Castle Defender - Atari XL/XE Activity
Tower defence game conversion from BBC Micro
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Activity for Castle Defender - Atari XL/XE
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Martin Šimeček committed [r163]
final v1.3
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fixed glitching when start+select+option pressed when phase text shown
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fixed strange error level 2 wave3 - enemies starting point is somehow shifting towards the castle - fixed by adjusting the wave_data for particular wave
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added level unlocking / starting from any level up to higher reached
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implemented neighboring matrices for all 4 levels
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added neighboring matrix based controls (so far level1 only)
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final 1.2 version
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Fixed ntsc instruction+space - sometimes stops scrolling
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fixed NTSC crash on DEFEAT! (50% probability) - it was due to jumping to DLI without preceeding VBI (which sets DLI vector)
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Final v1.2
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fixed sidebar stats reset/set when getting to next level
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added arrows controls to game and menus, added consol control to game menu
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added next level jingle
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fixes
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transitions title<->game are clean now
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added initializations for DISK (atr) ...there were some uninitialized data causing issues
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ntsc music speed adjustments
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Updated to v1.2 - also in title screen, changed RMT stereo playback
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small tweaks to font (instructions)
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fixed NTSC titlescreen glitch
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added SAP module for ASMA
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Castle Defender - Atari XL/XE released /Castle Defender 1.1.xex
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v1.1 - Final
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removed remaining transition glitches
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progress stats are working correctly
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working on additional stats, enemies killed percentage works, progress percentage is buggy
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added v1.1 indicator into game title
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tuned up the SFX (error sound when tower cannot be upgraded or built)
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fixed hitsprite glitch
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fixed tower3(and 2) bullet leftover by uncommenting some code part that i did not know what was it for :)
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fixed pmg glitch when statusbar shown on phase change
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added forgotten "disable basic rom" during init
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ABBUC version done
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high score/last score is working ... rest of statistics omitted in ABBUC version (no time to code it)
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gamecycle looks good
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menu is working, instructions scroll is ok
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moved splashscreen to init... lot of memory jugglig to enable loading of the rest afterward the splash.
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updated g2f splashscreen picture, it did not fit the memory - have to be part of initalization
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finished init screen
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sfx implemented, error sound is missing
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final splash screen added as G2F, needs to be implemented to the game
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working on SFX, still failing miserably
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added loading screen (just something rough) + fixed game initialization (messed up path and sprites)
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splashscreen added and it fits to memory!
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packed the title logo data
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packed RMT music
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moved scroll texts to different file and deflated, inflated to game videoram during title screen loop
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renamed main source file from cdcode.asm to CastleDefender.asm
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rmt player + music added (roughly)
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designed main menu screen, updated logo
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Lot of work on title screen has been made...
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working on title screen
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removed logo PMG animation, finished level colors routines
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initialized missiles (status columns) not needed - some acorn leftover ("decenders") was causing glitch - fixed now
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replaced fade_out_to_black rutine + some logo color adjustments
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working on colored logos
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level fade in/out implemented
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working on level colors
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small fixes to game over animation
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fixed pmg garbage at the bottom of the screen when logos are to be displayed
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adjustments to next level
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working on logos implementation, some fixes required
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removed acorn logos code and data + added atari data (code is TODO)
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logos replaced
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exported logos videorams... todo: convert to atari
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advance to the next level works now
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implemented parametrized level inflater - level switching causes crash
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pmg inflate fixed
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gazillion changes to memory management of the game. lot of explicit addressing replaced by relative stuff, merged data areas, correctly defined uninitialized areas (dta -> .ds). Lot of data inflated on the go...
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added some packed data. TODO: consolidate the data blocks
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again lot of fine tuning of all pmg overlays
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updated level3 pmg overlay (not yet finished)
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alternate cursor frame (odd x) works correctly
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level3 issues with very top tower fixed
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dots drawn correctly for non-shifted towers
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odd x-placed towers are drawn correctly now
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fixed enemy(sprite) movement to the left
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missing level4_1 files added
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performed manual gfx changes to level4 using g2f
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updated level_generator.php with multiple color options (defined separately on each level)
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added all 4 levels incl. PMG overlay... not finished yet
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updated data_relocator.asm with all level data, but inflate of level not yet implemented in cdcode.asm
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inflater routine added, waves are now loaded (inflated) dynamically... so it is possible to play level1 completely
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fixed wave_data_splitter.php, added build.cmd to generate wave files
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started working on level2 design
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fixed full speed glitch when any statusbar is shown - fixed by removing 'sta wsync'
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fixed PMG overlay for level1, pmg editor adjusted
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changes to pmg editor, small fixes in pmg overlay on level1
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fixed status window at the beginning (it was empty for couple seconds)
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fixed timing - level X phase Y shown on normal level screen, no glitches anymore
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level wave text shown on the top of the screen
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controls are working (statusbar + playfield) incl. joystick
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statusbar recreated to the atari visual
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enemybar/statusbar DLI consistent now
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change enemybar with atari fonts and different colour combination
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statusbar selection behaves as expected, however selection actions not yet hooked
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bottom statusbar dli seems to be done
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changes to controls (statusbar) in progress
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working on controls - statusbar on/off controlled by shift key
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