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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:32 pm 
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Hi all, after posting about something I have in mind over at stairwaytohell I've been pointed in the direction of this forum.

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Hi everyone, my first computer was an electron and I've always had a bit of a soft spot for it. I did quite a bit of programming as a kid and dabbled in a bit of assembly. I always wanted to get something going in 3D and inspired by elite I got some wireframe shapes rotating on the screen very very slowly.
That was a long time ago and since then I've had times of no programming and then moved onto more capable hardware and learned a bit about software rendering and stuff. One of the things I've picked up, I think can be applied to the electron but I probably need people more versed in 6502 assembly than myself to get the most out of it.

Anyone up for writing Doom on the electron?


At the moment I don't really have plans for a full game, it's more just a proof of concept and whether or not it could work well enough to be used for a game. So is this the right place?


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:49 pm 
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Of course the right place :) 3D is under represented, hope you can progress your idea :)


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 Post subject: Re: Hello
PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:00 pm 
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You might want to drop Thomas Harte a PM (who's also on this forum) as he made a start on a 3D engine for the Electron some time back.

But I'm guessing (from the lack of posts) that he hasn't had time to progress it.


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:15 pm 
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Thanks. I've just had a quick look through the thread on that and is very interesting. What I have in mind though is quite different, the results are more like a raycaster used in early doom-like games but with a different method of generating the image, on the electron there won't be any texturing though, if it even works at all.


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 Post subject: Re: Hello
PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:21 pm 
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I love the fact your primarily thinking Electron, doesn't get enough attention, some just see them as key switch donors for Masters... not mentioning any names :roll: :lol:


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:43 pm 
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The electron never got enough attention.


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 Post subject: Re: Hello
PostPosted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:13 pm 
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Welcome to Retro Software Alexi - I'm glad you made it over here.

There are some really hot programmers here.

And then there are people who do colouring in. Badly. (Me.)

But I do hope you'll find being here useful.

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 Post subject: Re: Hello
PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:22 pm 
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I'm pretty sure your colouring in can't be worse than mine.

As for coding, I'm going to try to put something together myself at first as a sort of proof of concept to show what I'm trying to do but will no doubt need some help. If that shows any promise then it can be taken further.


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Welcome to the forum Alexi - your idea sounds interesting


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