Awesome work, screenie works fine in Opera too .

looks good, man there is a lot of stuff going on. Cant wait to see more!

The enemy and the being able to shoot thing is being planned out, but I've run into problems regarding the time I've restricted myself to. I'll be able to work them out, but not without some effort, so it'll take time.

And, yeah. You *are* first to get the idea. I started my project Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 11:49 AM, according to the timestamp on the main project file. I didn't announce the project to the "public" until the first post on this thread. The project was actually announced on IRC.

If you want an outline of how my project basically works so far, PM me and I'll fork over the details.

No real update yet. The code that renders and moves player bullets seem to be working and I intend on letting the player shoot pretty soon, although it'll be at nothing at the moment. That'll be the next thing to be coded, but I still have to write a clipping sprite routine that works on a 64*64 pixel buffer as opposed to the more traditional 96*64 pixel buffer. It *should* be easier, but let's see how well things pan out.

After that, I'll be coding in a scripting system so that stages and enemies (including bosses) can be "coded" in. The system'll be flexible enough to allow loading of external levels (though I may not do that yet) and the ability to challenge individual spellcards in the practice mode. Timing won't be as much of an issue since I totally neglected a completely free slot in my interrupt timing scheme.

Luck or not, the project can be completed as the scheme stands. The foundation is solid enough...

... though don't expect the game to work on anything higher than a TI-83 Plus when this is completed, since the game requires interrupt timings found only on that calculator. A work-around for a higher calc would probably be to use a crystal timer to simulate timings similar to that found on a TI-83 Plus.

EDIT: I'll also be adding in a LOL-type internets story at the suggestion of Drak (#lobby) and a "Nullity" game mode which is reserved for only the masochistic professional (or professional masochist, whichever floats your boat. 1 life, no bombs. Potential Youtube vids, anyone?)

well I'm out my 83+ doesn't work anymore...still keep up the progress I can always play it on an emu.

Code is in place to initialize enemies, so now there's the task of rendering them and colliding them with the bullets. After those tests are done, then it'll be time to write the script system and then test that out. Sometime in between these steps (and definitely after), I'll post a screen shot demonstrating the code. Perhaps maybe I'll attach a binary to the post showing it all.

Then I'll start on an actual title screen...

EDIT: I'll also be adding in a LOL-type internets story at the suggestion of Drak (#lobby) and a "Nullity" game mode which is reserved for only the masochistic professional (or professional masochist, whichever floats your boat. 1 life, no bombs. Potential Youtube vids, anyone?)

The system'll be flexible enough to allow loading of external levels (though I may not do that yet) and the ability to challenge individual spellcards in the practice mode.

That's going to be pretty cool