1943: The Battle of Midway (Vertical for Arduboy or Microcard)

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Nineteen43_Vertical.hex (76.7 KB)

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I have decided to split out the Vertical version of 1943 from my original posting as its a ‘completely’ new game made possible thanks to the graphic injection it received from @Vampirics. The original was made possible by @pharap with his help.

New features include enhanced graphics and a HUD that doesn’t alternate between bullets and health / fuel.

Hope you enjoy the game and the music that goes with it.

Source code here > https://github.com/Press-Play-On-Tape/Nineteen43_Vertical
Hex file here > https://github.com/Press-Play-On-Tape/Nineteen43_Vertical/tree/master/distributable

I will post a HEX onto @eried’s site soon.

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The Microcard version includes a high score system:

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Stairs Sweep - A falling block puzzle game
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Loaded it up on my daily driver arduboy. The retooled sprites are awesome.

#3

Do you like the ‘lean’ effect when you go up or down that @vampirics created?

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Yup looks pretty cool. Gives the game more of a depth. Gauges on the sides are also cool, I do not have to wait for the HUD to rotate in the statuses. The LED blips are a nice touch. Overall I like it.

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Thanks @fredster … I need to thank @Vampirics for pushing me along!

It looks even better on the Microcard!

#6

Im sure. If it pops up on massdrop again ill pick it up for this.

#7

Where are you based? I see DigiKey has a bunch of them in the US for sale. Unfortunately they will not ship overseas due to the(tiny) lion battery.

32 at the moment.

https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=tetris

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I’m in the N.E. U.S… Not a bad price. https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=microcard
Perhaps next paycheck I’ll pick it up.

Once you wipe “the default game” off of it you can’t go back I assume?

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You will also need to buy a programmer to go with it. I got one on ebay for about $6 delivered.

#10

Would you have a link for an example what you are describing?

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$3 Aussie dollars plus a couple more for shipping. That equates to about $0.39 USD at the current exchange rate :slight_smile:

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#12

This will have to go on my project docket of gaming console mods. Among the PSPs, Gameboys, Lynx and Gamegears I’m fixing/modding. :slight_smile:

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#13

For my fellow Aussies, Pakronics has 4 Microcards in stock at the moment.

Note the $89.10 is ex GST … becomes $98.01. Ouch!

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#14

Wow … there is only one left now!

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There are 15 11 on Massdrop …

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#16

One stupid question, do i need this programmer to upload it on tetris microcard? :roll_eyes:

#17

Yes… the Tetris device does not have aUSB stack and therefore can not be flashed that way.

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#18

First post in ages after a lot of down time.

This game is now looking really kickass :+1:t2:

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#19

Thanks Scott …I fixed a couple of play issues along the way. It is amazing to think that I ran out of memory when creating this and through code changes and library changes @Vampirics and I have squeezed all of these graphics in.

Code changes include

  • dropping the use of print() and being able to use Arduboy2Base instead of Arduboy2.
  • using SpritesB instead of Sprites.
  • using avr_eeprom instead of the standard Arduino eeprom library.
  • using the latest version of Arduboy2 library (version 50100) instead of the slightly older version previously used.
  • careful refactoring of code. Sometimes the simplest changes save the most memory!