Bunsen Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) @am1933 your program is not accepted . There is no interactive element and so we cannot call it a game. And so it does not complies with the rules. Strictly in you! I'm sure you could do it with a little practice. Edited February 20, 2014 by Bunsen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 That should be an entry in the demo comp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) I started out with one game that there was no way to get everything in 10 lines. Scrapped. Moved to another idea and realized it too was never going to fit. On my third and am 3 lines over budget. Squeezing logic, snd tracing a nasty screen object bug that resulted from a slight change along the way. And its slow as tar. Edited February 21, 2014 by Ripdubski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkendrick Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 And here's "Minijong", a tiny Mahjong Solitaire game in 10 lines of TurboBASIC XL. http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atari/nomam2014/minijong/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nice game, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkendrick Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nice game, Bill Thanks. What's funny is, I've always wanted to do a Mahjong Solitaire game, but never got much beyond unworkable designs. But that's because I wanted it to _look_ good (3D isometric & stuff). Having to cram it in 10 lines of code required me to focus on the gameplay, and I was able to get it done. In reviewing/explaining the code, I saw a few places where there's stuff I can remove, so I actually have a tiny bit of room; maybe I'll add proper sound effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkendrick Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 ("Who's going to write a text adventure?") Bill Kendrick Yes, I have some plans for that. If I do it, I'll end up cheating a little, because I've started working on some text-compression scripts that run in PHP on my Linux laptop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkendrick Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hey Bill, save some ideas for next year's contest While the rules didn't state a limit on the number of entries per person, I'm happy to limit myself, and pick one or two of my games that I think are the best. Mostly, I'm having a really fun time participating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Thanks. What's funny is, I've always wanted to do a Mahjong Solitaire game, but never got much beyond unworkable designs. But that's because I wanted it to _look_ good (3D isometric & stuff). Having to cram it in 10 lines of code required me to focus on the gameplay, and I was able to get it done. In reviewing/explaining the code, I saw a few places where there's stuff I can remove, so I actually have a tiny bit of room; maybe I'll add proper sound effects. Yes looks very nice indeed. It's great that you have put up the web pages with explanations of the programs too (One of the TBS links is broken!). Fandal relased a superb Mahjong XE game last year, though I suspect even he used 11 lines or more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkendrick Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yes looks very nice indeed. It's great that you have put up the web pages with explanations of the programs too (One of the TBS links is broken!). Fandal relased a superb Mahjong XE game last year, though I suspect even he used 11 lines or more (Which link's broken?) And wow, that's pretty. Though it seems to only be 2D. (I'm having trouble playing it in Atari800 at the moment; with PC mouse input set to "Atari ST Mouse", it's still very wiggly & hard to aim.) I always wanted to make something like "My Jong", but less "GRAPHICS 7" in appearance. Activision! did an official "Shanghai" for the 8-bit, it seems. Like my 10-liner, it uses tile colors to portray which level a line is on, rather than trying to do the 3D isometric that My Jong (and Shanghai on 16-bit systems) did: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) I've got one in the pipeline - 8 lines so far but hoping to compact down a bit. There's some exploits that can be used to cram more into a line and some programming trickery that can help too: - normal limit with E: is only 120 bytes input to a line. Actually, BASIC allows 256 bytes to be input but this limit is rarely approached and can only occur when doing something like ENTER "<filespec>". To get such large lines, an editor on the PC can be used, then use the H: device in the emulator with ATASCII translation to get the lines into memory. There are downsides though, changing the program will be tedious and including special characters somewhat harder. Best method is probably to do the program e.g. as 30 lines of code then combine lines in an editor once finalized. Note also that there's a limit to a stored line of program (256 bytes?) and it's fairly easy to overrun this. Especial case is if there's lots of numeric constants in a line. - use boolean logic. e.g. in the game I'm doing, speed/size advantage for moving something vertically: S=STICK(0) : V=(S=13)-(S=14) : Y=Y+V - use infinite loop, change loop variable to break out. The problem with using GOTO for program control within the main loop is that the main loop will start at the beginning of the line and the end of the main loop with the GOTO can't have anything following it. FOR L=1 TO 2 STEP 0 <rest of main loop> IF C=1 THEN L=2 : REM set breakout condition