DRACULARK
A downloadable game
A new game written in APL on the Commodore SuperPET for the River Thames Game Jam of September 2023.
Take delight in collect mudlarking treasures along the River Thames foreshore. But be certain to gather a medieval pilgrim's badge, a crucifix, and a hammer and stake before proceeding to Carfax Abbey to battle Dracula with the tools and holy relics now in your inventory.
More about this game, including a walk-through of the source code, at https://medium.com/@solarbreeze69/draculark-a-mudlarking-vampire-hunting-game-bb...
Note: Very happy and amazed to see the Medium write-up of the game code above went viral and peaked at #8 on the Front Page of Hacker News on 10/1! Captured here in a snapshot at #12 https://web.archive.org/web/20231001200117/https://news.ycombinator.com/
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Install instructions
Instructions: To run, use a version of Vice with -superpet option, like WinVICE-3.0-x64.
See https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/ or https://csdb.dk/release/?id=152308
Load a Vice xpet session launched as follows:
xpet -sound -truedrive -superpet -cpu6809 -model SuperPET -drive8type 8050 -8 draculark-use.d80 -drive9type 8050 -9 sp9000lang.d80
Type "apl" at the Waterloo microSystems menu prompt to launch Waterloo microAPL. Then load the workspace using
)LOAD USELARK925
note: the ) key is the shifted ' key
Type 'G' and hit return to start the game.
Be sure to go under Settings->Joystick settings->Userport joystick settings and enable PET userport joy adapter. Go to Joystick in extra userport #1 and set it to use the KEYPAD A. Then Configure KEYPAD A keypad to use WASD and the ] key for the fire button. Then go to Settings->Joystick settings->Enable Joykeys to activate the keyboard joystick.
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