choice4genesis - a ChoiceScript clone for the Sega Genesis

Devlog

• Version 0.13.2 is now available!
  January 09, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.13.2 fixes a memory leak problem on the text buffer that would, sometimes, make images be displayed incorrectly... Continue reading
• Version 0.13.1 is now available!
  December 23, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a built-in code editor... Continue reading

  
• Implementation of the code editor is in progress
  December 19, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  Implementation of a built-in editor is underway... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.12.0 is now available!
  November 29, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version implements support for ADPCM for both music and sound: Added the `adpcm` flag that can be set for the `sound` and `music` commands; When using the ADPCM flag, it is now possible to use a... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.2 is now available!
  November 27, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  Bugfix: when clearing the foreground, deallocate the tiles used by the `*image` command, so as to not leak the tileset... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.1 is now available!
  November 27, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.11.1 fixes a background palette bug: Made the background use pallette 0, and text use palette 1, so the background is shown correctly; that way, color 0 of the background image is displayed... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.0 is now available!
  November 07, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version automatically converts images to 16 colors, if required... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.0 is now available!
  November 02, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds the required implementations do allow the use of native `C` functions: Implemented support for using .c , .h and .res on the project: Before the transpilation, the required target di... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.1 is now available!
  October 26, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This bugfix adds a check to see if the file exists for every command that expects a file... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.0 is now available!
  October 25, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds automatic word wrapping for the text boxes... Continue reading
• Improved documentation
  October 12, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  No new version this time; just an update to the full documentation: https://github.com/haroldo-ok/choice4genesis/blob/main/README.md... Continue reading
• Version 0.8.0 is now available!
  October 09, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.8.0 allows customizing the cursor and allows to selecting the target layer for the " image" command: Flags were added to the image command, in order to allow choosing if the image will be dr... Continue reading
• Version 0.7.0 is now available!
  October 05, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.7.0 adds the `title`, `author` and `while` commands: `title` and `author` are used for populating the ROM header; `while` allows to keep repeating a block of code while a given condition is... Continue reading
• Version 0.6.0 is now available!
  October 02, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds the `window`, `flush` and `clear` commands: window : allows to change the location of the text window; flush : immediately displays the contents of the text buffer on the text window... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.5.0 is now available!
  September 27, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds support for string interpolation. Now it is possible to use print a numeric variable in the middle of a text line by using ${expression}. Example code: * font "damieng.com - Hourglas... Continue reading
• Version 0.4.0 is now available!
  September 26, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a few improvements on the command line tool: It is now possible to choose which project to compile; The command line tool can now invoke the SGDK compiler to convert the generated .c... Continue reading
• Version 0.3.0 is now available!
  September 23, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  The goto_scene command has been implemented; with that, it will be possible to use more than one source script on the project... Continue reading
• Version 0.2.0 is now available!
  September 22, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version introduces variables and conditionals: Commands create , temp and set implemented, in order to allow string creation/manipulation Implemented expression support; Commands if , elseif and... Continue reading
• Version 0.1.0 is now available!
  September 20, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  This version implements two new commands: sound: plays a digitized sound effect; stop: stops the music/sound... Continue reading
• Version 0.0.1 is now available!
  September 18, 2022 by haroldo-ok

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  Github repo: https://github.com/haroldo-ok/choice4genesis This is a ChoiceScript clone that generates Sega Genesis ROMs. If can be used for visual novels or simple multimedia presentations. It takes a... Continue reading