Some Jumpman action and updates...



Updates include:

 - Rewrite of main game loop
 - Titlescreen now loops infinitely until a timeout occurs or user input
 - Added an intermediate title screen for each level
 - Can now actually complete a level (by collecting all bombs)
 - Can transition from a completed level to the next level
 - 5 levels currently implemented
 - Speed can be adjusted before a level actually begins (5 speeds)
 - Contrast can be adjusted at any time
 - Implemented bonus points based upon how fast a level is completed
 - Jumpman can now shoot diagonally
 - Implemented reset button to go back to main titlescreen
 - Jumpman can now shoot up to 3 bullets at a time

Wow nice Ranman! I cant try, but its very good i think!

Thanks for the encouraging comments!

That titlescreen is epic. I love it Ranman

Are you the one who controls the guy in the main screen?

Thanks for the question. By "main screen" do you mean the titlescreen where "Jumpman" is spelled out one letter at a time? If so, you do not control the Jumpman during the titlescreen... It is all done automagically via a set of scripted moves.

For the title screen, I have two independent lists of moves -- one list for Jumpman and one list for the letters. Each list is an array of the following user defined data type:

typedef struct
{
   uint1 count;
   uint1 direction;
   uint1 action;
} SCRIPTED_MOVE_Type;

Where 'count' is the total number of steps in the specified 'direction. I use the 'action' field for Jumpman jumping and for the switching to the next letter. When the total number of steps reaches the 'count', I move to the next element in the array of moves.

This is kind of a brute force method that utilizes a relatively small amount of RAM. It took a few attempts to get the letter movement's synced up to the Jumpman's movements. T'was a fun task to implement.

For those interested, here is the lists of moves:

SCRIPTED_MOVE_Type* scripted_jumpman_move;
SCRIPTED_MOVE_Type  scripted_jumpman_move_list[] =
{
         // go get the "J"
{38, DIR_Right, false},
{74, DIR_Left,  false},

         // go get the "u"
{74, DIR_Right, false},
{64, DIR_Left,  false},

         // go get the "m"
{64, DIR_Right, false},
{54, DIR_Left,  false},

         // go get the "p"
{54, DIR_Right, false},
{44, DIR_Left,  false},

         // go get the "m"
{44, DIR_Right, false},
{34, DIR_Left,  false},

         // go get the "a"
{34, DIR_Right, false},
{24, DIR_Left,  false},

         // go get the "n"
{24, DIR_Right, false},
{14, DIR_Left,  false},
{14, DIR_None,  false},
{14, DIR_Up,    true},
{14, DIR_Right, false},
{14, DIR_Left,  false},
{14, DIR_None,  false},
{14, DIR_Up,    true},
{14, DIR_Right, false},
{39, DIR_Left,  false},
{39, DIR_Right, false},
{14, DIR_Left,  true},
{25, DIR_Left,  false},
{99, DIR_None,  false},
{14, DIR_Up,    true},
{0,0,0},
};

SCRIPTED_MOVE_Type* scripted_letter_move;
SCRIPTED_MOVE_Type  scripted_letter_move_list[] =
{
// "J"
{38, DIR_None,  false},
{72, DIR_Left,  false},
{17, DIR_Down,  false},
{ 1, DIR_None,  true},

// "u"
{58, DIR_None,  false},
{62, DIR_Left,  false},
{17, DIR_Down,  false},
{ 1, DIR_None,  true},

// "m"
{48, DIR_None,  false},
{52, DIR_Left,  false},
{17, DIR_Down,  false},
{ 1, DIR_None,  true},

// "p"
{38, DIR_None,  false},
{42, DIR_Left,  false},
{17, DIR_Down,  false},
{ 1, DIR_None,  true},

// "m"
{28, DIR_None,  false},
{32, DIR_Left,  false},
{17, DIR_Down,  false},
{ 1, DIR_None,  true},

// "a"
{18, DIR_None,  false},
{22, DIR_Left,  false},
{17, DIR_Down,  false},
{ 1, DIR_None,  true},

// "n"
{ 8, DIR_None,  false},
{14, DIR_Left,  false},
{14, DIR_Right, false},
{28, DIR_None,  false},
{14, DIR_Left,  false},
{14, DIR_Right, false},
{28, DIR_None,  false},
{49, DIR_Left,  false},
{37, DIR_Right, false},
{17, DIR_Down,  false},
{ 1, DIR_None,  true},

{0,0,0},
};


Looks great Ranman! Love the little animations of him

To tell the truth I haven't seen Ranman for a few days.  Maybe something's going on IRL for him, hope not (because usually if something's going on it's bad)

Too bad I don't have a 68K calc... I really would love to help test this and eventually play the 1.0.

Maybe once that 68K emu for Nspire becomes complete-ish, I'll buy to test on that