Author Archives: adamantyr

Revisioning and Ranting

Posted on February 22, 2018 by adamantyr

Work continues, but I had to take a step back and revise code… I’m revising all my code to use bit-delimited text as much as possible. I was able to use a lot less data tables for constructing interface screens, … Continue reading →

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Bits and Battlemaps

Posted on February 13, 2018 by adamantyr

Continuing my work on the combat module, and finishing up the start module! Some updates… While studying a hex dump of Castle of Tharrogad for the Color Computer 3, I noticed an interesting data pattern… All the text strings had … Continue reading →

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A Preview

Posted on February 1, 2018 by adamantyr

A new video… the title screen with music! Work on the combat module is proceeding slowly… I have to solve the battlemap generation problem, which is a totally new design. I also did some clean-up work with my external tools. … Continue reading →

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Mischief Managed

Posted on January 26, 2018 by adamantyr

The manager module is code complete! And with about a kilobyte to spare… I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised it managed to take up nearly 12k… building interfaces and controls is by far the most expensive operation in any … Continue reading →

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Manager Mayhem

Posted on January 20, 2018 by adamantyr

A short update, work is continuing but more slowly due to real life… For starters, I attended a convention in Portland last week, which was a lot of fun! Unfortunately, I managed to pick up an ear infection in the … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 2, 2018 by adamantyr

Happy 2018 everyone! I didn’t get quite as much done as I’d hoped, but I did make some significant progress on the CRPG. I finally finished the title screen! I may still go back and tweak it a bit later, … Continue reading →

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Holiday Resolutions

Posted on December 20, 2017 by adamantyr

Happy Holidays everyone! Working hard on the CRPG… I intend to have the game at least in a running state (not bug-free necessarily) by the end of this year. Hopefully that means I can start taking screen shots and posting … Continue reading →

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Hardware Hassles

Posted on November 28, 2017 by adamantyr

Been a busy holiday weekend… My company, while in software, is also in retail so they wanted coverage during the entire five-day holiday shopping period to make sure nothing went wrong. I ended up doing a couple of very early … Continue reading →

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Picture Perfect

Posted on November 7, 2017 by adamantyr

The work continues… I absolutely intend for this game to be finished and complete in 2018. It’s amazing how many different pieces and parts need to be completed though to make that happen. Right now, I’m working on something I’ve … Continue reading →

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Legends of Yesterday

Posted on November 6, 2017 by adamantyr

Quick post about this, the CRPG Addict has played, won, and reviewed Legends on the TI! http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2017/10/game-268-legends-1987.html http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2017/11/legends-won-with-summary-and-rating.html His final rating is to my judgment very fair… I’m glad he found it was fun enough to finish! I’m also really … Continue reading →

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