I haven't had the chance to dig into the code yet but, Paul,
you're amazing. Over the course of its life, JoustPong has had
many "step-fathers" but right now your kernal is just magic.
I'll look into finishing off the todo and going into some kind
of beta maybe even this weekend.
Re: the difficulty of the computer. Maybe then I should make it
an option? Part of the trouble is UI: I think historically,
atari games haven't been good at using the difficulty switches:
although looking at my 4 switcher, I can just barely see
A=Expert B=Normal or whatever, usually there's no onscreen display
that makes it clear which mode it's on. (And the difference between
the current computer player and the previous iteration is huuuge-
with fast joustpong the computer eas decent and tough, with slow
justpong, the computer was nearly godlike, and with slow joustpong
plus the limiter, the computer is decidedly mediocre...)
I don't know if there is a good way of indicating this on the
screen, with the switches. Should it be a select-switch option?
What's the icon for "tough ass opponent"? Or do I just have to
give in and call the normal opponent the teady bear mode?
>
> Okay got the players different colors and made them touch the
> ground. Still got 7 cycles free in case you want to do something
> else. Could change the playfield colors with X which might look kinda neat.
>
> Right now I have the playfield "score" mode on. I think it looks kinda
> nice, but it also looks nice with the regular colors. I made constants for
> the colors up at the top so you can experiment with them easily.
>
> I kinda miss the hard computer player. I think this one is too
> easy. Once, I started a one player game and didn't touch the controller,
> but still won!
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