Glider for Apple II's first beta release is available at https://www.colino.net/wordpress/glider-for-apple-ii/

I hope you'll enjoy it, and be sure to report issues if you find some!

I've started working on a "house map" because it's getting confusing to remember which level is which when I define them in the assembler sources.

Maybe I'll get super-wild and make a house map generator?

Working on levels. I'll have you know that I steal most of my level elements from Shutterstock, scale them down, and use them to draw my things. Here, have a hot bath!

I've implemented two levels with stairs. (one of them very incomplete). It works quite well. Here's an example with a level that has three exit/entry zones.

Commit (mostly illegible as I renamed one level file): https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/bc971f5af2e900f9886824ef5fa7afc78c55e7d9

I implemented dynamic exits (commit: https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/ff28f3b1ce923d93dd93836dd933a74f54e4a545) so I added exits on the left of levels too, allowing to revisit levels (commit: https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/f8be708eb1426c1d21b94530b17d5b42a6c0c1db).
Time bonus is only counted once otherwise it's too easy!
Level state resets when we come back to one, but that's fine by me.
(Edit: and this demo showed me a wrong hitbox on level 3's table hitbox, so commit: https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/291e624951a68c296018c6e6b6f755b91d300bde)

It even helps with loading times! The floppy is slower to read 11-13 more blocks than the decompressor takes!
Double win.

(sorry for the flicker in the video)

I was a bit annoyed that I was on track to only be able to fit nine levels on the floppy. I experimented with cc65's included LZ4 decompressor and it works really well. Now I should be able to put 30 to 40 levels on a single floppy!

Commit: https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/972c56cbfda32fcabaa72437f2b6ff032c871192

The high scores table is done and I didn't post a screenshot yet because I finished it in HGR mode having reimplemented about the all the char ROM before figuring out it would be more practical to just switch to text mode. After that it was late.

Added the start of a high score table. There are four steps in a high score table:
- load it
- figure if player has a spot in it
- ask them their name
- save it.

I've started with step three because I felt like it and also because it's easier to do steps 3 and 4 so I have data for step 1 and 2.

Commit: https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/9f0897c276dcae0c7a3c4d0142261a110288a2dd

I've done level 6 and am a bit happy with it, it's twisted, you have to think fast thanks to downward vents and an inconveniently placed switch, and if you don't you lose access to the extra life! and/or you lose one!

It's also the first level I can commit without touching the core engine, which must mean something's good in it!

Commit: https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/841822c22a0e3abc879c8d023894c32110f3cea9

I've added a "you win" message at the end of the game, a a going back to the start screen, instead of just quitting.

We know the game is won when loading the next level from floppy fails, so I wanted the victory message to acknowledge that, a bit tongue-in-cheek.

Commit: https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/acf87dadbc0582866ccd30734d550292eb12242d

The start screen, integrated. Also just committed a reorganisation/cleanup of the code, splitting it into more functions rather than the previous enormous loop. This allows me to get nice call graphs with KCachegrind, in which I confirm that my whole screen drawing is just under 4000 cycles on average.
It makes it faster than it takes the ray to reach the top-left of the screen during vertical blanking (4550 cycles) and leads to no tearing or flickering!

I have prepared, very laboriously, a start screen. (Yes I did place every letter one by one haha). I'll install it in the game later because my eyes are tired.

Here is level 5 !
With it there are two new sprites - the sheet of paper (which gives the player an extra life), and the toast. As you can guess, the toast is fatal.

I'm happy about my toast's ballistics, which are approximated using maths and python. I am very smart.

This level is a little bit hard but can be made easier if one doesn't try to get the extra life. Dying after getting it means one can try again, I like that the player has options.

Commit: https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/0182b212b0ce4f3b169fdd18369c1fa84df68a2f