Me, looking at the 8008/8080/Z80 instruction sets: "bah, why do you need conditional calls and conditional returns when the conditional jumps are already more than enough?"

Me, coding in 68000: "I really wish I had conditional calls and conditional returns, relying on conditional jumps makes the code harder to read than necessary."

I am never happy.

Upated intro and menu screens.

Made using RLE compression with interlace (odd lines only). Background made in blender. More details in thread.

I've lost some bytes but it was worth it!

Implemented RLE algorithm (with interlace) for compressing images. Preparing title screen :)

Work in progress.

My kid and I are learning Z80 #Assembly programming together.

Kid: why do we have to put the byte into the register first? Why can't we just put it directly into the other memory address?

Me:

1985

“BASIC was a fine tool to learn programming with. But #programs in it occupied far too much of the limited working #memory of a #microcomputer, and it was horribly slow.

The way to get anything ambitious done was to write the program directly in the language #BASIC translated into: #assembly code, only one layer up from the #silicon.

Suddenly, you were responsible for the entire flow of very simple commands that allowed the computer to function.”

40 years ago, Elite was created and released by #IanBell and #DavidBraben.

#Software / #Elite / #programming / #Cambridge / #computing / #BBCMicro <https://theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/18/features.weekend>

I did a thing today. It is the most I ever assembled in one go. And that was after spending the most of the day changing over the machine to Black Magic. Sure it is just the simple side but still ;) #manufacturing #electronics #assembly #efficiency

[New Blog Post] Verified Assembly 2: Memory, RISC-V, Cuts for Invariants, and Ghost Code https://www.philipzucker.com/asm_verify2/ #ghidra #assembly

Testing the latest build of the game - works perfectly!

#Compaq #486 #486dx4 #Retrocomputing #PixelArt #ASM #Assembly #GameDev

“UK’s first national grassroots democratic assembly concludes – and calls for a total embargo on Israel”

by The Canary @thecanaryuk @UKLabour @palestine
@israel
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@guardian @Independent @thetimes

“Tues 22 July marked the conclusion of the first sitting for the House of the People – a groundbreaking grassroots, high-tech body to represent the UK public”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/07/23/house-of-the-people-latest/

#Press #UK #Grassroots #Democratic #Assembly #Embargo #Israel Gaza #Genocide #Citizens #Assembly

Another tweak to the tileset.

Loaded in the engine, ProMotion NG preview. and new frame implemented in game.

GAME.COM - 8015 bytes

Building rails restored in my latest refactored engine code!

My big refactor is all about making this engine as fast as possible.

Now only 5 recalculations are done after placing new rail-track. Correct sprites are saved in level data. That way rendering is just placing correct sprites. Before refactoring it was done on each tile each time...

Updated few tiles

ProMotion NG + in Engine shoots

Asm Editor is a web app IDE for learning, developing, and running x86, M68K, RISC-V, and MIPS Assembly code. It features an editor, assembler, and debugger, as well as other tools and learning resources.

https://asm-editor.specy.app

https://github.com/Specy/asm-editor

Oh good, the assembler in #collapseOS straight up does not support the specific kind of modr/m mov I was trying to use. The upside of this is now I can say that I have debugged an assembler.
cc: #theFoundry #assembly

Mental block: overcome.

I had been stuck on my coding project, for not having enough clarity about how to manage timings and latency in a game.

I had asked for and received some precious help, but it took me a while to fully digest it and understand all of its implications.

Now I feel that I'm ready to make progress again.

AHAHAHA COME AT ME AI

I'm in a middle of (memory management) refactor. Here is the updated main menu.

My new sticker :)