so we can get out of loop NEXT L I am not sure how these contest entries will be evaluated exactly, does originality and creativeness play an important part or is it all about how much code one can cram into 10 lines? If the former is true one doesn't really have to worry about these trickeries but instead concentrate on being original. Me... no I am not participating... i can't even code my name in only 10 lines Edited February 21, 2014 by atari8warez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (Which link's broken?) And wow, that's pretty. Though it seems to only be 2D. (I'm having trouble playing it in Atari800 at the moment; with PC mouse input set to "Atari ST Mouse", it's still very wiggly & hard to aim.) I always wanted to make something like "My Jong", but less "GRAPHICS 7" in appearance. Activision! did an official "Shanghai" for the 8-bit, it seems. Like my 10-liner, it uses tile colors to portray which level a line is on, rather than trying to do the 3D isometric that My Jong (and Shanghai on 16-bit systems) did: I like the 3D tiles used in Taipei XL, but I'd rather see it use traditional tile faces like Shanghai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 I am not sure how these contest entries will be evaluated exactly, does originality and creativeness play an important part or is it all about how much code one can cram into 10 lines? If the former is true one doesn't really have to worry about these trickeries but instead concentrate on being original. Me... no I am not participating... i can't even code my name in only 10 lines There will be about 20 to 25 voters in the jury (the visitors of the NOMAM fair). Of course wins the one who pays the most bribe. I will spend them some beer, for sure they will vote for my game . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hello Gunnar I'm not a beer drinker (don't like the taste). Originality scores. As does "Wow! Can that be done in 10 lines or less?". Sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (Which link's broken?) Well, the link for Slice.TBS is broken (Error 404), but the ATR download works, so its not a big problem -Andreas Koch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Well Paddleship and Minijong both seem excellent! Mine doesnt stand a chance. : Officially moving mine to back burner. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuel Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Jump!!! Jump.atr Check my blog post for more info. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Jump!!! Cool, "Man Goes Down"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 12th game registered Jumpsheep by fdingler Paddleship by Bill Kendrick Sijmen by me Squirrel by fdingler Shmup by Bill Kendrick Colfusion by Irgendwer Planets by Bill Kendrick Slice by Bill Kendrick GozMind by gozar Carrera by Daniel Serpell Minijong by Bill Kendrick Jump! by Xuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Well Paddleship and Minijong both seem excellent! Mine doesnt stand a chance. : Officially moving mine to back burner. Lol It's all about taking part Go Gwobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I cannot find this info... Basic and TBXL have the same maximum line length ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I cannot find this info... Basic and TBXL have the same maximum line length ?Yes, that same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Jump is a really cool game, love it! Looking forward seing somewhere in time the remaining titles. love this competition, should dig into programming (like in the 90ies) again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 love this competition, should dig into programming (like in the 90ies) again... C'mon you can create something; you have until April I've just been playing all of the games that are released [PAL 800XL] (are we ok relasing them before the event?!!) firstly WOW amazing stuff guys If I may be so bold as to suggest some tweaks Paddleship almost impossible to stop the spinning: Line 110 add "PAUSE 3" to the start Line 130 change to T=T+0.1 and replace the END with PAUSE T: RUN Much more playable; in fact you can also play it quite nicely with the Joystick(!) as the default spin is now slow enough; using Left to thrust at the correct times. Shmup Line 120 change to PAUSE 99 - it was too easy to skip end of go. [Might need to reset the text colour as it is sometimes black?] If you can stop the repeat fire this would be a better challenge as holding it in makes it too easy. It's way more fun to play without firing and trying to dodge the enemies - so I'd suggest this for the contest - reminded me of one of my favourite little games Meteor Gozmind seems tricky but I might be a bit dumb - was expecting the stars in the correct positions DOH! Jump WOW! MiniJong - feedback from bluecat was the black lines on the left of the tiles made it less clear about the tile levels (even despite the colour differences!) Planets neat! Slice - played with paddles; great fun for two players. Had a bit of feedback for Gwobby Micro - "bit too hard!" but I think the Atari veterans at the event can handle it... final tweaks tomorrow and will start making a game with bluecat and her nephew - he has designed some graphics today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecat Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Jump!!! My 7 year old nephew Travis loves your game. Best score 194 Edited February 23, 2014 by bluecat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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