[Coco] Behold... Jewels progress...

[George Ramsower]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor"

> At 09:05 PM 1/21/2008, you wrote:
>>From: "Roger Taylor"
>>>Thanks to P-3, LOADM, the GIME, and the Rainbow IDE, here is 3 partial 
>>>days of work on my new game called Jeweled.
>>>
>>>http://www.coco3.com/img/jeweledtest.jpg
>>>
>>>A single .bin file contains everything.  Next, a cool MP3 jam will be 
>>>converted down to raw samples, compressed down, and optionally played 
>>>like the real Bejeweled game.
>>
>>This could be fun. I liked Bejeweled on a PC and it did pass some time 
>>during quiet times at work. I sure the coco could do much the same thing.
>>
>>A Coco game that was one of my favorites was Popcorn! Believe it or not. I 
>>loved the way it worked. It adapted to my ability and the joystick 
>>operation was very elegant.
>>
>>It amazed me how the joystick would handled precision movements and rapid 
>>movements would get the paddle across the screen. I'm sure there was a LOT 
>>of math involve in this trick. It was like a high resolution joystick, but 
>>without the HiRes.
>
>
> In my unreleased oldie which I have renamed about 5 times since 1990, an 
> audio studio for the CoCo 3, I take half-steps from the last mouse 
> position to the current position up until a distance of 2 to 4 or so then 
> I update both the same.  This makes for a smooth moving cursor that has a 
> professional feel to it.  The math is terribly simple and done by some bit 
> shifting.
>
> Jeweled will have the same hand cursor and smooth joystick/mouse movement. 
> In my screenshot you can see my failed attempt at plotting the hand sprite 
> for the cursor.  It appears as a vertical bar 7 columns across and 5 rows 
> down.  And it's flickering terribly which means I haven't gotten that far 
> with it yet.

 That image is a simple JPG and there is no movement. So therefore, I can't 
see any of the action. Otherwise, it looks good and I am anxious to see it 
in action.


George