Well, it doesn't actually "push" them; I just meant that 300 is a position that doesn't appear on the screen. :)

A Y value of 300 pushes them all off the bottom of the screen. Set them to some value from 0-239. Realistically, 0-230 would actually make them show up on the screen.

I'd just like to say that this software is amazing. I've dreamed of having something like this ever since I was a kid, way back in the 80s. I loved BASIC, and now that I can take it anywhere and make games with real graphics -- it's a dream come true. Thank you for bringing this to North America! I hope the rest of the world can be as lucky someday.

Did you create this algorithm yourself? I've never been very good at making random mazes.

Public Key [W3CY43HJ] Caves of Xarnox A fast action game based on the 8x8 LED toys. Guide your yellow ship through the red cliffs as you plunge into Planet Xarnox.

It's hard to tell exactly what you need without seeing your code. Could you post a screenshot? The first thing that comes to mind for me is: IF DAMAGE==0 THEN PRINT "MISS!"

Depends! If you plan on programming, absolutely. If you just want to play other people's games, then only time will tell what the library will look like. A lot of the games are simple, being made by individuals and hobbyists, but there are some real gems out there.

@swordx Thanks! A lot of it was easy because the wiki community had laid out so much of the game mechanics. And I was driven on by the fact that, if I succeeded, I could play Desktop Dungeons wherever I wanted.

Here's the shorter BOUNDS function. And it's still worth keeping MIN and MAX in mind for your bounds-checking.

Ah! I guess I didn't read enough into MIN and MAX; I thought they only worked with arrays.

@swordx I see porting your favorite games as an interesting exercise. It's also nice to have a portable version of one of your favorite games. I once asked QCF games if I could port Desktop Dungeons to PTC, and they were pretty cool about it.

@gabriel That's possible. I believe the program is only available in Japan and North America at this time...

@komodo The Pokemon Company is very protective of their IPs. Your change might be legal - it might hold up in court - but ultimately SmileBOOM gets to decide what they host on their servers. I'm sure they would side with The Pokemon Company instead of you if there was ever a dispute.

X=HIGH(0,X) will force X up to 0 if it's too low. X=LOW(50,X) will force X down to 50 if it's too high. X=BOUNDS(X,0,50) will force X to stay within the bounds of 0-50 by forcing it up to zero if it's too low or down to 50 if it's too high.

Are you tired of typing out long and repetitive statements to keep your values in-bounds, like: IF X‹0 THEN X=0 IF X>50 THEN X=50 Here are some quick functions to make the process simpler.

swordx is right. Posting screenshots is one thing, but if Smileboom discovers you're trying to distribute something with someone else's IP, they'll take it down.

Yes it's programming, no its not much like Java. It's structured rather than OOP. But it's relatively easy to use, and powerful.

Interesting. You can treat a string as an array to access individual characters, but if the string is already a member of an array? Double brackets.

Have a look. [W3CY43HJ] -- Caves of Xarnox [ND251EDD] -- Petit Tanks WIP My code is kind of messy, but it should give you something to chew on.

@neto The function is in lines 4-9. You just have to copy it.