GAME: uatomix

[martinsustek]

Hi all,

here is my second game (actually it is first, that I started to do). It's remake of old game atomix.

The goal is to build a molecule by moving atoms, that you can drag, and it flies until next atom or wall.
Graphics is in mode 3, low resolution, drawn by myself, so nothing special.
I've used levels from collection made by Andreas Wuest which is used in Katomic (KDE port of this game). I've selected 50 levels, that fit on screen.

I don't have sounds yet - this is definitely not my cup of tee. So anyone who can create patches is welcomed!
I also want to use that black window in right part of game screen somehow, so if you have any idea, please let me know

[Jeroen]

Maybe you can use that part of the screen to show the number of moves made and if you know howmuch needed show that also.

[martinsustek]

Maybe you can use that part of the screen to show the number of moves made and if you know howmuch needed show that also.

Yes, it will be easy to count moves. It will be nice to save high scores, but there is not enough memory in EEPROM to save score for 50 levels. Now I only save, if level was done or not.

I was also thinking about measuring time (how long is level being played), but don't know how to measure it.
It's maybe question for Uze - does kernel have some frame counter or hook to run function during VSYNC (to count frames and seconds, minutes,...)? Actually I think I can add it, but I want to know, if its there yet.

[greenpower]

Wow! It is simple but useful. Great as always!

[martinsustek]

I've created and added some sounds, added counters of moves, distance and time and slightly changed graphics.
New version is attached.

[Harty123]

Hi Martin,

Really nice done.

About score: You can use 2 EEPROM blocks for one game (one for the levels and one for highscore...)


-Harty

[martinsustek]

You can use 2 EEPROM blocks for one game

Yes, but I'm talking about score for each level (50 levels) and each score is few bytes.

[uze6666]

Nice one Martin! I had never played this one before, but I like these kind of puzzle games.

I was also thinking about measuring time (how long is level being played), but don't know how to measure it.
It's maybe question for Uze - does kernel have some frame counter or hook to run function during VSYNC (to count frames and seconds, minutes,...)? Actually I think I can add it, but I want to know, if its there yet.

Yes, it has a pre/post vsync hook that will be called 60 times per second:

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void SetUserPreVsyncCallback(VsyncCallBackFunc);
void SetUserPostVsyncCallback(VsyncCallBackFunc);

Usage is the following:

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...
void MyVsyncCallBack(void){
    mmc_processMixer();
}
...
int main(){
    SetUserPreVsyncCallback(&MyVsyncCallBack);
    ...
}


Have a look at the (newly created) API pages for details.

-Uze

ps: Is it ready for release or still WIP? Because if ready for release, I'll unleash the "New Game Alert" flood.

[martinsustek]

In fact I've done it by modifying kernel directly, I'll rewrite it. Then it can be released, I think.
Are there some FTP or so, where I can upload game and sources?

[uze6666]

I don't have an FTP site setup, but you can attach the source ZIP to the main post and WIKI.

-Uze