sometimes99er Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 (edited) Thanks ! If anyone's interested here's the fonts I found to match alright with the original Atarisoft boxes. Edited February 21, 2014 by sometimes99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Thanks, this may come in handy one day Does anyone know the cheapest way to get good-quality cartboard boxes ? For my next game I really would like to have a cartboard box to go with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernalKeith Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Thanks, this may come in handy one day Does anyone know the cheapest way to get good-quality cartboard boxes ? For my next game I really would like to have a cartboard box to go with it. Are you thinking of printing directly on the box, or printing stickers to put on a blank box? The latter may be cheaper. My plan is to buy blank plastic "clamshell" cases, similar to a DVD case, and print color inserts. I had a few sources bookmarked and items priced out a long while ago, but I'll have to start looking again when the time comes. I even had a very nice (for my skills, anyway) layout I was going to use for a cassette-based project I planned long ago. Unfortunately, that was on an old laptop, which is now gone. I considered learning The Printer's Apprentice and trying to do the whole package - cover, manual, etc - on my 99/4A... not sure if I have the patience for that, though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 ---> Anyone got more news on this sprite repeat problem ? ?? What is the sprite repeat problem ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 ---> Anyone got more news on this sprite repeat problem ? ?? What is the sprite repeat problem ?? This thread http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ti99-4a/message/65787 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 For different reasons I haven’t been able to focus on this project lately, but I hope to have something in a playable state before the end of the month. My intentions are to finish Destroyer, and then continue with other game and utility projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Well I hope one of your projects is to make this bad boy a cart.... I'm buyin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Well I hope one of your projects is to make this bad boy a cart.... I'm buyin' We need approx 125 more cart board orders (qty) to get to the $10/ea range. :-) I'm hoping projects like this or Pitfall would spur board orders. Hopefully as soon as people get their hands on Pitfall, others will be clamoring for the ability to have a cart as well with Pitfall, Destroyer, etc, on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) There’s a good chance I’ll be adding a few more routines to the game today.My 22 month old kid has been sick. Very snotty and coughing keeping everyone awake. This one below is after washing his face several times. Still he has to breathe through his month. Man ... And no, his attention’s at Disney Playhouse and not those submarine silhouettes.Enthusiasm hasn’t been too good. The game will definitely NOT be finished before the end of the month. As I said I hope to enter something playable anyway.I haven’t had any real gear since maybe 1985. And there’s no guarantee this game will run on the real hardware. I’ll continue making 8K games for a while, and then maybe later. I would need both testers and a publisher though. Edited February 21, 2014 by sometimes99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I hope sometimes99er jr. gets better soon By the way, did you see my competition thread? I will be extending it until February 15th. Really need to finish some project stuff at work (and finish work on my Pitfall! carts). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Oh no! The poor little fella! Big hug to the little one from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) Thanks Filip and Mark. Rasmus is fine now (even from falling down a chair this morning). Added and rearranged a few things. ROM consumption still only just below 42%. Theres even one more screen in there. Edited February 3, 2010 by sometimes99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks Filip and Mark. Rasmus is fine now (even from falling down a chair this morning). Added and rearranged a few things. ROM consumption still only just below 42%. There’s even one more screen in there. It's good to hear he's doing fine again Did you have to use compresion for keeping it below 42% (even while adding a new screen) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Did you have to use compresion for keeping it below 42% (even while adding a new screen) ? No, only did those few tests with simple RLE to be sure of the effect. Compression is not a last resort, I’ll put it in if and when I need it. Adding compression at a later stage will hopefully also benefit from more things being fixed (that’s the static data in VDP). I might look into decompression on the fly with later games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 Added and tweaked routines. ROM consumption at 43.3 %. I think it will be final touches on graphics and colors tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Well, how goes the destruction? . I'd sure love to see some updated vids or screenshots. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 I had hoped for at least an hour a day, give and take, but since TI time being a residual (a quantity left over at the end of the day) it hasn’t been easy. Like you’ve mentioned elsewhere, it’s not so much fun when you "have to". I haven’t been all enthusiastic and easily got distracted. Well, there’s a good chance I’ll put something up later this day (CET). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Well, for various reasons less and less time has been spent on this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernalKeith Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Well, for various reasons less and less time has been spent on this project. I hope everything's ok? :/ Unfinished Destroyer can still kick my game's butt. We'll be happy to have it if you can knock it together, but we all understand that life gets in the way, a lot. My "all day programming day" just started over here... at 8:30pm. hehe Good luck man! Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Yep, mostly fine, thanks for asking, but, as you say, life gets in the way. Good luck to you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Unfortunately I’m not going to enter anything for the competition. Sorry about that. There has been times when I sat down, that I’d rather do something else than work on Destroyer. I will finish it though, and I’ll post any progress etc. on this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) Well, Im sorry to hear that Destroyer is out if the contest.... However, in the competitive nature of it, it does narrow the competition field, but MAN!!!! Was really looking forward to playing it!!! This competition is more about expanding interest in the TI than winning prizes----I hope you do finish it soon.... As Filip has done with his "Pitfall!" project, so should you do for Destroyer!! It is such a slick and well designed game demo at this point, and it's a shame it won't be out on time... Real life gets in the way of fun too often, yea? Anyway, your project was inspirational to me throughout the course of this competition-- I am truly glad you shared the process with us and I'm looking forward to future updates!!! Destroyer WILL destroy someday, and I hope it's in cart form! Edited February 14, 2010 by Opry99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Codex Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Ah, that's a shame. I do hope you'll finish it eventually though, as it looks like a promising game. And believe me, the satisfaction from completing a game has no analogue in the realm of personal achievement. So here's hoping you'll return to it when the mood strikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Got a bit of work done today. ROM consumption at approx. 4K (51.1%). Nothing to show off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Got a bit of work done today. ROM consumption at approx. 4K (51.1%). Nothing to show off. It's surprising how compact assembly is. You should see all my Forth source, and it's <8K! Shame the instruction set wasn't byte oriented, like the Z80 - you'd have twice the code space in the same memory footprint... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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