I wrote a blog on why I wrote the BBC Micro game Polymer Picker, and why 8-bit programming matters to me.

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https://sascott.blogspot.com/2023/05/polymer-picker-and-why-8-bit.html

Polymer Picker, and why 8-bit programming matters to me

Late last year, I released a BBC Micro game, Polymer Picker . Realising that 2022 marked the centenary of the BBC, as well as the 40th anniv...

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I am hopeful I can get a formal release of Polymer Picker before Christmas. The stardot thread now has an updated version that corrects the shark movement and collision detection to a degree I'm pretty happy with.

More here: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=378918#p378918

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Polymer Picker (release candidate 8) - Page 6 - stardot.org.uk

there's about a week left of the #githubgameoff and I've reached peak jank in my game, so I know I'm on track 👍

I'm hoping to make some good progress this weekend

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v0.99 of Polymer Picker was released over the weekend. A Stardot community member 'hexwab' did some sterling work on improving the loading sequence, so you can play it more quickly than before.

I've added the option to view instructions now, to speed things up even more.

Further improvements are promised to give it some added polish.

The Stardot community are some of the finest people you'll find!

Play online at https://bbc.godbolt.org/?disc=https://www.sassquad.net/downloads/polymer-picker/polymer-picker-assembly.ssd&autoboot

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