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  • Another name of the gamePlease, help me find this game! It was side-view, you controlled a girl (big white-color sprite), you can throw fireballs in undead creatures flying …

    ... it's not them. The girl sprite in game I'm ... in games you mantion, the sprite height is about 1/3 ... of screen. The girl is walking inside a ... haunted manor, and through the cemetery. Maybe she is ... some other magic weapon. The enemies are ghosts flying from ...
    kmatveev kmatveev January 2004 Games
  • So how many coders do we have here?Just out of interest, how many coders do we have here who are capable of knocking out a game? [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2004-02-02 15:…

    ... my games and never finish the games I start.
    ... asm.
    I wrote the TommyGun sprite/tile editor, and I'm ... Map editor that can use the tiles to create a ... .
    I also have the asm source code to draw ... the maps available too.
    ...
    Kiwi Kiwi February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... exists. If I find the sprite pack is too large for ... etc.

    The sprite engine part will become "Sprite Pack lib #1 ... ; 2 pixels up. Clip the sprite
    ; against the full screen

    the sprite pack functions for free. ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • Funny stuff in gamesThis is about humoristic elements in some games that might bring a smirk to the player's face (e.g. like the death sequences in Dangerous Dave 2 for …

    ... some great in-jokes. The Batman sprite in the isometric version was very ... Batman did a funny tap-the-floor routine if you sat ... for some seconds.

    The "fight" sequence in Maziacs was ... course.

    I loved the talking skull in Trapdoor. His ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2004 Games
  • help with zynaps explanationhas anybody idea how exactly Zynaps works ? it seems that sprites are overlayed by background. are sprites putted first and then background is drawed…

    ... the main sprite can be overlapped by the background object, which would be the ... case if the background is drawn AFTER drawing the main sprite.
    Arjun Arjun March 2004 Development
  • 256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…

    ... so the effect is there.
    The spaceship at the end of the game ... still have to find the mask sprite that does the job.

    MatGubbins MatGubbins April 2004 Games
  • Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…

    ... access to the program. It reads the coords, the colour of the polygon being ... back to the emulation. The emulation still emulates the spectrum drawing the polygon on ... drawing functions. Trap the Gunsight sprite draw routine. Tell the script to draw ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2004 Games
  • Favorite 3D ShootersHow many 3D shooters were there for the Speccy? And which is your favorite. My favourite is StarStrike 1.

    ... the odd sprite. It has none of the devilish gameplay and thrills of the ... original, let alone the graphics ... and sound. I stick with the original - and it's even ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu June 2004 Games
  • need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …

    ... of shifted sprite
    OR (HL) ;Or the sprite with the background< ... ,C ;for drawing the middle section of the sprite
    OR ... BC ;this draws the second line of the sprite
    LD ... ;IXh is the counter for the lines in the sprite
    JR ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Development
  • need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …

    ... In order to unroll the DRAWMID sections you would need ... sprite you will need and then repeat the ... one. So if the maximum sprite width is 40 ... pixels (5 characters) then repeat the ... each width of sprite.

    The following could ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Development
  • Old Posts, Double Dragon remake, Lost picturesI assume we all here read old posts, I`ve been making my way through the devoplment ones last week, with the Misc ones also.. and now, finally I get…

    ... real meaty punching sounds - yet the Spectrum would be a great ... br />
    Regarding the Target Renegade graphics for the remade PC version ... you had done them or the guy coding it, but ... for you to send me the graphics, sprite animations and backgrounds, so ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …

    Here is the finished sprite routine. As it stands ... SPRSRC) ; source of sprite in memory (sprite is stored in such ...


    * Draw sprite in unshifted position. Called when ... HALT
    CALL DRAWSPR ;Call sprite drawing routine

    ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2004 Development
  • Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …

    quote:
    "Here is the finished sprite routine. As it stands it ... for 32 x 32 masked sprite: 16084 tstates.

    No ... sprites that go off the sides of the screen."

    [url ...
    cispasoiu cispasoiu August 2004 Development
  • Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …

    ... [/quote]

    The routine is actually quite good ... interior bytes within the sprite. Drawing a sprite without the shifting (ie ... sharp by updating the player sprite on every frame. ... some things missing to make the routine into something 'professional ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2004 Development
  • Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…

    ... could work (for some games). the way I would personally go ... used in Film production, and the spectrum screen has some limitations ... eaiser to use solution, than the current sprite like editor, but perhaps ... would still have to draw the colours in...

    ...
    smogit smogit October 2004 Emulators
  • Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…

    ... eaiser to use solution, than the current sprite like editor, but perhaps ... would still have to draw the colours in...
    [/quote]
    the current 256 colour system?
    cyborg cyborg October 2004 Emulators
  • Basic info about platformers...I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here... What ar…

    ... the info you need to compute the dimensions of the box.

    The sprite ... the sprite
    RECT BoundingBox; //collision rectangle
    IMAGE* img ; //the link to the sprite ... is an approximation of the shape of the sprite.

