Thanks Joel! Indeed it looks cryptic at the first glance. Explaining some bits could make it clear, perhaps something for future videos :).

Thanks @kraftwerk974! I might indeed create the assembly version as I did with another 10-liner game: Mimizuku Saga. I like this concept so I would like to explore it further with more variety, music etc. We'll see :).

Thanks @AnthonyDonker! What's best about it is that I re-use these tools and tricks across different projects.

Yay! Thanks @Goerp! Fun all the way!

Yes.

@@commocore can you make Where's Chicky - Around World game?

@@commocore watch

@@commocore Where's Chicky - Arcade game

@@commocore Create the same as in the video

Thanks a lot! More graphical touches are coming! It's time for another devlog end of this week...

Thanks a lot! Indeed, the code bit blits the object (at 3:24) from the memory location to the screen, but with the bits already shifted in the 8 pixels range (within the bits shift, object takes 3 bytes per row). It's a hi-res bitmap mode, so no characters though slightly funky rules for C64 bitmap mode apply (in the end all is 8x8 pixels grid, but to draw the graphics in the same row, it's 8 bytes further, not 1). If I understand you correctly, it would be indeed possible to move an object that is already rendered. However, I decided to always bit blit the "fresh" object on the screen for two reasons. First of all, the object appears from the bottom part of the visible area, so it's partly visible. In other words, it still needs to be blit from the source and code needs to know when to finish the rendering. The second reason is that there is also the battle screen, so after returning to the location screen I have to render this object again in the right place. This method is actually very easy, and I can freely draw any objects like that on the bitmap. For the moving clouds (again, bit shifting!), it's going to be a matter of drawing a cloud but to blit zeroes on the same bitmap after the sun is blit there.

​@@commocore thank you for your answer, that makes a lot of sense now yes, thought you might be using character mode, but it all makes so much more sense now, keep going, this project looks amazing 😍😍😍

@@c64cosmin Thanks a lot! More to come! The whole screen has to be in the bitmap mode but even if it would be in the character mode I would still need to set them dynamically as C64 has limited amount of charsets so it’s easier to draw a bitmap rather than set and copy particular charsets to the screen. Actually the first incomplete version of Meonlawel written back in BASIC used charsets but I realised quickly that it really limits how much things can be drawn, not mentioning about modifications like water or grass animations. Learning and overcoming limitations the hard way, this is what I basically learned while making this project 😅.

I didn't waste time of reading your precious comment! Should I also animate some trees?

Hail YT algorithm! Thanks a lot! Much appreciated!

Thank you for your comment!

I assume your 64NIC+ is configured and works correctly when plugged directly to the expansion port?

@@commocore it detects RRNet directly in the cartridge port but after initial data transfer it hangs and won’t receive or send any data

@@mitchmccracken3050 And how did you configure it? I used Contiki to set the configuration and test with a WEBBROWSER that was available on one of the d64 images. Maybe this guide will shed some light: commocore.com/commodorex/64nic-setup - it's for the setup of CommodoRex game I wrote. Not sure if you wanted to run my game, or play with 64NIC+ in general? Anyways, for my game, I used DHCP and IPCONFIG files from Contiki as the standard to configure 64NIC+. In any case, feel free to send me an e-mail, I will try to help you.

@@commocore it turns out the 64nic+ works fine on my c64 but it will not work on my c128 with or without the xpander :( I believe go4retro says that it simply won’t work on some c128s

@@mitchmccracken3050 thanks for the details! I've bought C128 recently, so it would be a good idea to actually check it as well. At least, happy that it works for our "tiny" C64 . Interestingly, on my C128, I cannot boot my cartridge prototype (based on Magick Desk cart) for the Meonlawel cRPG game project I am working on. I already checked that it doesn't boot from 1541Ultimate as well, so I suspect it must be a problem with the code, not with the hardware. I wonder what is the cause of 64NIC+.

Thanks! What artist or song you like the most?

@@commocore Out of the mixtape vol. 3 - when it comes to dark C64 music, Dragon's Lair Part II - song 9 by Rob Hubbard, that's the song mood that spawned Dungeon Synth music genre in the past few years, like Kobold, Gnoll and many others. Many of these are true classics.

@@LukJarzyna Oh yeah, great taste. This one reminds me another song from Rob Hubbard, Nemesis The Warlock, available on vol. 7 of this compilation. BTW. also a great unusual comic book story by Pat Mills. To be honest I have never listened to anything like Dungeon Synth as my background is mostly in industrial, so I will give it a go. Thanks :). By the way, a slightly off topic: I was honored to have a chat with Rob Hubbard during X party this year. I recommended him to check Satyagraha opera (by Philip Glass). I had really great time, he's an astonishing person still close to the Commodore 64 scene. Thanks again for your recommendations @LukJarzyna.

