The life of a Games Programmer

I've uploaded a small video showing the current state of the C64 version. I suddenly realised I'd been sitting on it for ages and no...

I've now added the C64 frame work (and sample app) to the downloads links on the right, scroll down a bit and you can't miss it! So ...

I've now completed V1.0 of the loader complete with PRG file loading. Its shot up a little to about 900 bytes but it's now functiona...

I'm putting the finishing touches to the MMC64 loader and making it work with more files. I've also shrunk it down a fairly sizable ...

I've now managed to load a file from the MMC64 given a full path+filename! Very cool indeed. It's a shame that you can't page in...

I've progressed quicker than I figured I would and have almost got files loading from it. It also supports directorys and will load a fi...

I've spent a little time trying to chat up my MMC64, but it just won't respond to my tender words, at least I wasn't having much...

I've thought of one more thing I'd like to add, but its not a quickie by anymeans so I'll leave it till version 1.1 so that I ca...

I've now finished the sample app that I was doing for the frame work; well, as much as I intend to. As you can see its a platformer in b...

Theres been several comments on the last post so let me go through them here... First parallax scrollers. Games that have done these in the ...

Okay, so I'm not doing my mini-game thing, I've been playing with my Super CPU instead. One question thats always got me thinking is...

I've been playing with a bitmap to C64 convertor after several images I tried didn't convert very well. It seems for simple images t...

So what I'm thinking, is that I should write a very small, very simple game using the framework so that people see how you could modify ...

I've now added the sort Dan used in Armalyte as well, so theres now 3 different modes there all available as an option for when you star...

I'm doing pretty well with this so far and have managed to get 30 sprites being multiplexed using 7 hardware sprites. I usually prefer t...

I'm currently cleaning up my new C64 framework and just now its pretty simple. A basic multiplexor with "N" sprites multiplexe...

I've had a reasonably fun week or so off, but it'll be back to the usual grind tomorrow which will mean fewer updates and less playi...

How cool is this!! I finally managed to get hold of a SuperCPU from ebay! Man I just LOVE ebay! (I also spend WAAAAAY too much there - oh w...

I'm taking a small break to play a bit more with my C# stuff. I've gotten the Plus/4 sprites loading in, so now all I need to do is ...

So, I thought it was about time I got the full benifit of the Multiplexor, so I'm about to do a small c# program (my latest language of ...