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Calculator Community => Other Calc-Related Projects and Ideas => TI Z80 => Topic started by: DDRmaster on October 27, 2007, 07:36:00 pm

Title: DDR for calc
Post by: DDRmaster on October 27, 2007, 07:36:00 pm: Hi everyone. :)
I was trying to find a good place to share my idea and I found this place. It was listed at Wikipedia so I thought I'd try it out.

I've been programming my 83+ for a while now. I learned how when I found that I could put formulas in it for math class. Now that I'm better, I have been creating some really cool games.

Recently, a friend of mine showed me how to do stuff with xLIB and now i've got some really good ideas. I thought that since I like DDR so much, I should make it for the 83+. What do you think? I've made a minesweeper game and a falldown kind of game with xLIB and now I want to see if I can make a DDR game.
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: nitacku on October 27, 2007, 07:44:00 pm: Welcome to Omnimaga! Now where's those peanuts :P

Actually, there already is a DDR game.
DJ Omnimaga (this site's founder) created the game a while back.
You can find it http://omnimaga.org/index.php?showtopic=176

If you still want to create another DDR then feel free though.
Anyways, welcome to Omnimaga again!
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 27, 2007, 09:05:00 pm: I would like to see a DDR game with all the scoring and ranks from the original DDR. This is actually what my old DDR lacked the most
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: Harrierfalcon on October 28, 2007, 04:30:00 am: Not to demotivate anyone, but don't games like DDR and Guitar Hero kind of need music to be properly playable?
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: dinhotheone on October 28, 2007, 04:52:00 am: no, they just need a beat whether its visual or audio is up to the game maker. having said that i would suggest a little metronome or somehting on the screen somewhere
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: Liazon on October 28, 2007, 06:56:00 am: ya, like XXR has some nice things going on in the background.

maybe someday someone will make an ASM version w/ music, but I'm not sure if everyone who owns a calc realizes what kind of adapter they need to plug headphones in.
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 28, 2007, 08:20:00 am: well this is why I called my first DDR clone xLIB xLIB Revolution, since there was no music. I still find such games fun as random key smashing games tho.

That said I wish xLIB supported music. I know Omnicalc does but Omnicalc doesn't have fast scrolling routines, which are needed for games such as XXR...
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: Speler on October 28, 2007, 09:06:00 am: It would be cool to see an Omnicalc version though (with sound).
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 28, 2007, 09:35:00 am: yeah, it would be extremly slow though because you need to redraw all arrows on screen after erasing the screen. xLIB ddr works like a BASIC tunnel, you scroll 8 pixels up and just draw the bottom one
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: DDRmaster on October 28, 2007, 08:03:00 pm: Wow! I wasn't expecting so much interest.:)
do you think it would be possible to make it in grayscale instead of having sound?
I don't think many people would have the right adapter so I don't see how sound would benefit much ;)

Right now I'm working on the title screen. I'll post a screenshot when I get more done on it.
Title: DDR for calc
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 28, 2007, 08:48:00 pm: grayscale would be cool too, but it would slow down the game a lot if you do it using BASIC+xLIB.