coolest game EVER!!!

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Fri 28 Oct, 2005 11:39 am

katmaster wrote:
CompWiz wrote:I was considering learning ASM, and using this game as my first project.
hey, would you wanna do a mini group project thingy? I was thinking along the same lines as you: learn ASM and use this. It'd be really cool if you wanna.

Sure, but I don't know how much time I can put towards it. I was kind of working on a Ti-Basic Adventure game with text input, but I think this would be a much better project. I am busy between School and work, but I will start looking at that 28 day guide soon. I hope this project works out.

katmaster · Post by **katmaster** » Sat 29 Oct, 2005 12:54 am

CompWiz wrote:Sure, but I don't know how much time I can put towards it. I was kind of working on a Ti-Basic Adventure game with text input, but I think this would be a much better project. I am busy between School and work, but I will start looking at that 28 day guide soon. I hope this project works out.

No problem, I'm really busy too. I wasn't planning on seriously getting started till around December, because I'll have mucho time during christmas break

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Sat 29 Oct, 2005 1:02 am

sounds great. I will probably have more time around then as well, and hopefully I will have my adventure game finished by then. Just curious, what programming experience do you have? I have programed in C++, java, Quickbasic, visual Basic, and TI-Basic. Apparently, C++ experience helps you with assembly.

axcho · Post by **axcho** » Sat 29 Oct, 2005 1:51 am

Apparently, C++ experience helps you with assembly.

Actually, for me, assembly helped me understand pointers and references in languages like C++ and Java. So it was the other way around!

KevinJB · Post by **KevinJB** » Sat 29 Oct, 2005 3:23 am

Adding to that, assembly and C++ were black and white to me. I found C++ extremely difficult after learning z80 and although I understand pointers wonderfully there, in C++ I see stars

(I thought it was a wonderful homage to Digitan). It was Java that set me back on my feet, despite it's shortcomings

katmaster · Post by **katmaster** » Sat 29 Oct, 2005 4:37 am

mostly just TI-Basic athough i have done some stuff with C++ and I've looked over z80 Assebly. Also a little HTML but that doesn't really apply

KevinJB · Post by **KevinJB** » Sat 29 Oct, 2005 5:08 am

*looks around*

Where'd that come from?

We're talking about the affect learning one language has on another, not our resumes

axcho · Post by **axcho** » Sat 29 Oct, 2005 8:04 pm

We're talking about the affect learning one language has on another, not our resumes

Just curious, what programming experience do you have?

CompWiz did ask katmaster.

katmaster · Post by **katmaster** » Sun 30 Oct, 2005 4:10 am

yeah i probebly shoulda quoted. Anyways, I was looking over the learn ASM in 28 days thing and I'm not sure exactly how much I can learn from that. It mostly has the basics (clear home, new line, etc.). Is there another guide that I can use to learn more? (after I finish 28 days)

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Sun 30 Oct, 2005 4:15 am

http://www.hszk.bme.hu/~pg429/z80guide/part2.htm#jumps
http://baze.au.com/misc/z80bits.html
Those are helpful.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sun 30 Oct, 2005 5:58 am

Get "Andy's Assembly Studio" from ticalc.org. Great tutorials in that one. ASM in 28 is better to read when you have a more thorough understanding of assembly.

Stickmanofdoom · Post by **Stickmanofdoom** » Sun 30 Oct, 2005 6:20 pm

katmaster wrote:...I was looking over the learn ASM in 28 days thing and I'm not sure exactly how much I can learn from that...

What? You are talking about this, right? It covers a lot more than "just the basics", such as the LCD driver, sprite display, arrays, math routines, what else are you looking for?

DigiTan · Post by **DigiTan** » Sun 30 Oct, 2005 10:59 pm

I think he means the really advanced stuff that you mostly only learn through experience and trail & error. Z80 ASM Optimization Tricks 2 shows how to do real major-league programming in general. For highly specific stuff like the 4x4 tilesets and physics I'm guessing your interested in, I can only recommend forums.

KevinJB · Post by **KevinJB** » Sun 30 Oct, 2005 11:20 pm

Oops, sorry everyone, I dunno how I missed Compwiz's comment

Get "Andy's Assembly Studio" from ticalc.org.

Post a link? I couldn't find it, neither Assembly Studio nor Andy in the search worked...

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Mon 31 Oct, 2005 4:39 pm

Andy works.