>
> >Andrew, could you introduce yourself to the list a bit?
>
> Sure :) I did post a self-introduction back in July 2002
> (http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/200207/msg00225.html)
>
> Further to that - I started with computers on the BBC Micro in
> high school. Mostly BASIC back then, but a little 6502 as well;
> this gave me a head start on the 6502 front :)
Heh... I found my message in followup to that, when I suggested
2600 101 as an ok kickstart guide...and I guess my prediction
that you were ahead of the game by knowing a bit of 6502 was right
on target...I'm trying to kick myself out of a 5 month stall, and have
a lot less to show in the meantime!
At this point I need to go back, reread Stella and 2600 101, and come
up with a good strategy for what should be a simple problem.
Actually, I can describe it here, maybe people can give me
some pre-emptive advice...
with Pong, what's the best way of registering goals?
I'd like to just let the normal horizontal movement do its thing,
without having a variable keep track of the position of the dot
the players are hitting...that seems a little error prone.
I was thinking about putting a (visible? invisible) line of
missle behind each player, and then checking for ball/missile
collision. Then I got to wondering if I could use playfield
graphics instead.
Alas, if I'm going to get through this, I'm probably going to
need to keep to a minimum of bells and whistles, gameplay wise.
Though I think JoustPong is a strong enough concept that that's
not a big loss.
Thanks for any suggestions,
Kirk
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