May was an incredibly productive month for our members. Prepare yourself for a deluge of delightful digital devisings!
That's a wrap for this month. Remember to examine the threads and vote for your favorite completed project in our poll. See you in a couple of weeks with a much tamer June 2025 project review!
- 16-bpp Graphics Library for the CE C Toolchain: The dynamic duo of RoccoLox Programs and TInyHacker strike again with a 16-bit graphics library, usable in your C and Assembly programs. At the cost of some speed, this program allows you to use a much larger number of colors in your programs.
- 3D Minecraft for TI-84 Plus CE!: TimmyTurner62, aided by the very latest in LLM technology, is developing a 3D Minecraft clone. While the program is currently unplayably slow, the author is working on speed improvements to the graphics. Take a look at the thread for more interesting development details.
- Attack of the PETSCII Robots for the TI-84 Plus CE: prime17569 has released version 1.0 of their port of the 8-Bit Guy's top-down combat game Attack of the PETSCII Robots. Available from both the Cemetech Archives and as shareware on the 8-Bit Guy’s website, this port makes excellent use of the CE’s color display and even has the ability to produce audio output through a MIDI library written by prime.
- Bomb Defuse Simulator: Cemetech member the CE guy has started work on a “bomb defusing simulator”. While it does have a few bugs to iron out, the game features wire-cutting and a timer so far. You can find the code for a playable version in the thread.
- CalcStronaut: Newcomer DumbPenguin released their first TI-BASIC game, paying homescreen homage to Asteroids. Their game features selectable difficulty. Check out the thread for a download link!
- CEVidium - Video playback for the CE: This month, Iambian picked his video player project back up, continuing a 2019 project, inspired by a 2016 project, continuing a 2013 concept, inspired by the perennial popular Bad Apple video. He aims to add welcome usability features like a streamlined UI for the video converter and has already included more comprehensive details in the project’s README.
- Dungeons & Diagrams CE: euphory returns, with a completed version of their port of Dungeons and Diagrams (a D&D-flavored nomogram game). This game, their third in the Cemetech archives, features delightful sprites and puzzling gameplay. It’s definitely worth a try.
- graphy (Column-Major graphx): The popular graphx graphics library on the CE, while remarkably fast, suffers from diagonal tearing in many situations. ZERICO is building a nearly drop-in replacement and continues to close the speed gap between the two pieces of software. This month, numerous graphics functions were ported from C to hand-crafted assembly for a considerable speed boost.
- Jetpack Joyride for the TI-84 Plus CE: King Dub Dub, after a couple of years away from Cemetech, returns with promising work on a rewrite of his most popular game. He tweaked the physics math to be more efficient, and has enabled compression, saving dozens of kilobytes in just the background assets alone.
- JezzBall clone for the HP Prime: komame programmed a gorgeous version of the enduring JezzBall game for the HP Prime. This port prominently features buttery-smooth graphics and glorious gradient lettering, all with the speed we’ve come to expect from HP Prime games.
- KhiCAS, a full-featured CAS for Casio CG50/Graph 90+e: parisse released another update for his advanced computer algebra system for the Casio CG50 and Graph 90+e. This release includes compression to reduce the hefty file size.
- Live Base Converter CE: TheLastMillennial, dissatisfied with existing base conversion options, has developed a live-updating "programmer's calculator"-like tool that rapidly converts numbers between four customizable numeric bases. This program is a fast, convenient option for anyone who needs to convert bases fluently!
- MIDI Player CE: prime17569's MIDI Player supports loading MIDI files and playing them back over the calculator's USB port into any synthesizer that understands MIDI input over USB. This month, they polished up the interface to include modal error reports.
- Pac-Man Museum CE: A collection of Pac-Man ports for the 84+ CE: grubbycoder released a significant 1.0 release for their celebration of Pac-Man's many iterations. This release includes manual ports of two arcade versions of the classic game, as well as numerous improvements to every other port included in the collection. Check out the thread for a link to an engaging writeup of the porting process!
- Port of Fluct to the Ti-84 plus CE: New member “CarJeepTruckson” posted a port of the game Flucht to the TI-84+CE. Featuring slick animations, fluid arcade-style gameplay, procedural generation, and a high scores table, this game is an excellent addition for your library.
- Shards of Grandeur PC RPG: 123outerme released a flurry of updates for Shards of Grandeur, his open-source Godot game. This month, he added a series of enemies with animations and attacks for the game's turn-based combat system. Check out the thread for some videos.
- tivars_hexfiend_templates Development Thread: LogicalJoe continued refining his state-of-the-art hexfiend templates for wrangling naughty calculator files. This month, he added support for file formats found on TI’s 68k line of graphing calculators.
- Train Simulator Controller: KermMartian continues his efforts to build an incredibly realistic controller for the Train Simulator series of games. This month, Kerm improved his air gauge solution, invasively reconfiguring his CAN-driven hardware to match the form factor he needs. Check out the thread and associated blog post for more details.
That's a wrap for this month. Remember to examine the threads and vote for your favorite completed project in our poll. See you in a couple of weeks with a much tamer June 2025 project review!
