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  • i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…

    ... questions. I can set you basic programming assignments if you
    Basic. To learn programming in general ... on the Spectrum (with the Z88DK compiler). Then I'd learn ... /> For an intro to the Z88DK C compiler for the Spectrum ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2004 Development
  • i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…

    ... library features that come with Z88DK's C compiler allows different ... he has worked with is Basic? (Dr. Evil smugness with ... ).
    [/quote]

    Basic is all about mystery code ... links:

    Learn Sinclair Basic:

    [url="http://www ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous 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…

    ... " keyword and when z80asm (z88dk's assembler) assembles, it pulls ... Dunny mentions that the basic is translated into assembler and ... to attach new Basic keywords to a specific z88dk library. I ... a fully-featured assembler, z88dk's maintainers would also like ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • UDG/sprite HelpRestore 5: For N=20 To 21: Read G$: For R=0 To 7: Read B: Poke Usr G$+r,b: Next R: Next N

    ... & true" standard for SAVEing BASIC blocks that I would suggest ... '

    BASIC tokens:
    A4-FF expanded token

    The ... and U are printed as token 'SPECTRUM' and 'PLAY'
    if ...
    dalmudlee dalmudlee April 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • MC 101Hello Group Members: Can't spectrum MC be embedded in a BASIC program

    ... take the start of the BASIC program area, as pointed to ... line number, and the REM token. As for the ZX81, you ...
    monty.mole monty.mole May 2004 Development
  • The Speccy Games Programming CompetitionFor those who weren't following the OT thread... We have the CGC and we have the Minigames competitions, but we don't have an actual Spectrum Games …

    ... technicalities of C compiliation under Z88dk, having never used this software ... pure machine coded programs, compiled BASIC programs and compiled C programs ... section, we have a seperate BASIC section. Makes sense.

    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Games
  • Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …

    ... that writing a PC-based BASIC compiler for the Spectrum would ... %. I know we already have Z88DK, but I mean something more ... you who has used a BASIC compiler know what "compiling on ...
    na_th_an na_th_an June 2004 Emulators
  • Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …

    ... that writing a PC-based BASIC compiler for the Spectrum would ... let the name fool you, z88dk is very much "Spectrum-specific ... drawing sprites, etc.).

    z88dk is a flexible tool that ... is a Basic compiler rather than a C compiler (like z88dk). Hopefully ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2004 Emulators
  • Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…

    ... (before it crashes) with Laser BASIC, design hundreds of identical 3D ... grab a copy of the z88dk, it's apparently pretty good ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2004 Development
  • Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…

    ... . I dunno about C and z88dk for z80 development, so can ... enough to write games in BASIC (quick and dirty) you will ... of picking up a Spectrum BASIC book (there are hundreds - take ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2004 Development
  • Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…

    ... your query regarding the above BASIC.gasman has already pointed out ... then acting on them. A token based command handling as Cyborg ... Peter Gerrard for some great BASIC adventure writing tips. "Underground adventure ...
    Arjun Arjun November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    ... - although I find z88dk somewhat lacking in the basic matters of being ...
    cyborg cyborg January 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…

    ... was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool ... 0: RANDOMIZE USR 32768' in Basic and press enter. Using the ... br /> }
    [/code]

    z88dk automatically generates a ret for ... On entering the C function, z88dk creates a stack frame with ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2005 Development
  • About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…

    ... /> z88dk/libsrc/stdio/spectrum/fputc_cons.asm

    This is the basic ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... kinds of games, not only BASIC ones. About how to organize ... , i.e. for BASIC, CM or C? Z88DK looks really sexy to ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... Pascal or Fortran.

    BASIC would cover all fashions of ... compiled BASIC. I'm not taking uncompiled ... just that most of uncompiled BASIC programs can be compiled with ... for games cross-compiled using Z88DK.

    The MC ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... idea was configuring splib2 and z88dk to fit everything below C000h ... my final rendition to compiled BASIC), but be sure that I ...
    na_th_an na_th_an September 2005 Development
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... was configuring splib2 and z88dk to fit everything below ... what was wrong with z88dk's built in stuff ... final rendition to compiled BASIC), but be sure that ... sucked me in with z88dk is that it is ... more like programming in BASIC than assembler, where many ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2005 Development
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... access the 128K ramdisk from z88dk. It would be great news ... . I've been told that z88dk programs are capable to open ... , tape and microdrive access in z88dk now. The ZXVGS port (Spectrum ... nothing with the 128's Basic RAMdisk. A RAMdisk is very ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2005 Development
  • Writing for MultifaceI was just wondering, is it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it and use the Multiface to run it? I'd like to write a small util to edit te…

    ... do the job, using Liberty BASIC. It need compiling to an ... the trial version of Liberty BASIC, you can run it from ... the source code, just a 'token file' which you can run ...
    mulder mulder December 2005 Development
  • Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…

    ... tools, etc)

    UltraEdit, z88dk, GNU make, Pasmo, Spectrum Graphics ... /keyboard routines etc) & optimising z88dk's manky output. Not to ... language do you use? (Asm, Basic, C etc)

    Optimised ...
    pissedbob pissedbob February 2006 Development
  • Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…

    ... . Adding some loose ends to z88dk - Ay music player, data compression ... , music tools, etc)

    z88dk, SevenuP, bmp2scr, and looks like ... language do you use? (Asm, Basic, C etc)

    asm ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2006 Development
  • Machine Code QuestionHi All Not sure if this is the right place for this but it seems closest. Am starting to read the Toni Baker Intro to Machine Code book and its ver…

    ... comes as part of the z88dk C compiler -- it has a ... loading tap files with a basic loader that automatically loads the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Back on the Burgle![url="http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd4/78741/back_on_the_burgle.zip"]Download[/url] This game is in BASIC so don't expect anything as good as Pha…

    King of BASIC eh? I like the sound of that. Cheers pal.
    What's these z88dk & splib2 then? Sounds interesting....
    xfa84 xfa84 March 2006 Games
  • Development advice I was an user of the Spectrum 48K in the old days. I arribed to learn a lot of BASIC, and a bit of assembler. The time have passed, and now I am …

    ... be able to inject my Basic loader, Screen$, and compiled ... yet besides the documentation in {z88dk}/docs. There is a tutorial ... ) about using sprite pack with z88dk.

    As for ... games across several platforms using z88dk.

    Edit: Ah, ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2006 Development
  • TommyGun 0.8.9 availableShould be available by the utilities pages soon. Lots of bug fixes. Its close to 95% complete. So close to becoming a 1.0 release. Still a few minor…

    ... to put stuff together in Basic, but virtually (or literally) ... write something in an extended basic and have it converted ... which could be written in Basic, Pascal, Fortran, whatever and ... the possibility of linking to z88dk's libraries including sprite engine ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... to get into programming in BASIC and machine code although the ... unsuspecting punters. I've downloaded Z88DK several times to do this ...
    xenomorph xenomorph April 2006 Chit chat
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... idea to wander around the z88dk/include directory to see what ... kinds of functions z88dk can provide to your programs ... .

    There are five basic sprite types: MASK, OR, XOR ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... allocation policy. Some libraries in z88dk (well two as of ... , just as you would in Basic.

    [code]
    // ... the IY register. Unfortunately, Basic assumes it has a monopoly ... available to our program (z88dk compiles programs starting at 32768 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • When do you optimise?I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?

    ... minimize execution time of a basic block by choosing amongst alternative ... translated to faster asm. In z88dk using global variables rather than ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
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