[Coco] Phoenix IDE gaining sprite/tiles/map editor

[Steve Bjork]

Back in the day, my games used my OS (game engine)  that did all the 
standard work of the game.  Only the graphics/sound data and game logic 
code would change from game to game.

I'm working on a new OS with new code for two reason...
1) My old OS has too many copyrights tied to it.  (So, I can't release it.)
2) I've learned a thing or two since the old days and want to write a 
better game engine.

I'll most likely release it as open source once I have a good working 
version done.

Steve
On 5/10/2011 8:42 AM, Roger Taylor wrote:
>
> Keep downloading the Phoenix updates (pre 1.0 test builds) and this 
> next one will have a sprite/tile/map editor included although not yet 
> fully integrated.  It's NICE!  Without a doubt, any new app or game I 
> create in the future will be done in Phoenix and using the sprite and 
> font editors.
>
> The coder still has to use the data output by those tools, but then I 
> can't make the IDE write *everything* for you.  :)  Maybe one day I'll 
> get it to build the whole game template with sound, sprites, 
> joystick/keyboard routines, and let the coder fill in the other 50%.  :)
>
> We need templates for a graphics adventure, a Mario-style tile/map 
> engine, and a sprite blaster engine like the one in Jeweled.  WIth 
> just those 3 types of templates, I can see a lot of potential for many 
> new CoCo games even by new or rusty programmers.
>
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