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Message: 4557

Author: Alexandra

Date: 24/10/2004

Subject: Re: Manic Person (20th June beta-version)

 

Sendy, first of all I appreciate that you've edited the title- screen picture, and the colour-attributes of the bottom third of the
screen. There are two presumably erroneous white-ink character-
squares in the otherwise yellow remaining lives rows, one of which
shows up when you have two extra lives and have teleport-keys
enabled (the "6031769" code or POKE 33885,7).

Last night I revamped the lives/score display and made a new title
screen. I've made sure there are no erroneous attributes laying
around.

There's a problem with the way you have recoloured the piano on the
title-screen: the code still uses Attribute 56 (black ink on white
paper) to uncolour the red and cyan squares. It can be made to use
Attribute 7 (white ink on black paper) with the following pokes:
POKE 37658,7 (attribute to uncolour red square)
POKE 37666,7 (attribute to uncolour cyan square)

I was planning to change it back to a regular keyboard. I'm still not
100% about how to apply pokes (some other pokes I need to apply
before I release this: I need to turn the 'boot' mode off, give the
player as many lives as I can (2 is too piffling with these hard
games). Also it would be kinda nice if I could get the JSW item
collection "sprat" noise in there to help with the invisible items
room).

[6] "The Beginning is a Delicate Time": The graphical makeover is
mainly a change for the better, although the walls look a bit dull
now.

I've altered the border colour which reduces that 'plain' effect
slightly.

[19] "On Our Way ""Hmoe"" (SIC)": Why "Hmoe" instead of "Home"?
you probably shouldn't be able to wrap
around and collect the bottom-left item from here! ;-)

Well spotted. Fixed. Suprised I didn't see that myself.

You should also edit the position of the swordfish and Willy's
colour-attributes above the swordfish. Appendix E of my Manic Miner
Room-Format [

I'm still unfamiliar with the swordfish and what it does. Same as
I've never used Writetyper in JSW.

 

 

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