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Option to blit to byte-boundaries only #7

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xandark opened this issue Aug 19, 2017 · 1 comment
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Option to blit to byte-boundaries only #7

xandark opened this issue Aug 19, 2017 · 1 comment

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@xandark
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xandark commented Aug 19, 2017

Since the memory cost of the compiled sprites is so high for the architecture, and yet this is the fastest shape animation I've ever seen on an Apple II (kudos to you!), I was thinking it would still be a boon for those creating tile-based or coarsely moving shapes to have compiled code that only draws on byte boundaries. Or 2-byte tile boundaries.

The speed is really very impressive, so this code base should be an option for anyone doing hi-res games.

@blondie7575
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Thanks! Yah, I definitely think there would be a use-case for it. For all I know, there were commercial games that did it. It never comes up in the literature as a common technique for the 8-bit Apple II machines, but that certainly doesn't mean nobody ever did it.

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