%import math %import diskio %import textio %import sprites %zeropage basicsafe %option no_sysinit ; an example that displays and then moves many sprites at once. main { const long SPRITE_DATA = $12000 const ubyte SPRITE_PALETTE_OFFSET = 1 ; sprite palette at color index 16 const ubyte NUM_DRAGONS = 25 word[NUM_DRAGONS*2] xpositions word[NUM_DRAGONS*2] ypositions sub start() { txt.plot(30,30) txt.print("there be many dragons!") ; load the sprite data and color palette directly into Vera ram void diskio.vload_raw("dragonsprite.bin", bnk(SPRITE_DATA), SPRITE_DATA & $ffff) void diskio.vload_raw("dragonsprite.pal", 1, $fa00 + SPRITE_PALETTE_OFFSET*16*2) ; initialize the dragon sprites (every dragon needs 2 sprites, top and bottom half) ubyte sprite_num for sprite_num in 0 to NUM_DRAGONS*2-2 step 2 { sprites.init(sprite_num+1, bnk(SPRITE_DATA), SPRITE_DATA & $ffff, sprites.SIZE_64, sprites.SIZE_64, sprites.COLORS_16, SPRITE_PALETTE_OFFSET) sprites.init(sprite_num+2, bnk(SPRITE_DATA), (SPRITE_DATA & $ffff) + 64*64/2, sprites.SIZE_64, sprites.SIZE_64, sprites.COLORS_16, SPRITE_PALETTE_OFFSET) xpositions[sprite_num] = math.rndw() % (640-64) as word xpositions[sprite_num+1] = xpositions[sprite_num] ypositions[sprite_num] = sprite_num * $0008 as word ypositions[sprite_num+1] = ypositions[sprite_num]+64 } repeat { ; move all dragons (remember each one consists of a top and a bottom sprite) for sprite_num in 0 to NUM_DRAGONS*2-2 step 2 { xpositions[sprite_num]++ xpositions[sprite_num+1]++ if sprite_num & 2 !=0 { xpositions[sprite_num]++ xpositions[sprite_num+1]++ } if xpositions[sprite_num] >= 640 xpositions[sprite_num] = -64 if xpositions[sprite_num+1] >= 640 xpositions[sprite_num+1] = -64 } sys.waitvsync() sprites.pos_batch(1, NUM_DRAGONS*2, &xpositions, &ypositions) } } }