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Thanks for getting back! I hope i didn't come across as too critical - honestly if the exact same event happens next year I'll be very happy, but I figured I would provide some feedback.

Will you be looking for help next year? Rather than just me complaining, I would like to help out with some of these things. Some things I could do:

I'm not GREAT with music, but I can take an action to provide functions to modify the songs.
Do we maybe want a github account and a github personal page for the jam? The github personal page could act as a "launcher" if we open to other engines. I could do this as well. I would be happy to work on this! Having a github repo per year would also be a nice way to store the materials.

The more i talk about github the more i like it. Do I have your permission to set up a repo for jam #1? Maybe we would want to do it next year.

Anyways, this is all to say, i would love to help out next year. Cheers!

-PB

ThatTomHall5 years ago (1 edit)

Yeah, no problem, I am weighing all opinions with my own. Want it to be the best possible Jam for folks!

Pretty good idea -- I have a Github account, I can just make a directory for it, yah? I just fixed the dumb ice tile.

I wouldn't mind help for sure, but I'd prefer to be the source of the data storage, cuz life can be crazy.

Now that people have liked it, will make it more epic for next time.

One big help might be better support routines -- would like some not-obscurely-coded easing functions, score counter that supports < 32K, and so on....

Paloblancogames5 years ago

Happy to start cracking on some support routines.

One last idle thought... it seems like with the support routines you are chasing after beginner-level participants. Would they be served well by individual demo carts?

I'll admit that I had a bit of a tough time following the code in the demo cart, as it was easy to get a little lost in the transitions. What if there were, for instance, a NINJOE.P8 which actually implemented the character in a barebones platformer, so folks could just design levels and tweak values? Or a RPG.P8, MATCH3.P8, etc. I could work on one of these as well.

Thanks again!

ThatTomHall5 years ago

Yeah you are gettin' ahead of me -- exactly what I was planning! Great minds think alike!

I wanted one general routines cart, then a few carts as you describe. ;^)

This is the list I had so far for Optional Toy Box Jam Code:

-- color font print routines (with top/bottom colorizable borders&background, without borders but colorizable background, or just font with drop shadow), big print version of same

--print Pico font with outline

--simple collision

--simple colorizable windows

--starfield with depth and direction

-- ASC(same as ORD) and CHR ASCII number to character and back routines

--Particles

--Easing functions

--progress meter routine

--double-size sprite routine drawing

— screen shake

— printc

— distance between points (with safe SQRT)

—-trifill etc

— POKEd proportional font

-- > 10000 score meter

Let me know if you see basic things that would be helpful.....

Blodyavenger5 years ago

These would be all great and if possible, I would like to see a simple highscore system or at least a sample code for storing the highest score.

ThatTomHall5 years ago

Oh yeah! (Maybe even simple entering initials, hmm.)

Blodyavenger5 years ago(+1)

That's a bonus, I didn't want to come out too demanding ;)

ThatTomHall5 years ago

Yeah, well, for TBJ maybe just the score.... trying to build up a personal library too....

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