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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 $d018
cli
rts
Happy hacking! |
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Luca
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 178 |
Quote: You are likely looking for
Aleksi Eeben
Ah I see, in facts the nick I was searching for was "aeeben", dunno why he used a cloned alias to cast some votes :) |
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Bubis
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2012
Posts: 10 |
Please relax the rules to allow 2x2 entries as well. The first 64 character presented in any size should matter instead of the 00-3f screen codes IMHO.
Also, please forget about the two entries limit. If you really want a limit, maybe a minimal number of votes would make more sense, like 5. :) |
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aeeben
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 42 |
A little side step (outside compo) - 80x25 screen mode in 125 bytes :-)
80 Columns [125 bytes] |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5017 |
"screen mode" as in please write the rest of the routines yourself that didnt fit into 128 bytes. |
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aeeben
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 42 |
@Oswald haha, true. It would take at least another 128 bytes to fork CHROUT :)
Btw. In this one I combined upper and lower case characters ($d000/$d800) with a little offset and a few bytes fixed afterwards - Did anyone else try this approach yet? Yie Ar Kung-Font [113 bytes] |
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lft
Registered: Jul 2007
Posts: 369 |
Hi!
In light of recent, hmm, controversies regarding the CSDb weighted average formula, I've decided to move the voting for the 128b font compo to a different platform, where a straight average (arithmetic mean) will be used.
More details will be posted here soon after the compo deadline. The deadline is still end of April 8, 2018, in a time zone of your choice.
Please double-check that you have at most two entries in the compo (i.e. set any additional entries to "outside compo"). This will simplify my job. |
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aeeben
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 42 |
How about having two series / two scores given to each font: 1. aesthetic (design, only end result matters as long as it fits in 128b) and 2. codew*nk (for smallest record and code tricks, where smart code matters)? |
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Luca
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 178 |
Aleksi Eeben: I've ever thought that the perfect overlapping of the two would have been the real reason and the zero point for the concept itself of "demo" :o |
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Bubis
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2012
Posts: 10 |
lft, we don't need to move the voting elsewhere. Average can be computed based on the voting stats. |
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Zirias
Registered: Jan 2014
Posts: 48 |
@Bubis sounds like an idea for a greasemonkey/tampermonkey script: calculate uniformly-weighted "compo-score" on csdb ;) |
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