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LoudScotsBlocke,

Submitted a game this morning. It uses the TRS-80's block graphics characters for its missiles. Just let me know if this doesn't fit the ASCII character confines and I'll yank it. I've got lots of other ideas I can develop. Ta,

Jim Gerrie (jgerrie)

Loudscotsbloke3 years ago(+1)

Hi Jim, and thanks for joining! I follow your excellent work on the wee MC! With regards to the block graphics, can they be displayed with a simple chr$(x)? are they part of the rom set? If they answer is yes, then they are perfectly fine mate.

jgerrie3 years ago(+1)

Nothing on the screen is not a standard ASCII character. However, how each character gets there is not by CHR$. The city is just a PRINTed set of ordinary strings. And the missile tracks are put there by the SET/RESET commands, which selects the correct "block character" to display to give a "pseudographic" effect. So I'm still unsure. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semigraphics

Loudscotsbloke3 years ago(+1)

Hi Jim. Having researched the method, I am happy that it complies with the rules 👍

Loudscotsbloke3 years ago

Hi Jim, great work on the submissions so far! Could I ask if there is a TXT version of your code included in the zip? I can only find the .C10 versions. The reason being that as part of the judging process, I have automated the 72 char check, and I need a raw TXT.

jgerrie3 years ago

I've put links to the source for each in the "description section" of itch page for each entry. Is that okay?

Loudscotsbloke3 years ago

Hi Jim, and thanks for that, but it would make my life a bit easier if the txt version was included in the submission.

jgerrie3 years ago (1 edit)

Loudscotsbloke, I've added text files for all 3 of my submissions under the "Quicktype" directory in the VMC10 .zip download , and added some notes under the download instructions to that effect. Thanks for the contest.

Loudscotsbloke3 years ago(+1)

Excellent, thanks Jim. I see you have submitted another! Wow!

jgerrie3 years ago

Sorry. Some time to kill this week and next. Just tell me to stop if it gets excessive. I've updated Defender too.

jgerrie3 years ago

FYI, I've updated Jumpjack.

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