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[johnon]

NOTE: I really hate to be posting so many threads, but I tend to ask a lot of questions. Sorry. Just part of my learning process. D:

Okay, so as I'm coding my kernel, I'm noticing that all I really know how to do right now is the bare minimum...and that it uses up a hell of a lot more RAM than some more efficient ways. I'm also noticing that I know very little in the ways of graphics, movement and input.

I've read through Andrew Davie's tutorials, Kirk Israel's tutorial and cookbook, a guide on what each of the opcodes do, and the Stella Programming Guide, all thoroughly. I spent a whole night reading and re-reading the SPG. I still feel I really don't know much about what I'm doing.

Further backing this fact is that I can hardly understand how the kernels in games like Adventure and Pitfall really work. I understand that these are very advanced kernels. So I looked at Donkey Kong and River Raid. As with the other two, I understood what each function was. However, I didn't understand how it all came together.

Are there any tutorials/guides on more advanced kernels?

Edited by johnon, Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:03 PM.

[roland p]

could you describe what kind of kernal you want?

[johnon]

I'm not entirely sure. Mainly I'm just looking for progress, and I just felt a bit lost on the "where to go from here" end after Andrew Davie's tutorials.

[SpiceWare]

You're more than welcome to check out my blog, where I documented the development of Medieval Mayhem, numerous versions of source are in the posts. Here's a time lapse of how it evolved over time.





There's also the Homebrew Discussion thread. Not as technical as the blog, but might have some useful info

[johnon]

Thanks, SpiceWare, I'll see what I can learn from it.