JSnake game released

[jbnbeeb]

Hi,
some time ago (2012!!) I started a dev diary over at the Retrosoftware. I wanted to write a game in assembler, and so chose the classic Snake game as my first effort. I've been progressing in stops and starts as and when I found time to sit down and code.

Finally I've found some time to tweak the game following some feedback from they guys that attended the Stardot hardware hacking weekend in August 2013.

JSnake has now been released!!
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/wiki/index.php/JSnake


Download here:
SSD
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/wiki/ima ... 01_ssd.zip

Source
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/wiki/ima ... ke1_01.zip


I've written up a retrospective diary from May 2012 to release in Sept 2013.
http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/wiki/ind ... keDevDiary


I've learned a lot about the Beeb's hardware whilst coding this, as well as basic game techniques. For my next project, I'd like to have a go at a dogfight game like : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpKoMcjNhDk

There was a helicopter game for the BBC I had on a tape one time actually called Dogfight which had the same sort of game mechanic, albeit with slow flickery animation.

Thanks to PJ, Richard TW, Tom Walker, Dave Footitt and MartinB, Samwise and Arcadian for their help and encouragement.

[richardtoohey]

Congratulations

Something I really want to do as well, but I just sit here thinking about it!

You know about Opus Software's Dogfight?

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17697/Dogfight/

I'm trying to find a screenshot of the actual game to make sure I'm talking about the one I think I'm talking about. NOT to put you off writing a new version, just saying there was one done for the Beeb BITD (and it was great fun!)

[CMcDougall]

will have a go at that.... 1200 score!