... Sprite pack eats too much memory (for the speed), but for masked ...

... pixel sprites which in BASIC equate to 2x2 UDG ... animations, after which the sprite repeats itself 1 character/8 ... That means that the sprite moves 2 pixels to ... up with is a sprite that is always 10pixels ...
So, to draw your sprite from the left hand side ...

... I moved over to maskless sprite data, which is about 30 ... . (The first game technically used masked sprites, but I never actually ...

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Although the sprite can be up to 10 ... along.

In BASIC there is another advantage if ... be a problem in BASIC, as you would need ...
Also, since it's BASIC, consider starting off with 4 ... You'll find your BASIC program soon slows down ...

... BASIC program which animates a ManicMiner/JSW type horizontal sprite ... before and after each sprite and reposition the offset ... out the previous sprite IF the sprite is moving between ... collision detection. Nearly all BASIC games use character level ...

... Paul is adding to ZX BASIC via SpecBAS but until it ... the call stack)
3. Sprite handling
3. Structures (DEF ...

... s sensible to code in BASIC. If this is an ... intellectual exercise in pushing Sinclair Basic as far as it ... in the GUI? in the sprite editor, etc.? would make ... i just happen to know BASIC. i've programmed in ... QBASIC and Visual Basic the most over the ...

... in the GUI? in the sprite editor, etc.? would make ... i just happen to know BASIC. i've programmed in ... QBASIC and Visual Basic the most over the ... better off doing it in BASIC, as you'll need ... the fly. The UDG/Sprite editor can export your graphics ...

... better off doing it in BASIC, as you'll need to ... on the fly. The UDG/Sprite editor can export your graphics ...

... background and are not masked (I think they are ... /> Not knowing the C sprite libraries (or assembler equivalents) ... lowest priority sprite... up to highest priority sprite. Additionally sprites ... t get drawn. Typical sprite implementations will draw background, ...

... re-position or animate the sprite, then the only other ... specifically move or change the sprite image, but it'd ... , but basing it on sprite number is fine. Doing ... Another possible effect - make the sprite clip at the window edge ... I've not tried your BASIC yet.

... to update and move the sprite themselves (though they could certainly ... /> I will likely add SPRITE FRONT and SPRITE BACK commands to alter ... Another possible effect - make the sprite clip at the window edge ... , I've not tried your BASIC yet.[/QUOTE]

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... implementation of a sprite system for use in BASIC, with animation, interrupts ... not a very fine-grained sprite library what I'd use ... probably pretty good for a BASIC sprite library.

... implementation of a sprite system for use in BASIC, with animation, ... a very fine-grained sprite library what I'd ... probably pretty good for a BASIC sprite library.[/QUOTE]

... what would be your ideal BASIC sprite implementation? Bear in mind that ...

... would be your ideal BASIC sprite implementation? Bear in mind ... to any beginning aspiring BASIC game programmer. I ... br /> As for the sprite parameters itself, I'd probably ... to use something like SPRITE SET id, x, ... subtract a mask from sprite graphics data, and ...

... [quote]
As for the sprite parameters itself, I'd probably ... a "remake" of sinclair BASIC. It's available here:< ... , but it's Sinclair BASIC at heart. It's ... able to allow a BASIC programmer to create an ... PCs.

The BASIC editor needs some work, as ...

... composite image as a sprite, or extract sprite-sized images from a ... 'hotspot'. For example, if your sprite is a 15x15 targeting crosshair ... a setting to make a sprite automatically wrap-round the ... you have multiple map-based masked layers both behind and in ...

... composite image as a sprite, or extract sprite-sized images from a ... hotspot'. For example, if your sprite is a 15x15 targeting crosshair ... able to check 'has sprite A collided with sprite B'?
[/ ... you have multiple map-based masked layers both behind and in ...

... br /> A 'modern day' sprite is normally MASKED, this means that there ... is the sprite graphic and the sprite ... mask. The sprite mask ... />
Example of a silly sprite:

00000000

... for who? Surely not the basic system.

Gaps always ... is the other things like sprite rotation, movement overhead etc that ...

... a couple of "monstrosities" in BASIC including a couple of text ... i can assume all X sprite coordinates are even (works ... actual screen address of each sprite is calculated; whereas when drawing ... be performed SEVERAL times per sprite. So even wider columnized ...

... are modest enough for a BASIC program. If more speed is ... . On the other hand, HiSoft BASIC can go like the clappers ... Colt which also has a sprite graphics library.

It ...

... are not cheaply made basic lookalikes where your sprite jumps over 24 ... . Sorry, this is not Sinclair Basic league. So good noone mentions ...

"Sprite High, no limit" from "Your Spectrum" can handle extremly big masked sprites (31x24 Characters=248x192 Pixels), but still only character movement boundary and screen sized buffer.

... I have an image or sprite at coordinates x,y with ... be specified with POKEs from Basic. I know how to do ... by character data storage from Basic, but it would be too ...

... write one!)...

Very basic premise, that works surprisingly well ... very simple, but the main sprite moves smoothly and gracefully. The ...

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Bugfixes:-

The BASIC loader now sets the INK ... downwards diagonally through an enemy sprite without losing a
life ...

... wrote a few games in basic (machine code was a bit ... I actually wrote the mechanics (sprite routine, scripting etc..) for a ...

... I can't overwrite the BASIC loader with C code or ... and BASIC loader without any problem. As we know, the SP1 sprite ... malloc() to allocate space for sprite data, if configured to do ...

... impossible to write a generic "sprite enhancer", as there's no ... significant issues with detecting partially-masked sprites (e.g. only ... spotting when it reads a sprite, rather than just working ... Renegade share the same "legs" sprite).

In the ...