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CHANGES.txt for Firefighter
Firefighting game for the Atari 8-bit
Bill Kendrick <bill@newbreedsoftware.com>
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/firefighter/
0.1-beta-10 (2023-12-26):
* Gameplay:
* In-game pause (press [Space] or [P])
* Walking sound effect (uses GTIA)
* Levels:
* Two more levels
* Title:
* WIP Improved title screen
* Help screen:
* Inverse video for some text (e.g. key controls)
0.1-beta-9 (2023-10-17):
* Gameplay:
* Slowed the game down some.
* Nicer music scale when tallying bonus points.
* Levels:
* Four more levels
* Title:
* Level creator credits
* Misc:
* WIP [deactivated] splash screen flame effect
0.1-beta-8 (2023-09-26):
* Misc:
* Stand-alone (non-disk) XEX version with support
for reading/writing settings and high score to a
FujiNet device's App Key storage
* Added 2019-era design doc scribbles.
* Added some documentation to the "fonts" folder.
* Building:
* Removing intermediate title screen images during release.
0.1-beta-7 (2023-09-21):
* Gameplay:
* Pushing joystick into a valve no longer causes it
to toggle open/close quickly. Release joystick,
then push into the valve again to toggle.
* Splash:
* Added a splash screen (disk version)
* Title screen:
* Pause [Select] key repeat when wrapping back to level 1
* Help screen:
* Page breaks every horizontal rule (section break).
* Building:
* "tools/release.sh" checks Makefile version vs README.md
* WIP - Optimizations:
(h/t https://github.com/ilmenit/CC65-Advanced-Optimizations
and Irgendwer @ AtariAge)
* `--static-locals` (instead of using the stack (slower))
* Replaced a bunch of `int` (habit!) with `char`
* Replaced `enum` constants with `#define`-ed ones
* Avoid multiplication when doing shape look-up and placement
(`shape_at()` and `set_shape()` now use a look-up table)
* Replaced some "+= 2" and "-= 2" with "++" and "--" twice.
* Improved Display List construction (some use of `memset()`
or static arrays)
0.1-beta-6 (2023-09-16):
* Gameplay:
* When a worker dies, there's a short grace period
until the game will allow another worker to die.
* Ability to slide along obstacles when pushing diagonally.
* Ax indicator moved from top right to top left; using icon.
* Exit counter moved from top left to top right.
* Help screen:
* Help text word-wrapped at 38 chars (instead of 40);
improves readability if you [C]opy "D:README.TXT,E:" from DOS
with Atari OS's default left-margin of 2
* Two more levels
0.1-beta-5 (2023-09-13):
* Gameplay:
* Lose 3 workers and the game ends.
* High score table:
* Top-10 high scores labeled (1...10)
* Help screen:
* Added numbering & indentation to documentation
* Bugfixes:
* Score deductions (e.g., crate destruction) with a very
low score (e.g., 000000) could cause score to wrap around
to a crazy high value.
0.1-beta-4 (2023-09-04):
* Gameplay:
* Exit countdown (when pushing into door) dropped from 5 to 3
(h/t Will)
* Hint to player to push door to initial exit countdown
* Bonus tally timing made consistent (regardless of score added)
* High score initials input at end of game
* High score(s) recorded (top-10, saved to disk, in disk version)
+ Saving to sector 720 for easy extraction on TNFS servers
for FujiNet high score functionality
+ Enabled high-score storage support in the ATR disk image file
* Title screen:
* High score table screen (disk version) (access via [H])
* Improved [Select] key repeat for level select
* Help screen:
* Ability to page backwards
* Character set (font) improvements:
* Added missing connectors on some corner pipes
* Stylized more punctuation.
* "EOL" symbol for high score initial entry
* Under the hood:
* Level data is compressed
0.1-beta-3 (2023-08-25):
* Disable attract mode.
* Score deduction when crates are destroyed by fire, too (not just ax).
* Added an explicit "BLANK" shape const, to avoid hard-coded zeros (0).
* Reorganized/updated instructions on title screen.
(h/t rdefabri & Beeblebrox @ AtariAge forums)
* Character set (font) improvements:
+ Stylized "&" and "!"
+ Better large fire; avoid touching sides
+ Nudged valves & brick walls
+ Smaller door & crates (avoid touching sides)
* "tools/release.sh" checks Makefile version vs 'git tag',
echos a bunch of info about the release process
0.1-beta-2 (2023-08-23):
* Gas leaks don't appear instantly, giving you a chance to walk through
them if using one joystick (where you cannot walk while spraying).
(h/t phigan & JLsoft on AtariAge forums for reporting)
* Stick setting & latest level saved as config file on disk (ATR) version
* Finished doc'ing functions & routines with source code comments
0.1-beta-1 (2023-08-22):
* First public beta release
+ Four levels
+ Stand-alone XED and disk-based ATR version
+ ATR version includes help text