Forth game "SKAMPY" : Forth
This is a discussion on Forth game "SKAMPY" within the Forth forums in Programming Languages category; Here's Jason Damisch's SKAMPY, which I'm hosting on my webspace for him. I was surprised to learn after playing it that it was written in 2000. It's always an interesting exception when someone makes a game solely on a severely outdated platform. Download: http://rogerlevy.net/games/skampy.zip I think it's a charming game. Could use some fine-tuning in control and balance, but the graphics have an endearing simplicity. I've asked Jason if he will release the source code for others that are interested in game-writing. I'm sure he'll appreciate any comments. To run it you need an Atari ST or an emulator. On ...
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10-24-2008, 07:24 PM
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 Forth game "SKAMPY" him. I was surprised to learn after playing it that it was written in 2000. It's always an interesting exception when someone makes a game solely on a severely outdated platform. Download: http://rogerlevy.net/games/skampy.zip I think it's a charming game. Could use some fine-tuning in control and balance, but the graphics have an endearing simplicity. I've asked Jason if he will release the source code for others that are interested in game-writing. I'm sure he'll appreciate any comments. To run it you need an Atari ST or an emulator. On Windows, I reccommend STeem. (http://tamw.atari-users.net/steem.htm) -Roger |
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10-25-2008, 09:10 AM
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| Re: Forth game "SKAMPY" I'll see if I can find the source. It may be somewhere around here. If you want to edit level files you will probably need some instructions, including which ascii characters correspond to which game tile in the level text files. Thanks for hosting this. Jason |
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10-28-2008, 10:01 PM
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| Re: Forth game "SKAMPY" roger.levy@gmail.com wrote: > Here's Jason Damisch's SKAMPY, which I'm hosting on my webspace for > him. I was surprised to learn after playing it that it was written in > 2000. It's always an interesting exception when someone makes a game > solely on a severely outdated platform. > > Download: http://rogerlevy.net/games/skampy.zip > > I think it's a charming game. Could use some fine-tuning in control > and balance, but the graphics have an endearing simplicity. I've > asked Jason if he will release the source code for others that are > interested in game-writing. I'm sure he'll appreciate any comments. > > To run it you need an Atari ST or an emulator. On Windows, I > reccommend STeem. (http://tamw.atari-users.net/steem.htm) Thanks for that. Simple arcade games are always popular and serve nicely as demos. Perhaps there are more unknown forth games lurking out there? Here's another classic game ported from XPL0 to Forth. Requires MS-DOS, VGA and mouse. Should work on Windows up to XP. ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/Comp...th/pede4th.zip |
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11-01-2008, 07:42 AM
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