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Bruce

Aug 2, 20223 min read

Vertical Shmup - Part 12 - Final tidying and improvements

If you recall, when we gave the Aliens the ability to fire missiles, one of tests that the code performs is to see if the Alien is...

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Bruce

Aug 2, 20223 min read

Enemy Spawner Event

This is the engine room of Shmupkit. The Spawner itself is a blank sprite, and it's event controls which enemies should be spawned,...

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Bruce

Aug 2, 20222 min read

Enemy Missile Event

Enemy missiles travel down the screen quite quickly, when they are spawned by an Enemy we pass the enemies direction of travel to the...

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Bruce

Aug 2, 20227 min read

Enemy Event - Shmupkit

Aliens perform a movement pattern which are a combination of directional movements, Direction 0-15, each one representing a point on a...

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Bruce

Aug 2, 20222 min read

Player Missile Event - Shmupkit

The player Missile is defined in Spite Type 1. It uses a simple 16x16 sprite image, and is launched when the player presses the fire key....

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Bruce

Aug 2, 20222 min read

Player Event - Shmupkit

The player event is quite straightforward. There are controls for left and right movement, thrust upward with the up key, this is...

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Bruce

Aug 2, 20221 min read

MPAGD Shmupkit Dev Guide

MPAGD SHMUPKIT is a Multi-Platform Arcade Game Designer project for creating vertical shoot-em ups, initially for ZX Spectrum, but...

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Bruce

May 29, 20221 min read

Double Jump with Key Debouncing

Here's a quick way to enable a Double Jump feature in your MPAGD platform games. It also includes a key debounce

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Bruce

Dec 3, 20212 min read

Let's create a deadly MPAGD Acid Drop

Creating a deadly acid drop that grows on the ceiling then falls to the ground

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Let's create an MPAGD game: Part 29: Adding a timer/countdown to your game

Bruce

Nov 7, 20217 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game: Part 29: Adding a timer/countdown to your game

Suppose in your game you want to give the player a set amount of time to complete each screen. And then, perhaps, give them a bonus...

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Let's create an MPAGD game: Part 28: Deep Dive into JUMPing

Bruce

Nov 6, 20213 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game: Part 28: Deep Dive into JUMPing

If you're designing a 2D side-on game, like a platformer, chances are your player will need to JUMP. Which is easily added by binding a...

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Let's create an MPAGD game: Part 27: Making your controls redefinable

Bruce

Nov 2, 20214 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game: Part 27: Making your controls redefinable

How to make your game control keys redefinable

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Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 26: Improving the KILL PLAYER routine and TYPE switching

Bruce

Nov 2, 20217 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 26: Improving the KILL PLAYER routine and TYPE switching

Using TYPE SWITCHING to change the player type and sprite to create a nice death animation before KILLing the player

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Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 25: PLOT an air purity meter

Bruce

Nov 2, 20214 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 25: PLOT an air purity meter

Using PLOT to create a meter / bar

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Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 24: We're going to need a bigger window

Bruce

Nov 2, 20213 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 24: We're going to need a bigger window

Changing the size of the play area window.

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Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 23: Adding basic sounds with BEEP and CRASH

Bruce

Oct 30, 20217 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 23: Adding basic sounds with BEEP and CRASH

Introduces BEEP, CRASH, DELAY, AIRBORNE , timers and temporary variables

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Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 22: Working with text, MESSAGEs, CHaRacters and PRINTMODE

Bruce

Oct 30, 20216 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 22: Working with text, MESSAGEs, CHaRacters and PRINTMODE

So far, we've learnt how to get information onto the screen using commands such as PRINT "" and DISPLAY plus some special ones like...

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Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 21: Changing fonts, COLOUR, PAPER, INK and CLUT

Bruce

Oct 30, 20215 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 21: Changing fonts, COLOUR, PAPER, INK and CLUT

In our last lesson, we looked at working with the player SCORE, BONUS and DISPLAYing it on the screen, also using AT and PRINT to also...

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Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 20: SCOREs, LIVES and DISPLAYing stuff.

Bruce

Oct 30, 20217 min read

Let's create an MPAGD game - Part 20: SCOREs, LIVES and DISPLAYing stuff.

Our game is starting to take shape, now is probably a good time to sort out the mess that is currently the score bar at the top of the...

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Bruce

Oct 28, 20211 min read

Reviews of The Swarm is Coming...

40 years on, the thirteen year old me finally achieved his dream...a Crash Smash! There've been several reviews of The Swarm is Coming, her

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