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lft
Registered: Jul 2007
Posts: 369 |
Event id #2678 : The 128b font compo
Welcome to the 128b font compo!
The goal is to create the most legible, stylish, and/or awesome font using an executable program no larger than 128 bytes. The assumption is that the ROM font will be used as a basis somehow, although this is not a formal requirement.
The deadline is end of April 8, 2018, in a time zone of your choice.
The compo is held at CSDb, and the result is determined by the weighted average rating (including non-public votes). The ratings will be sampled one week after the deadline, end of April 15, in a time zone of my choice.
Judges are asked to consider screen codes 00-3f only. This comprises the uppercase letters, digits, and punctuation. The rules do not mandate that reverse-video characters work, so it is all right if the cursor doesn't work properly.
I reserve the right to modify the rules if there is a good reason.
Technical requirements
Maximum file size including load address is 128 bytes.
The program must load to the default location ($801), and must be executable with RUN. The new font should be installed at address $3800, after which the program should return to the BASIC prompt, with the VIC bank register ($d018) updated to point to the new font.
The entry should be uploaded in .prg format.
A person may be creatively involved in at most two (2) compo entries. (Idea/test/help credits don't count towards the limit.) It's alright to withdraw an earlier entry in order to submit a new one, up to the deadline.
Template
The following template code is offered as a convenience, and may be used as a starting point. It simply copies the default ROM font.
.word $801
*=$801
.word $80b,1
.byt $9e,"2061",0,0,0
sei
lda #$33
sta 1
ldx #0
ldy #2
loop
src
lda $d000,x
; ...
dest
sta $3800,x
inx
bne loop
inc src+2
inc dest+2
dey
bne loop
lda #$37
sta 1
lda #$1e
sta $d018
cli
rts
Happy hacking! |
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Shine
Registered: Jul 2012
Posts: 346 |
Congratulations to all of you! :D
My personal favorite is "Shaded" by Jammer. :) |
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jamiefuller
Account closed
Registered: Mar 2018
Posts: 25 |
This was my first compo and I loved every minute of it! Thanks everyone and congrats all round! |
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Zirias
Registered: Jan 2014
Posts: 48 |
Congrats to all from me as well, there was a lot of cool stuff and it was definitely fun working on my own entries. I'm also happy to see that my personal favorite actually made first place :) Thanks for the interesting compo! |
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Icecube
Registered: Feb 2013
Posts: 1 |
I made 5th place?! Cool! Jammers Shaded was my personal favourite. |
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Mr.Ammo
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2002
Posts: 228 |
I have a question:
The vote-tool let me vote for 55 entries. There are a total of 59 entries on CSDb. Is there a reason why hese 4 entries are not marked as outside compo and not in the vote-tool? |
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lft
Registered: Jul 2007
Posts: 369 |
Mr Ammo: See post #59 about disqualified entries. Also, Cliche exists in two versions, and I assumed that only the smaller one was intended for the compo.
I will do my best to update the database to reflect the actual compo, but some entries are locked. |
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Mr.Ammo
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2002
Posts: 228 |
lft, thanks for your reply. That makes sense! |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1335 |
Congrats, Luca! :) That was hell of a compo. Brilliant idea! |
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Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Only #16? Voting system must be broken :)
I liked this compo, didn't require a lot of time/effort (though some took it pretty far), and we got a lot of entries.
Good work lft! |
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Luca
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 178 |
Wow, I really won this great compo! :o
Thank you all, it has been both a privilege and a big fun to be part of this competition, where I've seen some very smart code tests indeed.
Well, I've been more lucky than smart, developing a casual intuition that fitted in 128 bytes at its first attempt. Briefly, my entry deals with 3 steps:
- hires chars' pixels are usually placed odd to leave left/right space, so ASL'em to make'em even looking for lowres;
- all the 01/10/11 pairs become 11;
- AND/ORA to pick the right coloured bytes from a 8 bytes table instead of using a register, strategically putting this table to $0810 (AND #$07 ORA #$10).
My prefer ones are: The Chars of Reflection [128 bytes] by Lft, Sheriff Font [123 bytes] by Aleksi Eeben, Gotcha 45° [117 bytes] by bubis. |
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