Program Description
Programming Challenges
The programming challenge I was faced with when creating The TWIGZ SDK was creating a user friendly point & click interface which supported many features all contained within one 320x200 pixel screen. The solution for this problem was to create a button interface which allowed the user to select which task he would like to work on at the current moment. Once the appropriate task was selected a separate program for that specific task could be loaded into memory. This solution provided a nice development environment for The TWIGZ Engine but also allowed users to use the specialized programs outside of the development environment if necessary.
Features
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- Easy to use point & click interface
- Detailed step-by-step tutorial included
- Use the custom tools as part of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or separately
Screenshots
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Drawing the walking boxes |
Drawing the walking boxes for a map from Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge |
Code Sample
The SaveObjectImage subroutine saves all object information including the object's images into the main level (*.lvl) file. The subroutine first writes the header for the object followed by the bitmap for each image that makes up the object. Objects in The TWIGZ Engine can have multiple images that are changed based on the value of global variables. For example, a door object may have two images (i.e. an open image and a closed image) which will be changed based on the value of the global variable for that object. So, for example, if the player has left a door open in a room, any time the player returns to that room the door will still be open.
SUB SaveObjectImage
'Save Object Image Header
FOR i = 1 TO NumberOfObjects
WRITE #1, "OBHD"
WRITE #1, Object(i).ID
WRITE #1, Object(i).BinVar
WRITE #1, Object(i).BVStatus
WRITE #1, Object(i).ExitType
WRITE #1, Object(i).TotalImages
WRITE #1, Object(i).X
WRITE #1, Object(i).Y
WRITE #1, Object(i).ImageWidth
WRITE #1, Object(i).ImageHeight
WRITE #1, Object(i).StartOffset
TempOffset = Object(i).StartOffset
WRITE #1, Object(i).WalkToX, Object(i).WalkToY
WRITE #1, ObjectName$(i)
'Save Object Images
FOR X = 0 TO Object(i).TotalImages - 1
CLS
'Write the Object Image Header
IF X < 10 THEN WRITE #1, "IM0" + MID$(STR$(X), 2) ELSE WRITE #1, "IM" + MID$(STR$(X), 2)
Bytes = (Object(i).ImageWidth * Object(i).ImageHeight) + 5
TwigzMoveFromXMS VARSEG(SaveTile(0)), VARPTR(SaveTile(0)), XMSObjects&, TempOffset, Bytes
DEF SEG = VARSEG(SaveTile(0))
FOR A = 0 TO Bytes
WRITE #1, PEEK(VARPTR(SaveTile(0)) + A)
NEXT
DEF SEG
TempOffset = TempOffset + Bytes
NEXT
NEXT
END SUB
Downloads
WARNING: The TWIGZ SDK requires EMS and XMS memory which may not be supported on modern systems. If you cannot get The TWIGZ SDK to run, please download Setup.zip, a program which will verify that your system supports EMS and XMS memory.
The TWIGZ SDK.exe - This is a self-extracting version of the above file.
