CPC WARS - Twin-Stick Shooter made with Sprites Alive

[Amagni]

Hi all, I wanted to make a simple game and after trying a few methods I settled on Sprites Alive as a really quick way to get something up and running.

It's a twin-stick shooter like Geometry Wars, where you use joystick 1 to move and joystick 2 to shoot.

Please check it out and let me know if it works or if you have any issues.

DSK Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ndf5Hwx1ukY9f-9S6EOaeq4UUNANkQTH/view?usp=drive_link
run"twinstik to use 2 joysticks
run"shipgame to use 1 joystick and arrow keys

Tape WAV Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OJza6reR0yd3r4R9t8HbbUYH9J9RWpeb/view?usp=drive_link
The tape loader is pretty minimal so you won't see any feedback once the BASIC part runs.   Just run" then let it go until the end. 

[eto]

That looks great. 

And Sprites Alive seems to be really interesting... How much RAM does the library and sprites need?

[Amagni]

How much RAM does the library and sprites need?

You can download the documentation here: https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=notices&num=4649

It's designed to run fairly self-contained, so you compile your code and sprites with their compiler and it makes a big binary blob thing.
You can also run the BASIC version that adds RSX commands to regular BASIC, which is how I started but it slowed down once I added the enemy AI so I switched to the compiler.

[Sykobee (Briggsy)]

Nice work, Sprites Alive was a nice package.

[Amagni]

I wired up two arcade sticks with the proper diodes to separate the inputs, and loaded the game on my new second-hand 6128 (via the tape port as the gotek still isn't working   )
It's really fun playing this way, once I've made a proper base for the sticks I'll bring it to the museum on an open day so Sydney folks can come and try it yourselves!