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Octojam 7
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Chip8 Programming Questions
This thread is for short questions about Chip8 programming and the Octo assembly language. If you have a more involved q...
started by
Internet Janitor
Aug 25, 2020
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Internet Janitor
Feb 05, 2023
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The CHIP-8 Archive
When you've completed all the finishing touches on your submission(s) to the Octojam, please consider contributing your...
started by
Internet Janitor
Oct 29, 2020
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chip8/octo on real hardware
Hello, The first programs I ever wrote was for chip8. Way back when. But at the time, I never got to run them. I had wan...
started by
dinotron
Jan 19, 2021
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dinotron
Jan 19, 2021
Jam streams and post mortems.
If you have any post jam materials please link them here. This is the Octojam 7 showcase video:
started by
TomR
Nov 07, 2020
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Timendus
Nov 08, 2020
Code is broken, no idea why (game too big?)
I am close to writing off my game as "complete." However, a new bug has reared its head in my previously perfectly worki...
started by
Cratmang
Oct 29, 2020
2
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Cratmang
Oct 29, 2020
What are you making?
The jam has started! Has anyone started? Do you have any ideas? I have a few ideas. This year my goal is to make on CHIP...
started by
Tobias V. Langhoff
Oct 01, 2020
44
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Timendus
Oct 27, 2020
Reading video memory
Is it possible to read video memory? No biggie, I just find myself wanting to occasionally write tests and the only thin...
started by
lemonwatcher
Oct 09, 2020
10
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TomSwan
Oct 27, 2020
Emulator Allowed
Is development on an emulator allowed? Or, do I need to somehow dig out my Elf 2000? P. Todd
started by
ptdecker
Sep 23, 2020
3
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TomSwan
Oct 27, 2020
Octo CRT
I'm working on a project to get Octo programs on a black and white CRT. It's going well so far.
started by
TomR
Oct 06, 2020
3
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Sysl
Oct 26, 2020
Terminal based CHIP-8 Emulator without external libraries in C++
Hey Everyone, A CHIP-8 Emulator/Interpreter in C++ developed over 2-3 days which runs on the terminal without external d...
started by
LakshyAAAgrawal
Oct 18, 2020
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How do I make a game playable on the web?
I made a game with my own assembler, and I want it to be playable on the web. How can I achieve this?
started by
steveRoll
Oct 14, 2020
2
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steveRoll
Oct 14, 2020
HP 48
Got some hardware in the mail. Ready to play some Octojam submissions!
started by
Tobias V. Langhoff
Oct 10, 2020
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Tobias V. Langhoff
Oct 13, 2020
The VIP2K!
Last year I grabbed one of Lee Hart's "VIP2K" modern re-imaginings of the original Cosmac VIP. It's not exactly the same...
started by
jibbl
Oct 10, 2020
2
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jibbl
Oct 11, 2020
Game Resolution
The site states that the maximum resolution is 32x64, however, the example games seem to be at 128x64. How can I achieve...
started by
Educorreia932
Oct 09, 2020
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Educorreia932
Oct 09, 2020
Proof of concept: ~46,000 bytes of CODE (not data) with XO-Chip
you can’t as easily place code outside the low 4k. Ok this was bugging me for a while, but then I realized we can just...
started by
Josh Goebel
Oct 02, 2020
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TomR
Oct 04, 2020
Must one use an "official" runtime?
Ie, must our games only work with https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Octo , or similar? If we want to publish to HTML oursel...
started by
Josh Goebel
Sep 14, 2020
6
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Tobias V. Langhoff
Sep 23, 2020
Could we update to use requestAnimationFrame()?
Are you open to a PR to update Octo to use the requestAnimationFrame() API? I’m seeing weird rendering glitch with Chr...
started by
Josh Goebel
Sep 14, 2020
1
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Internet Janitor
Sep 14, 2020
EZ-Writer
Is there any documentation on this? I’m happy to RTFM, just I can’t find it. :) I feel like I’m missing something...
started by
Josh Goebel
Sep 14, 2020
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Internet Janitor
Sep 14, 2020
Teams
Are teams allowed? Anyone want to partner up or need help? I'm super interested in the XO-CHIP stuff. Looks like a few s...
started by
Josh Goebel
Sep 14, 2020
1
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Internet Janitor
Sep 14, 2020
CHIP-8 keypad
I'm so stoked for Octojam, I put together a little keypad, inspired by the COSMAC VIP's keypad, to play this year's game...
started by
Tobias V. Langhoff
Aug 25, 2020
2
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446
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Josh Goebel
Sep 14, 2020