Batty - An 8-bit game coded almost entirely in Assembly

This is a repo with the sample code for my blog post:

What Not to Do - Coding Apps in Assembly & Timely Backups

Batty, a game coded almost entirely in Assembly, plus importance of timely backups.

Please note that this source code does not compile due to reasons I explained in the blog post.

Release

You can download the Batty game binaries here.

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The blog post covers the following topics:

• Batty Game

• Batty Game Issues:

  • Why Was It Bad To Code It In Assembly?

• Is Coding Anything In Assembly Bad?

• Batty Game Source Code

  • Sine Optimization

  • Square Root Optimization

  • Game Rendering

  • Main Loop

  • Game Sounds

  • Easter Eggs

• Regular Backups

• Correct Ways To Backup

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