    You ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2004 Development
  • Documentary on the fall of Imagine[url="http://www.blockcopycoders.com/temp/commerical_breaks_256.avi"]http://www.blockcopycoders.com/temp/commerical_breaks_256.avi[/url] (86MB)

    ... `t half bring back the feel of the 80`s...
    < ... reading about this prog, and the buffoons, oops, bailiffs etc ... notice, at the computer show, the main sprite for Hunchback II, the ones they ... using or installing Kazaa).. just the codec pack, (and media player ...
    CKay CKay November 2004 Games
  • Help needed with drawing masked spriteI need to draw a small sprite (16 bytes) on to the screen using a mask. Its the only sprite that will be used so speed isn't too important. I was goi…

    ... auto-fill-in the background as the sprite moves, thus avoiding the flicker that ... ) painting over the old sprite with background data, 2) storing the background again ... , and 3) masking the sprite ...
    ekoman ekoman December 2004 Development
  • Laser Basic Sprite GeneratorDoes anyone know how to use Laser Basic Sprite Generator? I've downloaded it from this site but I don't know what to do with it! Thanks in advance.

    ... this but I think the Laser Sprite Generator is the same as was ... . If you look up the latter in the archive you will find ...
    dmsmith dmsmith December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Head Over Heels - 256 ColoursAfter two weeks of painstaking work I've finally completed my 256 Colour version of the classic Head Over Heels, for use in Vladimir Khladov's excell…

    ... praise indeed coming from the creator of the excellent PC remake ... t have two copies of the same sprite appear in two different ... colour schemes on the same screen. ... by colouring in the sprites using the part of the palette that ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2005 Games
  • PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER - and about bloody time tooPlease feel free to raid Roger's Profanisaurus for rude names to call me for taking so long to get this sorted... PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER is now ava…

    ... you explain how to do the standalone game a bit more ... />
    It all depends on the emulator you're using. Do ... be that you've selected the nasty sprite with 'BRIGHT' on, but ... haven't used BRIGHT for the background ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers April 2005 Games
  • Game being created with Platform Game DesignerBeen playing with this since yesterday when i bought it from Cronosoft. To someone like me who cant program its excellent to create a Manic Miner st…

    ... can place it anywhere on the screen if you wish in ... the editor :)

    Got my ... 've learnt to create the main sprite as big as possible as ...
    psj3809 psj3809 April 2005 Development
  • What are you playing now?A bit off topic for this forum perhaps, but I'm curious about what games people are playing now. Platform does not matter. It's crazy, I have lots a…

    ... Sonic and Mario together.. the main sprite deserve a Nobel or smthing ...
    Rainbird Rich Rainbird Rich April 2005 Games
  • Auf wiedersehen Monty - Game OverIt's game over for monty so go [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Auf+Wiedersehen+Monty$&pub=^Gremlin+Graphics+Software+Ltd$"]…

    ... seen on the speccy. The graphics are excellent and the music (whilst ... .

    However, the gameplay seems fundamentally flawed. Not ... than in JSW because of the monty sprite.

    Also ... , I just checked the ending on ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree June 2005 Games
  • Best Sprite on the SpectrumWhich sprite or character from any Spectrum game do you think is the best? I personally like both the Miner and Jet Set Willys, because of thier sim…

    ... scary sprite from Jet Set Willy that appears in 'The Chapel ... classic Matthew Smith sprites... The mutant telephones, toilets, and ... , and in JSW, the saw, the flag, the egg etc.
    ... />

    The character sprite from "Heartland" is excellent too.
    chaosmongers chaosmongers June 2005 Games
  • PC Manic Miner Remake- Any thoughts? Opinions?First off, let me know if this is the wrong topic fot this thread. I'm new to the forums. Also, this is a looong post. Hope you have a lot of time…

    ... the main sprite engine is coded and the collision detection is sorted and the ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler June 2005 Development
  • PC Manic Miner Remake- Any thoughts? Opinions?First off, let me know if this is the wrong topic fot this thread. I'm new to the forums. Also, this is a looong post. Hope you have a lot of time…

    ... and as most of the sprites and design work is ... rarley use the same sprite twice, and the I'm ... busy tweaking the design so it's the ... perfect mix between the old and the new. ... that.

    The reason I created this thread ...
    Brodalco Brodalco June 2005 Development
  • Rebelstar Platform game finished[url="http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip"]http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip[/url] Rebelstar - Search for the I.O.N Gun 15 screen…

    ... 'left' and 'right' for the main sprite, i could have perhaps done ... realised any empty characters in the main sprite caused even worse collision ... tip is to obviously make the main sprite as big as you ...
    psj3809 psj3809 July 2005 Development
  • Games Club week 18Hi, last week I asked for games by Denton Designs and got Cosmic Wartoad Gift From The Gods I've chosen Cosmic Wartoad which you can download [url…

    ... .

    Am liking the toad sprite, very nicely done but having ... nowhere near as good as the FGTH ones makes you wonder ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree July 2005 Games
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