{"author_name":"RawBits","cat":"LD #23","comments":[{"author_name":"LukeRissacher","time":"April 20, 2012 4:24 pm","epoch":1334957040,"text":"Atari, nice. \":)\" Back to the roots. Look forward to checking this one out.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1334956860,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"58622","p_author":"RawBits","p_authorkey":"5167","p_urlkey":"94371","p_title":"Sleepy, but in!","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334956860","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5167","us_name":"rawbits","us_username":"rawbits","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

Finally… The first LD I can do from start to finish! No girlfriend, no work, no moving… yay!<\/p>\n

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I’ll make a really minimalist game though. I want to catch the idea what makes something a good game. So for this project I’ve chosen the Atari 2600 (VCS or Stella) platform. Minimalist graphics and sfx with no music. Just the bare bones… At least I try to aim for this until gameplay is working right.<\/p>\n

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For the developement I’ll use:<\/p>\n

– Stella<\/a> (emulation and run-time debug)<\/p>\n

– Notepad (editor)<\/p>\n

– dasm<\/a> (compiler) with vcs.h and macro.h<\/a><\/p>\n

– PlayfieldPal<\/a> and PlayerPal<\/a> (graphics)<\/p>\n

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This game will be playable in the Stella emulator perfectly. For developemant I’ll not use any illegal opcodes or nasty bank switching and that kind of stuff for simplicity – maybe after LD I pimp it up a bit. \ud83d\ude09 I’ll work according to the Stella Programmer’s Guide<\/a> and the 6502 Reference<\/a> while keeping the 4k boundary so there is no reason it will not work on the real thing! \":)\"<\/p>\n \n

Tags: 2600<\/a>, 6502<\/a>, atari<\/a>, dasm<\/a>, notepad<\/a>, PlayerPal<\/a>, PlayfieldPal<\/a>, stella<\/a>, vcs<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 20th, 2012 4:21 pm","title":"Sleepy, but in!"}