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Message: 3847

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 15/12/2003

Subject: Re: Collision detection for JSW ropes / Dasse's Mr Willy

 

dasse68 wrote:

wow! you really take down the willygames to the smallest pixel to
check out how everything works. thats really great :) but which
program do you use for all this?

My editors: Jet Set Willy Construction Kit and Manic Miner Screen
Editor.

and besides your own editors (I presume you are using them in your
own games) what more programs do you use?

My Java toolkit SPECSAISIE has generic utilities for the manipulation
of SNA and TAP files, plus some specific MM/JSW utilities (e.g. to
detect the Block Graphics Bug, list instances of a guardian-class,
list guardian-classes which use a given sprite-page, look up
horizontal and vertical guardian-classes for a given range of screen-
positions, laterally invert a given MM/JSW game... most of these will
be released with SPECSAISIE 1.3 next year).

for example to edit the sounds etc..

Since I haven't yet written a MM/JSW tune-editor, I currently write
the tunes by hand. I work out the notes on a piano or keyboard
(sometimes I code up a prototype using 128 BASIC's PLAY command to
get the rhythm right), then look up the data for the 64 notes in
Richard Hallas's tone-chart, then POKE in these data using a simple
BASIC program.

BTW, I just listened to the "Mr Willy" MP3
[http://www.jump.to/speccy ] for the first time, and it's brilliant!
I love the way you've sampled the `glint' when Willy loses a life,
and other sound-effects, and the tune just rocks. If only it could be
released as a single, it would clean up the Christmas number-one
position, and no doubt would attract a whole new generation of
fans! :-)

It's just another Manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday
[The Bangles, "Manic Monday"]

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
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