The Southsider Syndication Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:14:20 +0000 editor@atariage.com (AtariAge Forums) IP.Blog 60 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8836-star-castle-brainstorming/ The rings can now move at variable speeds - I have slowed them down a bit in this version.
The ring segment now disappear immediately when they are hit.
The rings will regenerate when the outer ring is removed.
The gun will fire projectiles at you when the inner ring is...]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8836-star-castle-brainstorming/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8832-star-castle-collision-detection/


I think I now have all of the pieces necessary to make the game. However, I now need to put it...]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8832-star-castle-collision-detection/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8826-star-castle-mines/

The mines now follow you around the screen. They will reset to the centre if they go off screen.

You can shoot the mines, and collisions between the ship and mines are detected (the screen will flash).

Ship rotation is now much slower.

There are still a few...]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:02:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8826-star-castle-mines/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8814-star-castle-improvements/

Ship rotation is slower.

Ring colours now match the arcade version.

Player bounces off the rings.

Centre gun tracks the player position.

The main issue now is collision detection between the bullets and the rings. I haven't yet worked out an efficient...]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8814-star-castle-improvements/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8804-star-castle-ship-movement/

Joystick Left/Right - Rotate

Joystick Up - Thrust

Fire - Fire Bullets

I have been trying to match the ship movement with the arcade...]]> Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8804-star-castle-ship-movement/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8787-star-castle-colour-kernel/


The technique was inspired by supercats kernel, but as before I...]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8787-star-castle-colour-kernel/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8769-star-castle-kernel/
It turns out not to be too difficult - I was able to write a basic kernel with rotating shields in a single weekend. I just went for a simple implementation using extra RAM (FA bank-switching)...]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:04:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8769-star-castle-kernel/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8063-chetiry/ will now know, I have been working on a new Atari 2600 homebrew title called Chetiry. This blog entry should hopefully clear us some of the confusion surrounding the project!

Chetiry is a...]]> Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:38:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-8063-chetiry/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-6827-looking-forward/
Hardware:

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[*]AtariVox+ - I think this has been...]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:34:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-6827-looking-forward/ http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-6806-more-harmony/ It was a bit of a struggle, but it actually seems to be working now - teaser shots below:





Chris]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/107/entry-6806-more-harmony/