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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 575 |
Event id #3003 : Only Sprites Compo
Competition Rules:
* You can ONLY display sprites - no chars or bitmaps. Magic byte(s) CAN be used.
* Change any VIC properties that you like
* The Effect must be a one-screener in one PRG (preferably compressed) (no disk streaming)
* Variations of the effect are allowed
* Interaction is allowed - make it a game if you like ;-p
* Music is allowed and encouraged
* Borders can of course be removed
Winner will be chosen based on CSDB's rankings. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5029 |
why not say that only hyperscreen is allowed ? that is turn off VICII display bit, but open the top/bottom border each frame, then you only have sprites and idle byte naturally. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11148 |
Don't the initial rules pretty much imply this? Who would want the badlines to be there with those rules in place? =D |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 575 |
Quote: why not say that only hyperscreen is allowed ? that is turn off VICII display bit, but open the top/bottom border each frame, then you only have sprites and idle byte naturally.
Maybe somebody has an amazing design idea but not the technical knowledge to do hyperscreen (is that the official name)?
I thought it best to just leave it as open as people like ;-) |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5029 |
Quote: Maybe somebody has an amazing design idea but not the technical knowledge to do hyperscreen (is that the official name)?
I thought it best to just leave it as open as people like ;-)
yeah hyperscreen AFAIK, official as musch as FLI ;) |
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Smasher
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 512 |
great compo! let's now talk about... the prizes! :) |
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2855 |
Quoting RaistlinAren't sprites enough?
I think it gives a decent constraint without going for the often-repeated memory-limited compos.
It will be good to see if anyone can create anything new and amazing with this ... I suspect there'll be some things that most of us never thought about. I was just a bit suspicious about the overlapping timeframes (ECM compo still running), plus i could remember at least 3 different sprite-only parts in existing demos without much effort, while ECM-only(-ish)... is a lot rarer to find. |
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1727 |
Quote: yeah hyperscreen AFAIK, official as musch as FLI ;)
In VIC-article, the term hyperscreen refers to just opening the top/bottom borders. (section 3.14.1 "HYPERSCREEN") |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11148 |
Yep, "only sprites" is the opposite of "Hyperscreen". |
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Dane
Account closed
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 421 |
Good idea! Quite a couple of effects that can be recycled for this. I would have preferred if you waited until the end of ECM compo though....don't distract us/them/yourself with new challenges! |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 575 |
Ok, as a few people mentioned that, I'll change the dates to be post-ECM :-) |
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