I was moving right along and writing code back in 2021 during Covid and a life-event happened which made a mess of my life for a bit. I won’t go into it, but things are better, and we’re getting back to real-life again, and this project will start again soon.. […]
First boss battle routine added. Bosses drop quest items or other loot to advance the game’s story. People who know me will start to see a pattern on the names of the characters in the game.
Sure you could wander through people’s wallets and suitcases. But let’s hope they don’t catch you and call for help.
Hit my first out of memory error. Went through, cleaned up some code, removed a bunch of REM statements and stuff I hadn’t planned on using.. up to 5K free!
Doesn’t look all that exciting, but there’s some neat stuff going on here. This is the Noble House Inn. Sure you can walk through the guest rooms and take their stuff. But will you get caught? Let’s hope you have good perception and dexterity…
Of course we have to have the best playtesters around to find bugs. Luckily my daughter is on the payroll as a playtester.
And here it is so far.. not everything works.. yet.
You can now see your stats during encounters, and you have an external stats screen.. finally. Evading works provided you have a decent enough dexterity level and bonus for perception. Even if you miss though, it sure beats a direct hit.
Finally adding loot to your successful battles. You can now become incapacitated. And.. bears! You always need bears. Also added the ‘evade’ feature so if you’re in bad shape, you can attempt to evade attack. Of course, if you have a higher dexterity, it helps…
The game is being written in BASIC 4.0 and compiled using Petspeed. Since the CBM-II series also uses BASIC 4.0, it ports over easily except for some quick load routines that don’t work on my B128-80 for.. reasons. Since all the commands also in BASIC 7.0, it should work fine […]