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Very nice - I haven't played this for a few weeks. The ship movement is much better now. I think the acceleration could be very slightly faster, but otherwise it feels spot on. Is there much left to do now?

 

Chris

I'll take a look at increasing acceleration for the next update. I'm also thinking about slightly speeding up the asteroids as I'm always playing on the hard level and still find it a tad easy.

 

I've got new medium and Saucer/UFO graphics in place, though I think Nathan's decided to redo the Saucer/UFO.

 

My to-do:

• Rearrange ROM. Current division of banks is:
  
  • 0-4 = ARM and graphics = 128 bytes free
    
  • 5 = 6507 code = 1.5K free
    
  • Display Data bank = 1.5K free
    

  [*]sound effects, everything there now is just a placeholder - some may stay but I plan to review them all. The heartbeat sound is tentative. I've not decided if the saucer/ufo siren will be added due to the 2 concurrent sound limit. Their shots make noise, which may be enough warning.

  [*]credits easter egg (hence this side project)

  [*]enemy logic needs to be reworked (appearance timing, path - even though it's random, it seems to go offscreen alot)

  [*]thinking about decreasing the off-screen zone, though it'll complicate the sprite logic and ROM space for that may be an issue.

  [*]figure out if there will be space for tethered and/or Killer Satellites

  [*]demo mode (I'll remove the Last Scores from the main menu once this is in place)

  [*]delay after final death before returning to main menu

  [*]possibly add a bounce if you hit an asteroid while using the shields.

They're keeping their shape much better now. After the other sizes get fixed up, I bet many people will do a happy dance.

A little bit more acceleration on the ship. And about 25% more momentum. It comes to a stop too quickly.