My First Program!

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My First Program!

FoxxTrott 19 Sep 2020 18:09

Hello, everyone! I'm new here on TI-Basic Developer and I just wanted to showcase my first simple program called MOVE.

Code:

4→Y
8→X
While 1
ClrHome
Output(Y,X,"θ
getKey→K
max(1,min(8,Y+(K=34)-(K=25→Y
max(1,min(16,X+(K=26)-(K=24→X
End

I hoped you liked it and I am so excited to progress further with TI-Basic!

Re: My First Program!

J_Walker87 20 Sep 2020 00:32

Hey FoxxTrott, nice animation program. I am also new to this website, though I have been programming in TI-BASIC for a while now. I hope that you enjoy learning TI-BASIC.

Re: My First Program!

(account deleted) 21 Sep 2020 17:52

Welcome! It's good to see you joined!

Here is an improvement to your program:

4→Y:8→X     //Adding a colon between these two lines decreases the number of lines, and makes the editor look cleaner.
Repeat K=45     //Wait until user presses [CLEAR]
Output(Y,X,"θ      //ClrHome command removed
Repeat Ans     //Wait until the user presses some key
getKey
End:Ans→K     //Adding this here makes the Repeat Ans faster
Output(Y,X,"      //One space, makes it so it doesn't clear the whole screen every time the user moves.
max(1,min(8,Y+(K=34)-(K=25→Y
max(1,min(16,X+(K=26)-(K=24→X
End

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Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.

Re: My First Program!

FoxxTrott 22 Sep 2020 13:24

Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it! :)

Re: My First Program!

FoxxTrott 22 Sep 2020 17:21

There was also this other program I made. It's Geometry Dash but on the home screen! I think it's cool so far.

Code:

7→Y:1→X
ClrHome
Output(3,4,"GEO-DASH!
Output(4,2,BY: FOXXTROTT
Pause
ClrHome
Output(8,1,"------^^--------
Repeat K=45 or (Y=7 and (X=7 or X=8))
Output(Y,X,"□
rand(1
X+1→X
Output(Y,X-1,"_     //One space
getKey→K
If K:Then
Y-1→Y
X+2→X
Output(Y+1,X,"_
Output(Y,X,"□
rand(1
Y+1→Y
Output(Y-1,X,"_
Output(Y,X,"□
End
If X=17:Goto A
End
Pause "GAME OVER!
DelVar XDelVar YDelVar K
Stop
Lbl A
ClrHome
Disp "YOU BEAT LEVEL","ONE!
Pause
Disp "LEVEL TWO COMING","SOON
Pause
DelVar XDelVar YDelVar K
Stop

I appreciate any feedback!

Re: My First Program!

J_Walker87 23 Sep 2020 12:40

Nice start, but if you will have to make more levels to make a playable game. What would be easier (and more memory efficient), in my opinion, would be to create a random level generator. If you keep random platforms and spikes within a certain range, you could make nearly level both challenging and beatable. Not every level would be perfect, but it would take up less memory and save you from coding a ton of levels just to make a decent game.

Re: My First Program!

FoxxTrott 23 Sep 2020 13:04

How exactly would you make a random generator? I'm not really that advanced yet.

Re: My First Program!

(account deleted) 23 Sep 2020 17:55

If you need inspiration or ideas, check out this:

https://tiplanet.org/forum/archives_voir.php?id=790041

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Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.

Re: My First Program!

J_Walker87 23 Sep 2020 14:45

You could make a random generator in several ways. To get nice, playable levels, you may want to define a set of structures and place them in pseudo-random positions. If you have say, seven different structures, you could make a random number between 1 and 7, and then run through some IF statements to check which number it is and display the appropriate structure. You would need some way to store the onscreen structures, and the best way to do that in my opinion is to use a list. Just placing some random numbers in a list and reading them to the screen as whatever character you chose is the basic idea. I have not made many map generators before, but I will try to code one for you and post it here if you like.