Re: [stella] SCSIcide 0.05 (last demo)

[Joe Grand <jgrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're right - everything _was_ whizzing by.. :) For the 10 tracks, I was 
demonstating the range of speeds (1-6) I am planning on using for the data 
bits.. I forgot to mention that in my previous e-mail.. So the speed goes 
something like this:

Speed           Track
1               1, 10
2               2, 9
3               3, 8
4               4, 7
5               5
6               6

So it was just for demo purposes and it was a nice visual effect.. Speed 1 
should be fairly slow, though, and you should definetely notice a speed 
difference between the tracks..

I will consider the horizontal motion of the drivehead.. I was thinking 
about that a bit, but if I use a paddle or driving controller, that 
wouldn't be possible.. :/

Joe


At 02:41 AM 5/12/2001 +1000, Andrew Davie wrote:
> Hi Joe
> Had a brief play with this.  First impression is that I just couldn't
> understand what was happening - everything was whizzing by at a million
> miles an hour.  However, this could be my setup.
> I do like the look/feel quite a lot, and think its shaping up very well.
> I had a thought - could you allow some horizontal motion (perhaps with
> inertia/acceleration) to allow me to shift the head back/forward if to catch
> the bits as they whizz by... though it might add a bit more fun to the
> catching process.
> Great to see this and Manuel's game in development - keep up the good work!
> Stella is too quiet without your updates.
> Cheers
> A
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Grand" <jgrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 11:52 PM
> Subject: [stella] SCSIcide 0.05 (last demo)
>
>
> > Hi everyone-
> >
> > It's been a while since I've sent an update, so here's something to let
> > people know this project is still alive.. I promise this will be the last
> > demo version of this game.. :)
> >
> > I have most of the necessary graphical features now, so I can actually
> > implement the game play now.. Minor updates from 0.04 since I'm just tying
> > to get all the kernel pieces in place..
> >
> > 1) Added data blobs - supports various speeds, horizontal position, and
> > wrap around. The "support" is also there for multiple data widths (for the
> > harder levels). Many thanks to Piero Cavina for allowing me to use the
> > display kernel from his PCMSD1.1 demo (precursor to Oystron), which I used
> > and modified as necessary. It was a huge help and made the hardest (and
> > scariest) part not so bad..
> >
> > 2) Cleaned up source code
> >
> > 3) Updated http://www.mindspring.com/~jgrand/atari
> >
> > I haven't implemented paddle control, yet, and am planning on holding off
> > on that for a while - at least until I get most of the game actually
> > playable. I played this on a real TV (NTSC) and noticed the colors were
> > totally screwy.. They look as intended on StellaX.
> >
> > Attached is source, binary, and a screenshot..
> >
> > Joe
>
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