Re: Raycasting 3D demo disk

[David Schmenk <dschmenk@GACH.gmail.com>]

aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
> David Schmenk wrote:
> > Here for your enjoyment
>
> Thank you!  Very cool!
>
>
>
> > In order
> > to get interactive framerates and decent colors, the lo-res graphics
> > mode is employed.  I am not double buffering the rendering - you see it
> > as it renders.  Textures are only 16x16, and there are only 15 of them.
> >   It would have seemed pretty cool back in 1977 though.
>
> I think it would be cool to put it on hires screen, in a 40X24 window
> in the
> center...

While deciding on the graphics mode, I did consider the hires screen. 
However the lores mode has distinct advantages.  Full screen and more 
colors make for a more immersive feel.  The thing I didn't like about 
Wold3D was the tiny window in the middle.  My feel is a full screen with 
fast framerate can offset the blocky pixels.  I just have to take off my 
glasses and I can't tell the difference between lores and hires :-)

> \\> Download it, give it a try, let me know what you think.  I hope to
> have
> > an actual game to play with a geekly humorous story-line in a few months
> > based on this technology.
>
> what I think:  it's amazing to see an apple II do this..  reminds me of
> the excitement of playing Wolf3d on the GS a few years ago..
>
> Thanks for sharing.. I'm impressed, and I'm sure anyone who has
> ever used an apple II would be impressed!
>
>
> Rich

Thanks,

Dave...