Re: New Homebrew Apple II Game

[Brian <bpicchi@gmail.com>]

On Dec 4, 2:50 pm, BLuRry <brendan.rob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 2:55:24 PM UTC-6, Brian wrote:
> > Here's my 2nd entry into the Retrospectiva BASIC competition.  I wrote
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> > most of it last week during a business trip to kill time at the
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> > airport, in the plane, and at the hotel after work.  I can only image
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> > what the passengers sitting next to me thought :).   This time around
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> > I used shape tables for all of my characters and on-screen text (Thank
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> > you Apple Mechanic!).  Please let me know if you find any bugs or
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> > anything.
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> > Link to disk image:http://rsp.retrocomputacion.com/games-the-deadly-orbs-by-brian-picchi/
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> You know, I have to admit I launched it with a small amount of skepticism being a basic game -- but I have to admit it's pretty cool!  I got as far as that orange orb (level 4 I think?)  Tricky game!  Is it possible to change up the platform locations from level to level though?
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> -B

Possible?  Absolutely.  But it would require me to be less lazy :).
I'd have to make the characters boundary and jump landing points
conditional per level as well as the orbs laser end points.  It did
cross my mind, though, but I thought it if Mario Bros could get away
with it, so could I.  :)