Topic: Petit Computer

bluerobin2 wrote:

@Gimmiemorecoinz, did you choose that name because of the super mario rpg fan music video?
Also: Coral maze log entry #2
*Texted among a variety of people. They claim it's too easy. @Ramstrong, What can I do about it? One of the seed uses was this way:
INPUT "SEED$"
SEED=ASC(SEED$)
IF SEED>=250 THEN SEED=250
'later in the code...
LINK=SEED
It works but how can I change this?

Gimmemorecoinz wrote:

Concerning petit computer I made this using the graphic editor in petit computer. Just to show my drawing ability and where I'm at. I can even do better than this. I think it might be fun to help others with graphics for their projects if they want character art. I'm willing to help draw just give me a description and i'll do a draft.

http://imgur.com/9HhIMQ0,yoFvFNP

randomouscrap98 wrote:

@MrSirr Well, that one is a little more tricky, and you can do it one of several ways. Let's do it the "easier to write" way this time:

At the very least, you'll need a loop. This is usually what a game loop with movement looks like:

@GAMELOOP
'DO STUFF
VSYNC 1
GOTO @GAMELOOP

You can make the "GOTO" conditional, but for now let's just make it always jump. The VSYNC 1 tells the game to make sure the loop is complete within 1/60th of a second. This is better than trying to let the game run as fast as it can, as it'll stutter and probably not look so great. What we really care about is the "DO SOMETHING" comment.

First thing's first: There are two functions that let you see the button presses. BUTTON() will return a code representing the buttons pressed every single time it is called. This is different than BTRIG(), which will only return the buttons pressed once per press, even if it is held down. So if you're holding down the "up" arrow, BUTTON will return the code for "up" every single time the loop executes, but BTRIG() will only return it as soon as you press it, then it will return 0 until you release "up" and then press it again. Anyway, you'll probably want to use BUTTON(). You can see how to extract button codes here: https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/dsiware/petit_computer?sta...

Once you've got the button code extraction down, now all you have to do is make it move. We'll do it the simple way and test for the direction and increment/decrement accordingly

SPSET 0,0,0,0,0,1
@GAMELOOP
B=BUTTON()
IF B AND 1 THEN Y=Y-1
IF B AND 2 THEN Y=Y+1
IF B AND 4 THEN X=X-1
IF B AND 8 THEN X=X+1
SPOFS 0, X, Y
VSYNC 1
GOTO @GAMELOOP

Oh and @ramstrong there's a much easier way to make something continue moving than the code on pg 104 (unless you did it that way on purpose, in which case never mind): Replace B=BUTTON() in the above loop with

BT=BUTTON()
IF BT THEN B=BT

And that's all!

boot wrote:

ok, any one who's asking, the game will be about you becoming a trainer. it then shows the world a year later. prof. oak asks you if you want to go to tournaments and battle other trainers. from there the game starts. the story might change a little. who's all helping?

ramstrong wrote:

bluerobin2 wrote:

@Gimmiemorecoinz, did you choose that name because of the super mario rpg fan music video?
Also: Coral maze log entry #2
*Texted among a variety of people. They claim it's too easy. @Ramstrong, What can I do about it? One of the seed uses was this way:
INPUT "SEED$"
SEED=ASC(SEED$)
IF SEED>=250 THEN SEED=250
'later in the code...
LINK=SEED
It works but how can I change this?

Indeed, it is too easy. But we're not after longevity here. One minute is all that we need. We can increase the resolution by going graphic screen but I don't want to do it just yet. What do you want to change the LINK into?

I do have some ideas for increasing the difficulty level, but like I said, I'm not going to do it just yet.
PS: IRC=Internet Relay Chat. It's an old chat system. Used to be popular.

@randomous
I've been working on an Animal-Crossing-esque game called Village. It's not exactly Animal Crossing in that it focuses more on external things rather than furniture and such, but it's similar enough. It'll be really simple, but I hope you'll enjoy it. You can get the incomplete version here: http://goo.gl/I1YWT

That looks great. I'm going to download the real game, though. I like what I see so far.

And thanks for the hint about BUTTON. I already considered that, but decided that keeping direction with an extra variable will afford more flexibility and easier maintenance.

Gimmemorecoinz wrote:

Concerning petit computer I made this using the graphic editor in petit computer. Just to show my drawing ability and where I'm at. I can even do better than this. I think it might be fun to help others with graphics for their projects if they want character art. I'm willing to help draw just give me a description and i'll do a draft.

http://imgur.com/9HhIMQ0,yoFvFNP

Any YouTube video on this one? Mine is here: [youtube:tYc6zriwEuA]

Discostew wrote:

While I may not be very talkative here, I can try to answer questions about different PTC programming topics that are within my means. Just don't expect a simple answer, if at all, to a question that is complex or requires a lot of knowledge of other programming aspects. Even questions about my MM2 PTC project are welcome, but the same restriction I mentioned applies to it. Don't expect immediate answers, but be patient.

Gimmemorecoinz wrote:

How many people on here know how to use petit computer? I'm curious. And I want to know what the interest level is for doing a group project of some sort?

Can we get a vote? Too bad i can't make a poll on this thread.
On a scale of :
highly interested
very interested
interested
kinda curious
neutral
not interested
could care less

And for those of you who know how to program in petit computer also reply with:

I know everything about it (Expert)
Some skills and experience (Well rounded)
Just learning (Begginer)
nothing at all (newbie)

Gimmemorecoinz wrote:

Ok and with that I'm going to try to make legend of zelda link to the past for petit computer. How? I have no idea. But I have enough coding skill. I saw some other forum posts about people wanting to do it and with the way the sprites are it seems legit and possible. Maybe I could miniaturrize some of the dungeons. I'm starting to see developing natively in petit isn't so bad.

Nitras wrote:

I'm working on some sort of Zelda-like game. It's coming along nicely, but could probably be made more streamlined. I'll post it when I get it to a level I'm comfortable with sharing.

justlink wrote:

AI artificial intelligence?

Nitras wrote:

Have you tried using PTCUtilities to generate a QR code of the SPU files?

Nitras wrote:

Sorry, I misunderstood you. I'm not having any luck either.