>
> >... once you're done. Very similar to the VB app that was written to help
> >you with creating a playfield some time back (I didn't write that one, but
> >I have the source somewhere on an old drive if you're interested).
>
>
> That would be Stella-Graph. Written by me. Version 1.3 is available from my
> web page. (see below) Source code is included if anyone wishes to hack it to
> have more functionality.
Huh. You know, esp. since both of you go with the "checkbox" method
for drawing the graphics, there's no reason this couldn't be in
javascript on a webpage...
...another cool feature would be a roundtrip feature, where you could
plug in the numbers from a game already, and then edit it, and then out
put that in cut-and-pastable binary form. Also a switch about whether to
flip the image vertically or not.
Maybe once I get 2600 101 done, I'll try my hand at that...much easier to
install a webpage! ;-)
Speaking of 2600 101, I've got an idea for an appendix/standalone page,
the "2600 Cookbook". Anyone who's used O'Reilly's Perl Cookbook or
Java Cookbook will know what I'm thinking of. A bit like "snippets"
on the Dig ... here was what I was thinking of trying to cover:
6502
?set up variables-where?
?memory overview (page boundary)
?compare numbers (i found this one tougher than I expected)
?basic math
?overlay
GRAPHICS
?draw sprite
?move objects
?draw playfield
?color overview
INPUT
?read joysticks dir
?read joystick button
?read paddle
GENERAL GAME
?make a good kernal
?check for collisions
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