środa, 23 lipca 2014

Comeback has to be unexpected

Hi! I completely forgot about this blog.
What Kemoiz is doing in 2014? There's no simple answer. But simplifying, without losing reality - exploring the C64. Developing games with this lovely 8-bit computer was my greatest dream (aside from being able to fly) in childhood (as you can see in my earlier posts, nostalgia is my second name).
I'm almost 17, so I presume this is a proper time to take up the assembler, memory maps, VIC, SID and so forth.

 This is "Your Father's Nightmare". Done for the Mini LD #52 in two weekends, buggy, unfinished, plainly shitty. Can I excuse myself? Maybe.. This is my first game written using an assembler ever.
Assembler is truly difficult piece of shit. Truly low-level language, store/load, compare & branch, simple math (don't dream about multiplying) instructions only. It means you've got to build everything from scratch. So then the question arises: are you crazy?
No, I'm just a nerd. I can't explain why difficult computer thangs are so enjoyable for me, but you gotta trust me - they are. As fuck.

22 July 2014 was rather difficult. I spent 8 hours writing RLE packing & unpacking routine. And finally.. IT WORKS! Proud of myself. Ok, it's 3 AM and I should have a deep sleep now. Good night.