With the lockdown and everything closing down and the fact I cannot work, I eventually got bored and I began doing some updates to my old calculator games. First, Illusiat Collection got updated, then my HP Prime Tunnel game and now, First Fantasy: Mana Force for the TI-84 Plus CE.



Basically I am taking advantage of the CE Texlib rectangle library exploits to use parts of the home screen that cannot be used normally in TI-BASIC on that calculator. I plan to display the current hit points at the top of the screen whenever it's empty, but I'll need to create a custom font routine using CE Textlib rectangles. Here is what it should look like once completed:


It's also now possible to quit the game by pressing CLEAR in the in-game menu. Some colors were also changed to take advantage of the aforementioned CE Texlib "features", since that lets me use 16 colors instead of 15. The horizontal gaps you could see in the dungeon walls were also removed.


If you have a CE, you can download the game at https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/463/46383.html , although some recent updates haven't been implemented yet. There's also a C Silver Edition version included.

The custom digits font routine has been completed and implemented:



Of course it slows down the game a bit but most of the slowdown occurs right at the beginning of the battle loop or when exiting the menu from the village. I'll have to look into that because it seems like the HP font routine is ran twice.

EDIT: More screenshots of what the game looks like now:



EDIT2: Another

Since this is such a major interface change and, as you previously stated, it could slow down the game, maybe you could consider making a new release instead of replacing the old files?
(BTW, the game looks really nice. )

Thanks to @Iambian 's new TI-OS custom font routine, a special version of First Fantasy taking advantage of his font hook to display actual sprites is now being worked on:

That looks wonderful :0
I remember for the monochrome series, the precursor to Batlib actually used a font hook in a similar way. The programmer could use hex codes to create sprites on-the-fly for 0-9 and A-F (so 16 tiles) and then use the normal Output( command to draw a map. (That's actually why Batlib's first set of commands are font- and hex-oriented).

Thanks a lot! Here is a video of the game in action, by the way:

A new expanded version of First Fantasy: Mana Force for the TI-83 Premium CE and TI-84 Plus CE is underway. Four bonus dungeons with even harder enemies are being added. Here are some of the changes in the menu:


The following screenshots did not have the crystal shard and orb displayed in the game menu but they still shows some updates:




EDIT:
Major update with version 4.0 release!



-Four bonus dungeons added via an entirely new quest unlocked at the end of the original
-Some graphical improvements in dungeons and the village
-Title screen copyright layout changed and reduced in size
-In-game controls that are displayed on-screen now shows up as button icons for better readability.
-Fixed save loading bug introduced in 3.1.
-Some dungeon colors and graphics changed.
-If a second quest is started after beating the game, a star now appears besides the save file on the title screen.
-The last error mentioned in the previous version changes might have finally been fixed once and for all.

Download link (also in Ticalc/Cemetech pending queue): https://tiplanet.org/forum/archives_voir.php?id=185757

Thanks a lot!

Version 4.1 of First Fantasy is now released! https://tiplanet.org/forum/archives_voir.php?id=185757


It adds treasure chests to most dungeons.