SHIFT Game

[GloryMXE7]

i am considering scrooling verticaly to create a 12 by 12 tile map which is the size of a level in the 2nd two games or at least in the editor by character is current ly eight pixels tall and 5 wide

is there a way to have both the map and the flipped map in the same matrix

[simplethinker]

Not in the same matrix.

[bananaman]

Yes, you can have both in the same matrix. But for x-Lib to display it, you will need to flip the matrix.
dim([A]
Ans(1->A
For(I,1,A/2
rowSwap([A],I,A+1-I->[A]
End
This code will switch the contents of matrix [A]. If you wanted to create a kewl effect when doing the switch, you could redisplay the screen after each rowSwap.

[GloryMXE7]

thanks ok then what to do now
i think im going to get to work on conditions

good i ran into some problems but i solved them they had to do with boundries/hit detection working on the conditions for shifting (when an when not)

i plan on haveing an in game timer and a pause menu
the timer i think i got figured out

[GloryMXE7]

bump
progress is a little slow have had alot to do but i still have myself completeing the engine by the end of christmas break( then ill need to optimize and make levels and all that other frilly stuff

[darkstone knight]

timer? eh

just done use the built-in timer... it wont work on the 83+

[Mapar007]

This project seems promising... And challenging, of course.

[GloryMXE7]

[Weregoose]

[GloryMXE7]

ah then what would you suggest is a practical way of doing the timer(a shift game has to have a timer

[Weregoose]

[GloryMXE7]

agreed on the timer and on the levels i already have multiple ideas for levels
and i was thoinking of having people submit their level ideas whence i finish the engine

[simplethinker]

If in the final routines the frame rate is fairly constant (like it doesn't take 3x longer when you press a button than when there is no input/action) you could use the number of frames that pass as a general measure of time (it wouldn't be exact or in seconds, but it might do).

[GloryMXE7]

thats an idea i have but until the rest of the engine is completed and optimized i dont know if its practical yet

[Mapar007]

Timer is a detail. I'd add it in the very last moment.

[GloryMXE7]

for the 83+SE version yes i will add it last
for the 84 it is easy to do i have already added it

[GloryMXE7]

ok gravity switches and doors have to be activated or opened by a keypress in the rough engine becuse of speed issues

waiti just thoaught of something rightnow i have the coordinates have to be devided by 8 first to find their tilemap coordinate instead i could have them already devided by 8 and the multiply them by 8 to find the screen coordinates
wich would decrease the amount of calculation required

ack RAM Clear thatl set me back a few days

[Builderboy2005]

Whadayaknow, I decided (Independently) to create Shift for The new Omnimaga contest! I too will be using xLib, and I already have the platform engine well underway. The first thing i did was work on the shift effect, and I think I have made a very nice one, I'll see if I can post a screenshot...

[Harrierfalcon]

[ticalcnoah]

Nope the Omnimaga contest has slightly different rules you can announce it but you can't have projects that have been previously announced.