lol, I thought this post was about a graphics card when I first saw it.

Hello, I was downloading and reading HotDog's  Z80 ASM tutorial for total beginners(I think that was the name  ) earlier today.  I closed the tab thinking I could just find it later, but I can't.  If anyone can point me to where that post is I would greatly appreciate it.

 

what language do you intend to use to write this sidescroller?

 I'm, still looking at what best suits my needs for this project, I have absolutely know experience with coding so I'm still deciding what's best to learn/learn first.  I really don't know where to start, I need a good tutorial.  Not to sound hopeless but I have no concept of coding, so bear with me as I try to find the right information to start with.

Looks awesome!  I'm a big fan of Minecraft adventure maps, even making some of my own, and so this looks like it would be really fun What kind of gameplay are you planning for it?

  Pay attention to this thread I'll make this a topic on the Minecraft forum and post a link.

Thanks, that gold colored thing with the red lamps is suppose to be one of the boss statue/impasses like in Zero Mission.  I think it's atleast recognizable, lol.

I'm kinda doing this thing in order of what I feel like doing and in the order of the ideas in my head .  I actually haven't been able to find an easy one stop place to learn axe, kind of hard to learn when switching back and forth between information/guides.  I would of course want to start my project from scratch, I can only imagine it's easiest to work bugs out that way.  One feature I want to do is a three level tileset, 1st layer would be purily graphical, 2nd layer would be for movement and physics, 3rd layer a simple background/graphics layer.  Kinda like artclass in kindergarten, with construction paper.

What are some good games?

For the pc, Crysis and Crysis Warhead will play just like an XBOX game.  It gives you an ingame popup that shows you all the buttons when you plug it in.  Most new games that have the Windows brand on the cover have the same feature.  One downside is it will act like any other game controller with older games, but you still get a ton more precision over the generic controllers.  That is definately a plus for casual FPS's.  Oh,one more game that recognizes the 360 controller is Super Meat Boy which is significantly more enjoyable to play with.

I would like to know who has a xbox controller for thier computer.

I do have a wired 360 controller for my computer, but I use it for games that already have provisions and mapping for it.  Otherwise it's the most precise and high quality controller you can buy for the pc by far.

This is more of a thought than an ambition.  Wouldn't it be possible to make a Super Meat Boy for the calc with reasonable success?  Obviously sprites and tilesets would have to be significantly less detailed for most calcs.  I just thought it sounded like a fun idea maybe someone could turn into a project. Maybe it could be done with some of the physics based coding tools I've seen on here.  Meat Boy already is a cube so it wouldn't be to hard to just make him a square, atleast I wouldn't really care how detailed he'd be.  I just got to thinking that maybe you could replicate a game where you're able to sprint, jump off walls, and control your character mid flight.  Those features are a great combo.