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Calculator Community => Other Calc-Related Projects and Ideas => TI Z80 => Topic started by: ztrumpet on February 05, 2010, 04:28:59 pm

Title: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 05, 2010, 04:28:59 pm
Here's Factory Theta, a game inspired by Builderboy's Factory.  You are working at a factory where they are testing the new Theta Warp Cannon.  It takes the crate from the bottom of a stack and plaes it on the top of the stack.  Gravity pulls the crates down.  Once you have 5 crates in a column (up down, like 2nd to Y=) they are moved on to the next area, and you get $100 for them.  You also recieve $5 for each crate you handel.
There are 5 difficulies, plus a Survival Mode.  Enjoy!

Edit: By the way, press 2nd to use the Theta Warp Cannon and Mode to pause.  Use the Up and Down arrows to move the theta warp cannon. :)



Edit: The program in this post is not up to date.  Scroll down to the last post by me on this page to find the up to date version. :)  Thanks!
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Eeems on February 05, 2010, 04:43:44 pm
wow! looks great!
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: TsukasaZX on February 05, 2010, 05:03:37 pm
That is awesome! Dude, if you can make that, you can definitely port Meteos to the TI :D

j/k
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Galandros on February 05, 2010, 05:19:31 pm
Nice one.

A xlib'ed version could provide some nice graphics with the feel of ASM, if well coded I think.
Just wondering that PuzzlePack can be ported to TI-BASIC with the same quality.
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 05, 2010, 05:40:35 pm
I know somewhere there's an xLib Pegs by Harrierfalcon.  It's really neat.

Edit: Here: http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/398/39825.html
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Galandros on February 05, 2010, 05:43:00 pm
ehehehe I knew it could be done.
If weren't the loading times, it would pass as an ASM game. ;D
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Builderboy on February 05, 2010, 07:04:33 pm
Yay!  I like it ^^ I can see how you were inspired a bit, but it actually is quite a bit different from Factory, definitely original.  Good job!
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 05, 2010, 09:05:02 pm
Thanks!
I need to find a little more speed in the "shifting and searching" code.  Any tips?
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 06, 2010, 01:23:11 am
wow awesome. I like the idea, this must be pretty fun to play. Darn lately so many cool games coming out and few time to try all of them x.x
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Builderboy on February 06, 2010, 01:58:01 am
:O I got an error on Easy speed Fast

For(Q,15,N-3,-1
[A](2,Q->U               <- right here
For(L,3,6

Q was zero, and this is what the board looked like

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa72/builderboy2005/SCREEN01.jpg)

I got quite a bit of gameplay in before it broke though ^^
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 06, 2010, 07:59:01 am
Yup, I found that one too.  I need to change it somehow.  I'll look into it, and have a fixed version up today or tomorrow. ;D
(I think the problem is shifting while having 14 tiles in the row, or something like that.)

Thanks for playing! :D
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 06, 2010, 03:56:41 pm
*Bump*

Here's an update.  The bug fix was this:  I had N-3 where it needed to be N-1.  Ooops. :)
This version also has a fun little Easter Egg.  Since it's based off a Builderboy game, I'll let you guess what button to press.  Plus, it's based off Factory, so it occurs in one of those spots... ;D
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Eeems on February 06, 2010, 04:04:58 pm
Lol, I'll try it when I can.
Also, funny thought :p you can name the sequel: "Factory Theta: The Final Theta" ;)
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 07, 2010, 03:07:57 am
I just tried this and love it! Pretty addictive. I like the tetris style puzzle except different. Pretty original and pretty fast too. Good job on this :)

One bug tho: Survival mode seems to be the same as novice x.x
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: jsj795 on February 07, 2010, 07:57:40 am
Wow! Nice.
Also, funny thought :p you can name the sequel: "Factory Theta: The Final Theta" ;)
We can definitely make the FACTORY COLLECTION: GOLD EDITION
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 07, 2010, 10:48:07 am
One bug tho: Survival mode seems to be the same as novice x.x
Nope, that's not a bug.  It changes at every thousand dollars. :D  I've made it  into the four-thousands and got it to have 1s to 6s.  If you get to eight-thousand on survival, you'll have to deal with 1s to 9s! :o

Thanks for playing! ;D
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Builderboy on February 07, 2010, 12:41:15 pm
You know, now that i think about it, it wouldn't we that hard at all to combine our two concepts into a single Factory Game O.O
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 07, 2010, 03:04:44 pm
Oooh ok I see so difficulty just increase as it progress. Nice
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Silver Shadow on February 07, 2010, 03:05:54 pm
You know, now that i think about it, it wouldn't we that hard at all to combine our two concepts into a single Factory Game O.O
Yeah, sort of like Pyoro, with 2 game modes?
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 07, 2010, 03:34:25 pm
That might be an idea actually. The games are similar and not too big
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: Builderboy on February 07, 2010, 05:39:02 pm
I think we should collaborate and think up a 3rd game before combining them though, and we could have unlockable options and everything ^^
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 07, 2010, 07:31:16 pm
YES!!  That's a really cool idea!  Whoever comes up with the idea, post it! ;D
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: TIfanx1999 on February 08, 2010, 10:50:19 am
I think we should collaborate and think up a 3rd game before combining them though, and we could have unlockable options and everything ^^
Do it! =D
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: jsj795 on February 08, 2010, 09:44:03 pm
Okay... I'm getting something. I got the gisp of idea, and working on details.
I think it will be called Factory X
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 08, 2010, 09:47:44 pm
Yay!  An idea! ;D
Will you code it? 

I'll put all three together, if you guys want.  I have a neat idea for how to combine them, but it's hard to describe. :)
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: jsj795 on February 08, 2010, 09:51:58 pm
I will code it. I have to look at Factory Original and Factory Theta to look at your guys' code on graphics and stuff, but I think I can make it within 2 days may be...
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: ztrumpet on February 08, 2010, 09:56:14 pm
Sounds great!  I can't wait to see your idea! ;D  Good luck!
Title: Re: Factory Theta
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 09, 2010, 02:27:26 am
Nice to hear :)

For a 4th game we could have it locked until all 3 others are beaten and it would be Loli Factory and feature a bad guy called Genolo :P

j/k I doubt it would make it to ticalc archives lol.