I actually never played it on Amiga no matter how awkward it sounds! Weird, huh? I just never got that game! Instead, I played and finished Jim Power so many many times. One of the games I play just for relax. This music, and nice gameplay. I enjoyed playing Turrican II a lot, so I am going to try the first part soon! Let me borrow that joystick from you to play it. Yay🕹!

At the time of recording it there were only plenty of people. But it was Friday, around 1pm.

Thanks!! For now, I only did a sequel called Bring Back More Bones 4k. Feel free to play both mini-games online on commocore.itch.io page. As I am in the experimental design phase of this project to see what really works, feel free to drop any suggestions! I would really appreciate it!

I didn't know about it! Thanks a lot! Do you know what pinball machines are there? I am starting to have Pinball Dreams again ;).

Serdeczne dzięki! \o/ Twoje kibicowanie bardzo wiele dla mnie znaczy więc tym bardziej nieocenione podziękowanie za wsparcie!

Thanks, Chris! Much appreciated!

This version wasn't available on CSDB while doing this video. 21 August, I mentioned about my endeavour on Twitter, as there was only Jolly Roger's crack available back then. This is also stated on the Lost Sectors channel, as folks tried to play that only version 1.0 available for C64. If you check the CSDB page creation of Lord Crass crack, it was added by Paladin on 2023-08-22 13:30:03+00 and it's a version 1.2. So indeed, now there's another version. I don't think this is a coincidence. Glad this version is there for anyone to play. I am happy to have the original anyway. Are you going to play it?

Yeah, good observation. In the following part I was going to mention indeed about that but in the context of making backups as I needed to break the protection in order to preserve/backup it. I guess, back then not everyone would think of making a backup as we tend to think nowadays?

I never played any SSI games, neither on C64 or Amiga. Demon's Winter was really fun to play even though it was tough to finish it as I didn't start the proper way. With some learnings, I think I will enjoy Shard of Spring, especially that I already enjoyed trying it out for the first 30 minutes. I wonder what have you played on Amiga, any recommendations, Arttu?

@@commocore I could recommend these SSI games on the Commodore 64 and Amiga: - ROADWAR 2000 - ROADWAR EUROPE - PHANTASIE - PHANTASIE III - BUCK ROGERS - EYE OF THE BEHOLDER - EYE OF THE BEHOLDER II 😺👍

@@ArttuTheCat Oh yeah, I tried Roadwar 2000 but on C64, it was super tough :). Thanks, I am definitely going to add it on the top of my wishlist.

Have you finished Tai Chi Tortoise? :). Haha, funny memories. I remember yet another cover that was so promising, but the game was a completely different story - Scary Bear :D. I might play it again at some point! Pozdrawiam!

Haha, I didn't notice this threat to hackers before :D. Yeah, in this game you cannot duck and you cannot shoot while being in the air. I might try to play it again with shooting blindly before making any jumps, and see if this can help to move further in the game.

Agree. Once I realise it's too hectic and unplayable, that's the sign I play it not the way intended to be played. So, there might be other way like trying to avoid enemies, or shooting blindly ahead, or... the game is just really unfair and lands in the unplayable category forever until I found out someone else beat it :D.

Actually, one of the sprite characters looks similar though closer to E.T. Guest appearance?

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome! 😄 What have you played in the past the most?

@@commocore not much, but I have been able to play some of these games on consoles since the cabinets are no longer available (which really sucks when you think about it. Keeping these cabinets could ensure more can come, but especially the Mortal Kombat games in there, since they have 1 to UMK3) I wish one day, I could actually get the arcade cab for one of the games in there, and not having to do it from Arcade1UP instead

Oh. I've never ever had 1571-II. It's a great piece of hardware - only that I know! Have a great and relaxed September vacations, Arrtu! 👾

I bet you should have some places like that in America like Galloping Ghost Arcade? Good luck finding these arcade places, it's lot of good fun to go there! Also, if you're interested in pinballs, check one of my videos from the Dutch Pinball Museum located in Rotterdam.

@@commocore Hmm…i Think i Herd About That Place Before…It’s Not Way Too Far Away from Where i Live Compared To “Poland” Sense that Place You Mentioned “Galloping Ghost” that place is in America. But Thanks For the Recommend ! i Might Visit That Place When i Get the Chance !

Thanks! It’s often so silly when these kind of creatures are the main source of the problem 😄. In the Meonlawel cRPG project I am working on, I dropped these opponents not forgetting also about dropping spiders ;). A decent size spider could be a different story 😉.

Definitely, I will get back to play more for sure 😺👍🕹 👾. The maiden awaits!

Thanks for your appreciation! I tried to avoid recording of people. Also, I was hyped to play these games that's why I did just a quick round.

Thanks a lot! I did a time lapse of this video in devlog 015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5-8ZYWnZ9asZ5I

No problem, your walkman should have a hole for a screwdriver, like this one: 2:39. Good luck with synchronising the speed :)!