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First Fantasy: Mana Force 2020-2021 updates
DJ Omnimaga:
With the lockdown and everything closing down and the fact I cannot work, I eventually got bored and I began doing some updates to my old calculator games. First, Illusiat Collection got updated, then my HP Prime Tunnel game and now, First Fantasy: Mana Force for the TI-84 Plus CE.
Basically I am taking advantage of the CE Texlib rectangle library exploits to use parts of the home screen that cannot be used normally in TI-BASIC on that calculator. I plan to display the current hit points at the top of the screen whenever it's empty, but I'll need to create a custom font routine using CE Textlib rectangles. Here is what it should look like once completed:
It's also now possible to quit the game by pressing CLEAR in the in-game menu. Some colors were also changed to take advantage of the aforementioned CE Texlib "features", since that lets me use 16 colors instead of 15. The horizontal gaps you could see in the dungeon walls were also removed.
Spoiler For Older screenshots:
If you have a CE, you can download the game at https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/463/46383.html , although some recent updates haven't been implemented yet. There's also a C Silver Edition version included.
Xeda112358:
I saw that on TICalc, it looks cool :0
DJ Omnimaga:
The custom digits font routine has been completed and implemented:
Of course it slows down the game a bit but most of the slowdown occurs right at the beginning of the battle loop or when exiting the menu from the village. I'll have to look into that because it seems like the HP font routine is ran twice.
EDIT: More screenshots of what the game looks like now:
EDIT2: Another
DJ Omnimaga:
I am happy to announce that version 2.0 of First Fantasy: Mana Force for the TI-83 Premium CE and TI-84 Plus CE, compatible with OS 5.4 or below, has been released!
As of now the file hasn't been updated on Cemetech and Ticalc, but the new version, featuring the new UI and full-screen graphics, is now available on TI-Planet: https://tiplanet.org/forum/archives_voir.php?id=185757
Make sure to not upgrade your TI-83 Premium CE or TI-84 Plus CE to OS 5.5 or 5.5.1. This game uses ASM/C libraries by DrDnar and the new TI OS removes ASM/C support.
Jonson26:
Since this is such a major interface change and, as you previously stated, it could slow down the game, maybe you could consider making a new release instead of replacing the old files?
(BTW, the game looks really nice. ;))
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