CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog.

[To-Do]

• Tune the game to feel more like the original (jumping, meter speed, etc.)
• Fix background scroll speed bug
• Randomization
  • background elements (have to change most to sprites)
• Pterodactyl sprites
• Collisions
  • Collisions with Pterodactyl
• Difficulty increase
  • Night shift after certain score
  • Scroll speed increases as the score gets higher
• Extras
  • Battery Saving
    • Toggle sounds (write 0x00 to NR52_REG for sound OFF, 0x80 for sound ON)
    • Perform HALT when screen is paused (interrupt to remove HALT)
  • Easter eggs
    • Dino blinks if you idle at the start

[0.5.0] - 2018-10-07

Added

• rand.h header for using rand() (spawning hazards randomly).
• Gravity, velocity, speed, timer, counters and clock related variables.
• Explicit build step to the Makefile.
• Preliminary hazard spawning randomly at different speeds.

Changed

• Changed license from BSD to the Chromium license.
• Removed delay() calls and started the transition towards physics based jumping using time().
• Move game loop into update() and render() calls.
• Now formatting code based on Artistic Style 3.1 with default braces.
• Reordered some of the functions.
• Fix some comment typos.
• Dino state can now be right foot down, left foot down or jumping.
• Change background scrolling to be on a timer based variable.
• Change feet swapping animation to be on the timer as well.

[0.2.1] - 2018-07-22

Added

• Added trailing U to designate most numeric constants as unsigned and therefore avoid compiler promotion.

Changed

• Migrated the project over to GitHub from GitLab.
• Renamed move_bkg() to move_background() to avoid shadowing GBDK's move_bkg().

Fixed

• Now uses a 32 bit variable to keep track of the score. Function prototypes and return values adjusted accordingly. Previously, it would keep a score up to 255 (used an unsigned 8 bit variable).

[0.2.0] - 2018-07-15

Added

• Rudimentary background scrolling.
• Rudimentary Hi score tracking.
• Added plenty of bugs related to clock speed...

Changed

• Refactored in preparation for the upcoming removal of delay() calls.
• Now running clang-format on main.c before commit.
• Disabled flash_score() and such until delay() calls can be removed.

Removed

• move_dino(), dino_duck and dino_jump() functions.

[0.1.1] - 2018-07-10

Added

• Sound effect plays whenever the score arrives at a multiple of 100.
• Score sprites flash whenever the score arrives at a multiple of 100.
• Added Visual Studio Code folder with tasks to .gitignore
• Build step to Makefile
• Put comments in all the blank comment lines

Changed

• CHANGELOG.md had the years set as 2017, should be 2018.
• Changed the last part of the sound function names (from _noise to _sound).
• Removed some unnecesary registers from the sound functions.
• Extended README.md

[0.1.0] - 2018-06-01

Added

• Game Over window after collision.
• Game Over sound effect.
• Restart after game over by hitting A on the joypad.

Changed

• Moved the score sprites further up the screen.
• Separated UI symbols into Digits and Letters.
• Changed the load order of sprites into VRAM.
• Changed hexadecimal macros due to changing the load order.

[0.0.4] - 2018-06-01

Added

• Loading and scrolling Hazards (Cactus)
• Basic rectangle collision checks

Changed

• Changed int declarations to UBYTE declarations

[0.0.3] - 2018-05-28

Added

• Basic score keeping by sprite swapping numbers.

Fixed

• line() call before wait_vbl_done() was affecting VRAM. Deleted all line() calls.

[0.0.2] - 2018-05-13

Added

• Rough Dino ducking animation while holding DOWN on the joypad.

Changed

• Jumping height is affected by how long the A button is pressed.
• Hexadecimal notation for VRAM macros instead of decimal notation.

[0.0.1] - 2018-05-13

Added

• Initial commit.