Pixel Prophecy 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺Dec 22, 2022
With procedural generation you can save a lot of space for content but did you know that Pitfall! on the Atari 2600 uses one byte (!) to describe a room? Here's the link to an article describing how that works:
https://evoniuk.github.io/posts/pitfall.html
#gamedev #procgen #retro
How Pitfall Builds its World

Show threadfultonbotDec 22, 2022
@PixelProphecy
It's such an efficient way to create levels. I use a similar system in my Atari 7800 shooter to create the enemy formations. It takes one byte of data to create them.
Show threadPixel Prophecy 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺
@fultonbot When space is precious, you oughta get crafty with what you have, very cool!
Dec 23, 2022 at 12:25amWeb
Show threadfultonbotDec 23, 2022
@PixelProphecy
It's fun to try to create solutions with limited resources.
Show threadPixel Prophecy 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺Dec 23, 2022
@fultonbot Players don't know that the dev was having just as much fun as them, solving all the interconnected logic puzzles of "how to make this game possible"
Show threadfultonbotDec 23, 2022
@PixelProphecy Totally!