Any programmers around here?

Are there any Intellivision programmers around here?

What projects are you working on?

dZ.

Hi there!

I think I'm in lazy mood, at least for today

Let's say prospective programmer. Started around the time the Intellivision came out, and I've always wanted to circle back around and write something for it.

I'm always working on something ever since I put together my Portable Intellivision Development Environment, eliminating "no free time" as an excuse.  There are a few games I'm working on, but one I'll mention here is something called "Chessboard Games".

intylab wrote:I'm always working on something ever since I put together my Portable Intellivision Development Environment, eliminating "no free time" as an excuse.  There are a few games I'm working on, but one I'll mention here is something called "Chessboard Games".

Like this game?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pyrosphere.chesslight&hl=en_US&gl=US

No, although that would have been good too.

what do you mean "would have been good"?

It's not too late for you to start

I suppose I can replace "Knight's Tour" with this one, assuming there are no copyright issues. It does look like fun.

intylab wrote:
I suppose I can replace "Knight's Tour" with this one, assuming there are no copyright issues. It does look like fun.

I've never tried Knight's Tour. I just downloaded a few versions on my phone to give them a try.

intylab wrote:There are a few games I'm working on, but one I'll mention here is something called "Chessboard Games".

If you are working on a collection of small games that can be played on a chess board, then I'd keep Knight's Tour.

Chess-specific thought games, like the Chess Light I linked to, may be a turn off to some people that don't have a good grasp of the game; where Knight's Tour is more simple to learn and grasp.

FDR4Prez wrote:I've never tried Knight's Tour.  I just downloaded a few versions on my phone to give them a try.  

If you are working on a collection of small games that can be played on a chess board, then I'd keep Knight's Tour.

Chess-specific thought games, like the Chess Light I linked to, may be a turn off to some people that don't have a good grasp of the game; where Knight's Tour is more simple to learn and grasp.

Knight's Tour is a puzzle that involves moving a knight to every space on the board exactly once.  If you can return directly to the original space after the last one, then it's considered a closed tour as opposed to an open tour (bonus).

My plan was to have a number of puzzles with parts of the board already "visited".  But since there's only limited replay value once you've solved all the puzzles, I have another game that will have replay value and that takes place on a chessboard.

intylab wrote:
Knight's Tour is a puzzle that involves moving a knight to every space on the board exactly once.  If you can return directly to the original space after the last one, then it's considered a closed tour as opposed to an open tour (bonus).

I am familiar with the game, but I've never actually tried it before.  You can't really play on your own chess board at home without marking up the board for where you've touched

intylab wrote:
My plan was to have a number of puzzles with parts of the board already "visited".  But since there's only limited replay value once you've solved all the puzzles, I have another game that will have replay value and that takes place on a chessboard.

that is like one of the apps/games I downloaded to my phone.  One version i downloaded is just a simple open board and it counts the number squares you've touched.  

The other version I downloaded has many flavors, such as different sized/shaped boards and boards that have squares that are blocked, etc.

I have something new to show off.  I'll probably wait until this weekend and unveil it on a livestream.  Meanwhile, I'll continue tweaking it and create overlay images and documentation.
twitch.tv/intylab

Hello.
I'm not a real programmer, but you know what they say: fake it until you make it!

As for projects, Karateka has been keeping me busy.

I've been working on a couple projects lately.  Now FUBAR was just released digitally on Intellivision Collector.