Conflicting types for 'lynx_snd_init' game.c(11): Error: Conflicting types for 'lynx_snd_pause' game.c(12): Error: Conflicting types for 'lynx_snd_continue' game.c(14): Error: Conflicting types for 'lynx_snd_stop' game.c(138): Error: Call to undefined function 'JOY_BTN_UP' and so on. So, I've tried to add the "bin" directory for Jum's CC65 build into Karri version, and it doesn't work either (it complains about missing "longbank.mac" file, etc.). If anyone here is using Karri's CC65 on windows, could you please share the content of your "bin" directory here? Thanks in advance for your help! Edited June 15, 2019 by drludos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I just installed cygwin from the link http://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe Then chose gcc-core (You need to choose Devel section from the list and scroll down for a while.) Also install git and make. After cygwin install the shell should be the first item in the menue. Nop's improved template compiles nicely on this setup. I did this on a new Win 10 laptop just now. The template also compiled without error messages as seen in the last screenshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drludos Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Thanks a lot Karri for your help, and for taking the time to retest the whole installation process for me. I finally managed to get the compilation working (with mingW) by using a more recent mingw64 instead of the mingW32 builds I had tried earlier. I did get a few warning (variables declared but not used), but no errors! Once the bins were built, building the rest of the lib worked smoothly. I also tried to compile Nop90&yours template, and it runs perfectly! So thanks again to all of you for your help, I have finally set up the LynxDev toolchain on my computer! Now I'll dive into the wonderful LX.Net tutorial while thinking about a game idea, and hopefully I'll be able to create something by the end of the summer! Edited June 16, 2019 by drludos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Just remember that Karri's template uses the earlier version of CC65 and that has very different defines for things like joystick keys. That's probably what you're seeing in those warnings. Glad you have it working! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Great news! We now have 7 registered teams in the #AtariLynx game #programming competition! Latest entry is from “Dr Ludos”, the game name is not yet confirmed though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drludos Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Thanks, I'll try my best to make something fun to play on the Lynx! As I'm learning how the hardware works, I must admit that I'm really impressed how powerful Suzy is, especially when sprites are chained! So thanks again for running this competition, it was the perfect motivation to discover how the Lynx works from the inside! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 You're most welcome! I'm looking at getting something for all entrants, been talking to SainT about it and we're checking out options. It would be nice to be able to give a memento to everyone who enters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Small question about submissions : Do you want to keep them private (only for jury) until submission deadline or result deadline, or can we post the ROM in public before - I mean before submission in order to have some feedback, or before end of contest for the 2 or 3 people who could enjoy a new Lynx game ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nop90 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I would like to make a private group on this site to test my game, but all the people that could help me are competitors or in the jury. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bhall408 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Nop90 said: I would like to make a private group on this site to test my game, but all the people that could help me are competitors or in the jury. ? I'm neither jury nor competitor, and happy to help test/give any of the teams feedback (with the caveat that you should check with Igor that is OK first!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I guess I can post first draft of the manual. It doesn't even have screenshot, but a proof reading by an english native person could be great. Ynxa manual.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bhall408 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, Fadest said: I guess I can post first draft of the manual. It doesn't even have screenshot, but a proof reading by an english native person could be great. Printing it out now. If you can separately post the text (as a text file) that would be easier to edit in word or google docs with "track changes" to show/make some suggestions regarding English phrases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 It's a Powerpoint file, I send it to you. Printing is probably a bad idea with the black background... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 17 hours ago, Fadest said: Small question about submissions : Do you want to keep them private (only for jury) until submission deadline or result deadline, or can we post the ROM in public before - I mean before submission in order to have some feedback, or before end of contest for the 2 or 3 people who could enjoy a new Lynx game ? I don't mind if you release the ROM before the deadline to get feedback. Karri's sent his ROM to me already, but I've not played it. So if you don't mind other competitors seeing your work go ahead, I won't be playing any of the games and won't be sending the ROMs to any of the judges (or uploading on AtariGamer) until all of the submissions are in. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drludos Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 15 hours ago, bhall408 said: I'm neither jury nor competitor, and happy to help test/give any of the teams feedback (with the caveat that you should check with Igor that is OK first!) Thanks you a lot for your help! I've just sent you a PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bhall408 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 8 hours ago, drludos said: Thanks you a lot for your help! I've just sent you a PM Great -- will check it out later today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 You can find a public beta ROM 0.1 here : https://www.yaronet.com/topics/190730-atari-lynx-30th-birthday-programming-competition#post-14 The forum is in french but you can use english also. Basically, the engin game is 95% done, 11 on 31 levels files are done. It includes the prologue (10%% done - I used to spend 10-12 minutes to complete it 100% but you can skip it after maybe 5 minutes), and 2 "tracks" on 9 of the main game (a tracks consist of more complex levels chained) The goal is to make 5-10 more levels (2-3 tracks) for submission, and maybe complete the game, maybe into a commercial one in a second time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 7/10/2019 at 2:39 PM, Fadest said: I guess I can post first draft of the manual. It doesn't even have screenshot, but a proof reading by an english native person could be great. Ynxa manual.pdf 251.22 kB · 9 downloads Taking a look now. 1st thing I would change is on page 2: "This game takes profit of" should be "This games takes advantage of", or even "This game uses the EEProm save". Page 5 - Leaf: "Bring to the pyramid" I would change to "Brought to the pyramid" "some friend" should be "some friends" Page 6 - Fire: "if a fall from a high position, he breaks" I would use "if he falls from a high position, he breaks." Page 7 - Water: "he can go in small tunnel" - "he can go into small tunnels" Manual looks great, and I want to see the game in action! Please don't think I was being harsh in the above suggestions as I certainly can't speak nor write French. Just wanted to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 No problem, this is just the reason why I asked for help. Thanks you very much. We got so much english/american games in the 80's with very bad/poor translation in french, but this is not a reason to call for revenge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Hey everyone, 5 days to go until the registration closes. This is looking exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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