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Intro Menu Event - Shmupkit

This is pretty standard MPAGD intro menu, but I've added the redefine keys commands, always let your player redefine their keys!


(note that in V1 of Shmupkit my comments on the key redefines are wrong, the correct ones are below...it still works though....was a copy and paste error on my part!)




EVENT INTROMENU

WAITKEY

BORDER 0

COLOUR 68
CLS


LET CONTROL = 99
WHILE CONTROL >= 99
	PRINTMODE 1
	AT 4 6
	PRINT "MPAGD SHMUPKIT DEMO"
	AT 18 5
	PRINT "minilopretro.com 2022"
	PRINTMODE 0
    AT 8 10
    PRINT "1. KEYBOARD"
    AT 10 10
    PRINT "2. KEMPSTON"
    AT 12 10
    PRINT "3. SINCLAIR"
    AT 14 10
    PRINT "4. REDEFINE"
    LET CONTROL = 99
    WHILE CONTROL = 99
        IF KEY OPTION1
            LET CONTROL = 0
        ENDIF
        IF KEY OPTION2
            LET CONTROL = 1
        ENDIF
        IF KEY OPTION3
            LET CONTROL = 2
        ENDIF
        IF KEY OPTION4
		CLS
		WHILE KEY OPTION4
        ENDWHILE
        AT 7 12
		PRINT "PRESS KEY FOR:"
		AT 9 12
		PRINT "LEFT"     
		DEFINEKEY LEFT	; the key pressed will be the new Left key
		AT 11 12        
		PRINT "RIGHT"     
		DEFINEKEY RIGHT	; the key pressed will be the new right key
		AT 13 12
		PRINT "THRUST"
		DEFINEKEY UP		; the key pressed will be the new up key
		AT 15 12
		PRINT "FIRE"
		DEFINEKEY FIRE1	; the key pressed will be the new fire key
		AT 17 12
		PRINT "PAUSE"
		DEFINEKEY FIRE3	; this will be the PAUSE key
		LET CONTROL = 100 
		CLS
        ENDIF
    ENDWHILE
ENDWHILE
CLS

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Hello, I'm Bruce and I write games for old 8bit computers using Jonathan Cauldwell's excellent Multi-Platform Arcade Games Designer (MPAGD)

I've written a few successful* games for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and MSX platforms that have been (largely) well received including Twenty Four Hour Parsley People scoring a 10 out of 10 on Planeta Sinclair.

In my blog I am sharing lots of the code that I wrote for my games, in a way that you can use in your own games.   I've commented it so that you'll learn some of the techniques I use to create interesting new mechanics and help your games stand out from the pack.

MPAGD includes lots of standard scripts, they're great to get you started, but if you're new (or just rusty) when it comes to writing code, hopefully my tutorials will help you get started and  turn your imagination into awesome 8 bit games!

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