Projects of the Month: September 2024
Published by TIny_Hacker 1 month, 1 week ago (2024-10-03T15:43:03+00:00) | Discuss this article

With September over, it’s time for another recap of what our members have been working on. Make sure to check out any projects that catch your attention, and vote for your favorite project completed this month in the poll when you’re done! Since IC0NPRO was missed from last month’s poll, it will also be up for voting this month along with the others.

  • BOS (OS+ROM) for CEmu: Last month beckadamtheinventor continued to work on their OS, adding an image viewer, background image button, copy and paste, and some tweaks to the multitasking system. Copy and paste are built into the text input system routine, so anything that utilizes it will also have access to the new feature.
  • Calc-Kill Extreme: linkjt9 has announced a French translation of their fighting game, which they will be working on in the coming weeks.
  • CEaShell: A Shell for the TI-84+ CE: RoccoLox Programs and TIny_Hacker released version 2.0.1 of their shell for the TI-84 Plus CE, with a number of bug fixes and an indicator in the OS programs menu for program types. The program type indicator is shown on files without a description.
  • [PRIZM] Cookie Clicker: Despite only intending to fix some bugs, Spenceboy98 published the first update to their cookie clicker game in 10 years, with a new font, more buildings, graphical changes, saving, and more! The game also works properly on fx-CG50 calculators now, so it’s certainly worth checking out.
  • Designer: Frederik has published the final version to their TI-84 Plus CE spriting program. With the recent update, it is now compatible with the latest C libraries, along with improvements to custom color palettes, font editing, and a sprite to PNG converter. Designer is one of the most impressive on-calc sprite editors available, so it’s certainly worth trying out if you’re looking to design some custom graphics for a project.
  • ETHDRVCE | Ethernet on the TI-84+ CE: ACagliano has been working on separating the dependencies from his lwIP app, and in the process has created a standalone library for Ethernet driver functions. The library will soon be made to work with libload for the CE C toolchain, but he invites anyone with the ability to test it now to report any bugs or issues they may encounter.
  • eZ80 Studio - An on-calc eZ80 ASM IDE: RoccoLox Programs and TIny_Hacker announced an on-calculator eZ80 assembly editor and assembler for the TI’s eZ80 calculator models such as the TI-84 Plus CE and TI-83 Premium CE. The project isn’t complete yet, but they are welcoming suggestions and feedback as they work on it.
  • First Fantasy: Mana Force (xLIB CSE & CE Textlib RPG): DJ Omnimaga updated his RPG in September, fixing some issues and adding fade transitions to some extra places throughout the game.
  • High Score Protector: Cars and Ice Cream fixed a bug with their High Score Protector program, which they believe was caused by an oversight when adding a custom icon. All known issues have been fixed now so if you’re looking to preserve any high scores you’re in luck!
  • IC0NPRO - Icon Creator for TI84+ CE: Cars and Ice Cream has been working on an update to their icon creator, which features a color palette viewer on the right side of the editor. They’ve also fixed a few minor issues that they encountered when working on version 2.0 of the program.
  • Icon editor for the TI-84+CE: pi644721 also worked on an icon editor last month, written in pure TI-BASIC and featuring a pen tool and two flood fill tools, a nice addition not present in many TI-BASIC sprite or icon editors.
  • lwIP Library with CDC-Ethernet for the TI-84+ CE: ACagliano provided a progress update on the TLS implementation for his lwIP project. SHA-256, HMAC wrappers, AES GBC and GCM, Base64, and ASN.1 have been ported. TLS rand() is also ported, with a new algorithm to produce more entropy with 100.2 bits of entropy per u64.
  • My Cemetech User Styles Colection: PaulGamerBoy360 has made a website which provides links to a number of Cemetech userstyles, including four which they have designed. These userstyles can be used to give Cemetech a fresh look if you’re interested in trying something new.
  • Nix Flake for the CE C toolchain: clevor has built the CE C toolchain as a Nix flake which can be used with NixOS. He has also been working on a repository with a collection of calculator programs.
  • OCaml on the TI 84+ CE: squishy has provided a way for OCaml programs to be run on the TI-84+ CE, by compiling them to an ANSI C file which can be built for the calculator. It’s currently in a proof-of-concept state, but certainly worth checking out!
  • Pac-Man Museum CE: A collection of Pac-Man ports for the 84+ CE: grubbycoder’s Pac-Man port collection saw a number of new features and additions in September, with a brand new port of Pac-Man for the ColecoVision and an upgraded launcher. This brings the total number of ports included to five, with three more on the way. It’s a very impressive project, so be sure to show grubbycoder your support!
  • Shards of Grandeur PC RPG: 123outerme has been hard at work improving their RPG. This month they showcased a new title, animations, and an improved stats menu. An earlier demo of the game is already available on GitHub for free, and they’ve emphasized keeping the final version of the game free to play as well, so make sure to check it out.
  • Sonic 2 CE: A port of 8-bit Sonic 2 for the TI-84+ CE: grubbycoder, who was clearly hard at work this September, has also announced version 1.10 of their Sonic 2 CE port. This version will feature improved framerate, a French translation, and more!
  • TicoIn: linkjt9 has been working on a calculator-based cryptocurrency, which they have dubbed TicoIn. The mining program, which is still in development, is written in C.
  • (WIP) Uno game for TI-84 Plus CE written in TI-BASIC.: HydrideGS is making an Uno game for both TI-84 Plus CE and CSE calculators, written in pure TI-BASIC. They are currently working on designing the play interface to be able to fit the necessary gameplay information on screen.
  • WiFi Module for TI-84+ CE using Raspberry Pi Pico W: synthium is planning a Raspberry Pi based device which can be plugged into the TI-84 Plus CE’s USB port, allowing for internet-capable programs. They’ve also suggested a few ideas for programs making use of this, including an IRC client, FTP server, and program marketplace, along with a C/C++ library to allow other programs to make use of it.
  • Working on a Cookie Clicker port for the TI-84 CE: slimefolf published a beta version of their Cookie Clicker game, with clickable cookies and a simple upgrade store.
  • [PRIZM] Zombie Chase: In addition to Cookie Clicker, Spenceboy98 returned to the forums to publish a polished version of their Zombie Chase program during September. The graphics have been updated to match the TI-84 Plus CE version, and the menu icon has been improved as well.
  • ZX7Load for stock TI83s: Targz announced their first project on the forums last month, an assembly loader for the TI-83 which supports ZX7 compression. With a way to run compressed programs, they were able to test it out on another project, bringing that program’s size from 9.9KB to only 5.6KB!

That wraps up September’s projects! Why not take some inspiration from the many impressive and promising projects and make something of your own to be featured in next month's article?



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