I actually like the second method better Seems like it would be more strategic, and give less power to those with the shields, although you might have to fun some play tests so find out.
That looks really really nice I have a question about movement, is it immediate movement like in the original blockdude or is there some smooth movement between each steps?
Currently i have... 22 Levels built. So thats an average of about 1300 bytes. I really hope to include a number more levels, i have quite a bit of space left already so i think for now fitting everything on one page shouldn't be that hard.
Yeah Axe is getting more and more impressive every time it upgrades Some of the other more impressive feats are Custom interrupts, Token display, a slew of new graphics commands like rectangle/circle, and Mirage/Ion/Doors/App/Noshell compiling
yeah, at first i didnt even notice that calc84's engine wasn't full pixel by pixel graphics. And hopefully converting to fixed point will give you enough speed so that you wont have to sacrifice speed. Maybe 2x1 for the top half of the game area?
So just an update, i have been working on the Map loading, getting the map code smaller, faster, and more efficient. Les 'interpreting' is done by the map builder, and more is stored in the tilemap, since i went over 8 sprites per byte and now i have to put in 16 tiles per byte, which lowers compression in the other half of the byte.
I am also working on implementing object in the Map data, instead of just hardcoded into the program Here is how many bytes each object will take up in the map memory:
Box: 1 byte for location Button: 2 bytes for location and for door Plasma switch: 3 bytes for location, door and plasma ball direction
There will most likely never be more than one Plasma switch in each puzzle, so i dont think that will be a large impact on level size. As of now, after compiling a few of the levels i have planned out, the average level size is about 60 bytes, which i am very happy with :] i wanted to include a lot of levels in PortalX, so this means that i can!
That looks really nice Maybe once you convert to fixed point, if you have enough speed maybe try what calc84 did with his Fzero engine and do 2x1 pixels?
Thanks And about the TAS, i have gotten even faster runs with my version that waits for a keypress, but as im working on upgrading the key system right now, i fear it may be more difficult to make that version in the future
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Seems like it would be more strategic, and give less power to those with the shields, although you might have to fun some play tests so find out.
Silly xLib!\ 
I have a question about movement, is it immediate movement like in the original blockdude or is there some smooth movement between each steps?
