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Hi Qbits, Very impressive progress, which I suppose all boils down to good project planning. I tend to get somewhat lost on larger projects, so have to regularly print listings to keep a hold on developments. I never wrote a 'railway line' schema or suchlike, which is no doubt a grave default, One m...

Hi QDOS & SGC users, Here is a tweaked version, adapted to run under QDOS, tested on SuperGoldCard OK, even under SMSQ/E. UNZIP, LOAD, modify line 1630 for your chosen device and RUN. (You still need the font file on the previous post !) Use the previous (non-'Q') version on QPC2 etc.... (as rel...

Hi Folks, Remember, the (ESC)ape and (N)ext keys are still incorporated into the code for you to use, if need be.... Also, as you may have discovered, don't PRESS the arrow keys, just TAP them if you can't make any headway ! I will blank out the score if you don't zap all the aliens, a minor oversig...

Hi All,

Looks like the .png file caused problems for donloading zip files. Try again...
Regards, Steve.

Hi Again,

Heres the jpg image...

Hi Qbits & All, It was bound to happen : Converting the brownien sprites program into a game ! So here it is : Just UNZIP and LRUN. Colliding aliens lose energy (colour), finally to disappear. Move the man (bottom line) using left & right arrows, Down arrow to fire. (Miss reduces score, Hit ...

Hi Qbits,

Yes, good idea. It adds spice to the program...

But I had to rename it to DoodleSprite_bas, as Dooddles8q_bas repeatedly gave 'not found' for some bizarre reason.
But the font routine loads OK !

Regards, Steve.

Hi Mark, Great adaptation of Brownien doodle, with real brownian motion... So my program logic was useable after all ! On SGC_SH under SMSQ/E, it scores 202.3 On HP laptop core i3 under QPC2, it scores 10234.8 (whilst multitasking). Very smooth animation. Developping the brownien doodle caused me ma...

Hi again All, The final version caters for monochrome screens. Let 450 be RND(1 to 7) for MODE 8 colour. Let 260 be CSIZE 0,0 & 220 th=5 for longer animations. Modify lines to read wd/2 or hg/2 (or whatever) to reduce screen sizes. SCALE must be hg,0,0 under QDOS, (due to a system bug), ELSE whe...

Hi Folks, My SGC QL failed often whilst writing the final versions : Just a poor mains plug though ! All suggested tweaks are incorporated, into just 3 versions, which are now quirk free ! Brownien8_bas : Prints characters. Or, LET 180 read Vs=0 for blobs. Brownien8q_bas : For QDOS, LET 180 be -1, 0...