Comments on: Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: Alice

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:04:42 +0000

The T1-81 predecessor is the TI-*0, right? Tell me if I'm wrong.

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: Some Guy

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:02:28 +0000

How do you actually run this? I went to PRGM, then click the program under "EXEC" and it just said "prgm____"

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: SouthPark_calc.guru

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:27:28 +0000

this isnt a really big deal but whatever i will comment anyway- (first paragraph):
"If you’re a middle-class American between the ages of 14 and 28, chances are high that you or someone you know has access to a Texas Instruments TI-81 graphing calculator or one of its predecessors."

… the TI-81 graphing calculator had no predecessors. I think the word you are looking for is successor?

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: Sethbeastalan

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:25:43 +0000

Some of your graphics code is bugged. You put.
"West Door”
:Line(-8,-4.75,-8,3.25)
:Line(-8,3.25,6,6)
:Line(-6,-2,-6,6)
Where it should be
West Door”
:Line(-8,-4.75,-8,3.25)
:Line(-8,3.25,-6,6)
:Line(-6,-2,-6,6)
Just mentioning because it might confuse people that just want the game and don't know much about code.

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: kevin

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:35:32 +0000

yeah, i love making my own ti-84 programs.

right now im making a text adventure based off the old "hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy" DOS game

great time-waster in physics class

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: asdf

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:47:37 +0000

Knowing C++ and C+/phb programming really helps. I'm actually working on making a movie with my TI-84+ and it's going fairly well. I've gotten it 18 minutes long but eventually i'm hoping to get it at least an hour!

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: Lord_Richard_2@yahoo

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:52:30 +0000

I think that Ti-BASIC is somewhat slow, but it is great for non computer access in making games or programs. You also don't have to worry about alot of formatting with other computer languages. I'm gad of that, and Assembly language (ASM) can be somewhat compressed, and can do a lot more, but it requires an OS, i use MirageOS.

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: RedWolf

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:08:36 +0000

Shh…don't tell anybody, but I used to write programs for my TI-81 to solve my math, chemistry, and physics problems for me in high school and college. It saved me a lot of work.

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: timekeeper

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:23:03 +0000

the thing thats great about Ti -Basic is that when you get bored in math class you can make it at least SEEM like your doing something

Comment on Weekend Projects for Armchair Developers:TI Calculator Game by: Johnny

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:17:39 +0000

Actually, while writing this article, I was working on a version that included monsters, but deemed it too "rough" to publish. The code was excessively large, too confusing to follow, and wasn't nearly as efficient as it eventually could be.

And I completely agree with everything LSK said. TI-Basic's limitations are, in a strange way, definitely part of what makes it a "fun" language to code for.