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This game is not a text adventure, it is a dark parody of the very matter of gaming itself. DLC is rampant, can you escape?

crammed it into 2k, wanted to do 1k but i ran out of room. this is my latest entry for the 2024CGC
ZX81

what do you guys think?

kmurta wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 1:10 pm In EO you can associate any key on the ZX81 to the PC arrows keys, see the "Options/Keyboard" menu (or F7).

did not know that, thanks

is it possible to program an interface for the Eightyone emulator? this would make getting joystick controls so much easier. A lot faster than inkey$

4k ram
no score (help please)
I want to at least make it fit within 4k for the crap game compo

can someone take a look and help me out?

Enable and Disable BREAK at will. One of the most annoying things about the ZX81 is that when you BASIC program is running anytime you press the SPACE key it will cause a BREAK your BASIC program. I've been working on this for awhile and I've come up with a method to be able to disable or enable th...

after getting a right kick in the ass needed for the CGC, I have decided to do something a little different However, my program keeps getting either an error 5, 2 or B. I have no idea what is going on. I increased the ram to 32k, still had an issue. Tried CONT, still had an issue. The program WAS s...

mrtinb wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 6:46 am In Forth, everything in parenthesis is a comment, like REM in Basic. I'm sure that is written in the book.

thanks for the help guys

wanted to ask about an update on the book. I think you should put in detailed type ins. Maybe some forth examples. You're very talented and it would be nice to see your process to help newbies.

what was the hardest game you ever made for this forum. What was your process like?

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