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[genesis]

As my cable is broken I am reduced to short codes, whilst making a new game I fiddled around with the layout for the main loop and came up with this. Paste it in a program called Dodge and its really simple. You are 1 and you have to dodge 2, play with some friends and have a laugh. Tell me your high score, mine is 255...

ClrText
11->A~C:3->D~E
For 3->B To 5
Locate 10,B,"---"
Next
Do
Getkey
If Ans=27 And A<12
Then Locate A,B,"-"
Isz A
IfEnd
If Ans=28 And B>3
Then Locate A,B,"-"
Dsz B
IfEnd
If Ans=37 And B<5
Then Locate A,B,"-"
Isz B
If Ans=38 And A>10
Then Locate A,B,"-"
Dsz A
IfEnd
Locate A,B,1
Int 4Ran#
If Ans=0 And C<12
Then Locate C,D,"-"
Isz C
IfEnd
If Ans=1 And D>3
Then Locate C,D,"-"
Dsz D
IfEnd
If Ans=2 And D<5
Then Locate C,D,"-"
Isz D
If Ans=3 And C>10
Then Locate C,D,"-"
Dsz C
IfEnd
Locate C,D,2
Isz E
LpWhile AB=/=CD- Disp -
E

BTW, my game on my site will be the same one as the comp except with correct plurals . Enjoy!

[casiokingdom]

More like: The crapest game ever!

kidding.........don't worry, i will play it.
First i must study for my exams

[genesis]

The LpWhile Getkey=/=31- Disp - command is VERY useful for pauses or end of game codes in text mode (if you press a key, the screen goes blank and usually your pressing in vain when its game over). It pauses the game and requires you to let go and press it again, the fastest code of it's function. Another great thing to use when doing the direction a character moves and is facing is using sine and cosine, they work very well.

--- EDIT ---
Here's what I mean by a minimum of one post to become a member: there are 200 members (over half!) who haven't made a post. Making members have an opening post also makes the forum more active and different (not the same people again and again).

[casiokingdom]

Do you mean their first post can start a new topic, introducing themselves?? as i think that will be a good idea

[huhn_m]

I don't think this is a good idea since it would float
the forum with senceless posts
without contants since members only want to join
but not to read anything. we had this discussion before.

Or the won't join at all.

[BiTwhise]

Here's what I mean by a minimum of one post to become a member: there are 200 members (over half!) who haven't made a post. Making members have an opening post also makes the forum more active and different (not the same people again and again).

That the same people post over and over agian, is not a bad thing..

The people who are most interested would naturally post most, and to force low posters to post doesn't make the forum higher quality..

Some of our members are in here to learn, some to excange knowlegde and ideas, some to look for answers to specific questions they might have. The point is, not everyone in here needs to post to take use of the forum... and that's good

Obviously it would be nice to see some new names taking part in discussions every once in a while, but that's achieved through promoting the forum and adding members, not by forcing current members to post (and perhaps leave the forum)

If poeple feel like introducing themselves, they're free to do so in the free discussion forum.

[Overlord]

Do you mean their first post can start a new topic, introducing themselves?? as i think that will be a good idea

i think it's a not so good idea, for example, i've been here since a long time : at the begin i came here as an "observator", i was only reading and not posting. And i hate presentations (especially when i must write something about me)

[casiokingdom]

When i first joined i was a poster!

But i found it hard to get to know many of the members, as you can't really introduce yourself properly.

[casiokingdom]

Genesis, i played your game today. Your code had a few minor bugs (eg. missed comma etc.).

But, it's fun and quite hard. my best score is only 74!
=============EDIT===============
make that 126!

[genesis]

Thanks, I changed them. How did you get the code, can you just paste it in a program and send it to your calc or do you need to type it from the screen? I can't beat 255, it's a one-off achievement.

I can see what you mean by a poster. Two posts in a row, usual antics eh, casiokingdom?

[casiokingdom]

Yeah, you must have been lucky to get that HS.

i copied your code on the post and pasted it in FA-123. i had to change a few letters though...also a few bugs. but it didn't take long.

BTW: i double posted because my posts we like 2 days apart. i have changed! I am know a careful poster.

[genesis]

What is the fastest snake game you've ever seen for CFX? This is the best I can do:

ClrText
{21,7->Dim Mat S
[[10,11,12][6,6,6->Mat T
For 10->A To 12
1->Mat S[A,6
Locate A,6,"O"
Next
6->B:1->C:0->D:3->E~F:11->G:4->H
Locate G,H,"*"
Lbl 0
Do
If Getkey=27
Then C=0=>1->C:0->D
IfEnd
If Getkey=28
Then 0->C:D=0=>-1->D
IfEnd
If Getkey=37
Then 0->C:D=0=>1->D
IfEnd
If Getkey=38
Then C=0=>-1->C:0->D
IfEnd
A+C->A:B+D->B
AB=0 Or A=22 Or B=8=>Goto 1
1->Mat S[A,B
Isz E
E>F=>1->E
Mat T[1,E->I
Mat T[2,E->J
A->Mat T[1,E
B->Mat T[2,E
If I>0
Then 0->Mat S[1,J
Locate I,J," "
IfEnd
If A=G And B=H
Then Isz F
Augment(Mat T,[[(zero)][0->Mat T
Do
Int 21Ran#+1->G
Int 7Ran#+1->H
LpWhile 1=Mat S[G,H
Locate G,H,"*"
IfEnd
LpWhile Getkey=/=31
Do
Getkey
LpWhile Ans=0 Or Ans=31
Goto 0
Lbl 1
ClrText
Locate 7,4,"Game over"
Do:LpWhile Getkey=/=31
Locate 7,7,"Score:"
Locate 14,7,F-3
Stop

You must use Stop if your program uses labels. As the statement Getkey=0 doesn't work, does anyone know what value is actually returned IN THAT STATEMENT for no buttons pressed? Someone told me it's 31 but Getkey by itself leaves 0 in Ans. Hmm, is the first smiley conflict the forum has seen so far...

[huhn_m]

you can do:

do
loopwhile fract(getkey/10)=0

since the last number of getkey is only 0 if no button is pressed.
I used this as a workarround.

[genesis]

Here's the best I can do: 2Getkey=0. I'll replace it in the code.

=== EDIT ===
I'll leave it the way it is, multiple Getkey's in a row tends to stuff up programs.

[genesis]

Ok, call me a hippocrite huhn_m (or is the correct word hippocrit?). The first version of Killer Instinct is open for downloads (my signature). I need suggestions, especially errors and the location of pictures as I can't see them on my calc. Again, I must thank Bmp2Cat. Sorry, no combos or combo breakers...

[huhn_m]

???? I don't understand your questions. What do you want? The adresse of video ram is 1A00:0

[genesis]

Not that technical... I meant the positions of the players on the screen, not the address of the picture storage. And by not being able to see them I mean I haven't got a cable... what a coincidence.

[casiokingdom]

Genesis, i just played KI, and i am having a few difficulties.

Firstly, i can't see my oponent, only always an arrow (i know that means the opponent is out of the screen but does he ever come on the screen?) what's your opponent supposed to look like?

[genesis]

The readme has an explanation, incase anyone hasn't noticed, you can move too. Without moving the game gets boring and too difficult, moving adds an extra dimension. And also, you have to actually download the characters, as sometimes having pictures stored on your calc is good. If you want, you don't need pictures as RclPict doesn't use any memory if there are no pictures and you can be playing with ghosts... right... <_<