During the Covid lockdown I saw some good demos using C64 emulator and just PETSCII graphics and then I remembered the old Galaga game on the C64. The one using just character graphics and thought it would be interesting to test how difficult it would be to make something similar.
The game is currently in "a sort of finished state" (i.e has a workable game loop) but may never end up completely polished. It's just a hobby project after all. I thought I had reach a point where most of what I consider the fun stuff had been done but it turns out there are always a few more things to tinker with. I still have a short list of features which may eventually be added.
Though I started working mostly with the X16 emulator, over time I've also focused on getting this to run well on the C64. Various optimization of the code and some significant improvements in Prog8 now has the C64 running without noticeable slowdowns.
Prog8 : https://github.com/irmen/prog8
PETaxian : https://github.com/cyborgar/Petaxian
DOWNLOAD LINK
https://milasoft64.itch.io/petaxian
Milasoft Notes:
This game could have fit into the 16k PET with some trimming of the code, but I didn't want to remove too much. It plays well on 3032 and 4032 machines. I ported it from C64 assembly to the PET. Thank you to Borgar Olsen for permission to publish.
I added sound, Stupid Pet Tricks joystick and could have incorporated ColorPET as well but I will see if there is demand.
