16k should be enough for anyone 🇦🇺

#ZX81 Game development for Orphion Seven (or Zevious or ZXevious): Got the First Level finalised and 4 to 6 to go depending on space. Added some gun overheating, and a few bug fixes. The itself seems to pay really well after the bug fixes (I can't stop playing at least).

A bit of extra work over the weeked on Orpion Seven for the #ZX81. Managed just enough extra speed to make some ZONX-81 sound action possible. Updated some the other graphic elements also.

#ZX81 game development: Orphion Seven testing update: now running with some actual level data and replacing the placeholder graphics with real in-game assets.

Bit behind the scenes work on the #ZX81 game, but visible progress now: alien paths are set up, the joystick controls are working better, and bullets are in (they don’t hurt yet).

#ZX81 And now we can fly 🚀, and crash into stuff. All coming along nicely.

#ZX81 Some Graphics & Sprite Tests. I should really get to the hard part now I guess :-)

#ZX81 More Sprite Speed Tests. Starting to think the game that this is supposed to be for might actually be fast enough. (Maybe)

#ZX81 Tile Draw Test 6: ZX81 Super Magic Sprites.

#ZX81 Tile Draw Test 5: ZX81 Magic Sprites?

#ZX81 Tile Draw Test 4: Slide and scroll. Slidy scrolly slidy.

#ZX81 Tile Draw Test 3: Sliding strobe warning. You have been warned - sllllliiidee.

#ZX81 Tile Draw Test 2: Less Strobe Warning. You have been warned More or Less.

#ZX81 Tile Draw Test: Strobe Warning. You have been warned.

Stuffing around: Maybe boxes crashing into a #ZX81 sea.

Stuffing around: I game see a game in this #ZX81, but what game.

It's time for some ZX81

Another experiment: #ZX81 loading a screen test file from an arduino mini via a parallel ZXIO card.

"Reading a Dallas RTC in BASIC on the #ZX81 / #ZXMinstrel3!" The Video. It’s a tad slow, with a second and a bit between screen updates, but not really attempted optimising it yet.