Thanks. I just eradicated the score system, instead replacing it with a system of multiple wins. Could someone please optimize these statements which I commonly use?:

• {CONSTANT - VAR}: I use this expression a lot, but I know that subtracting a var is bigger than subtracting a constant.
• I know that 0→A:3→B is optimized as 0→A+3→B. How far apart can the two values be before this stops becoming effective?
• If A=0 and (B=0): Can that be optimized using the subtraction trick (If A=1 is !If A-1)?
  

You communicate with someone on IRC, then start a game, I'd assume.

Yes, that's the idea. The Kalliera client requires you to specify your joystick port for the shared emulator, which requires that you coordinate games beforehand. OmnomIRC (or a private chat session) could also be used to chat ingame - a must for the game to be fun.

We could also use this forum to discuss game strategies and post screenshots of your colony.

EDIT: And I'm also thinking of porting this game to 83 Plus after Eitrix is done.

I just discovered this great game that my dad used to play as a kid: M.U.L.E.. It is a strategy / economic game for the Atari 800 computer, where you develop plots of land and exchange resources in a free market invironment. Different resources have different uses in the otherworld economy: Food lets you do things, Energy drives your M.U.L.E.s (the mule-like robots that you install on the land), and Smithore is used to make more MULES. It is very complex for an Atari game, with 4 player support, various real economic concepts (such as supply and demand pricing, as well as economies of scale), other ways to earn free money, etc. What's more, the Atari 800 emulator that comes with the game supports ONLINE MULTIPLAYER! Please download at http://www.atarimule.com/downloads.htm. I hope that we can get some games started over IRC!

I do remember that the original Zelda game intentionally lacked hints in order to facilitate discussion - for example, you start the game without the sword and there are no clues as to where it is. The idea was that one person would find out how to do it and then tell his comrades* how, who would progress with him at their own homes. I don't remember any specific clues about the Hookshot in Ocarina of Time, so this might be a vestige of the discussion idea.

*I'm not Communist, btw. I just like to say comrade.

That really sucks. I hope that you had nothing really serious posted on there, because they could really do bad things to your identity if they knew how to get in. All besides, you can't get anything done, and your projects are lost.

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I just put it there. Thanks for the fast response, though.

I just compiled it using the copy of spasm supplied with Hot_Dog's tutorial! It's attached to the post. I haven't tested it yet, so please do!

Here's a request that shouldn't be hard to implement: adding If conditionals to sub and Goto. Because this can be done in z80 ASM, it shouldn't be hard to optimize this:
!If A-1
sub(FOO)
End
to this:
sub(FOO)!If A-1

Also, I would like For loops to work with negative numbers (as a seperate option). For example, For(I,-1,1) is a legitimate loop (check the positions to the left, center, and right, for instance) but would end immediately. So, I would like to specify For(I,-1,1)^r to show that the indexes are signed. Oh, and I would also like to specify custom steps in For loops, like we can in TI-BASIC.