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Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:47 pm
by Ast A. Moore
Hmm, how about a short assembly tutorial? Something simple, but practical and/or flashy? Or not quite the content you have in mind?

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:12 pm
by R-Tape
Ast A. Moore wrote: Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:47 pm Hmm, how about a short assembly tutorial? Something simple, but practical and/or flashy? Or not quite the content you have in mind?
No that sounds great (asm is fun after all). Did you have a standalone .tap (or whatever) in mind?

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:17 pm
by textvoyage
Ast A. Moore wrote: Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:47 pm Hmm, how about a short assembly tutorial? Something simple
Personally speaking I'd like that, I still struggle with assembly and would like to know more. Maybe a demo of drawing a Christmas tree with flashing lights or something, with some way of conveying to the user how it's done, educational like the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures we get on TV.

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:19 pm
by Ast A. Moore
R-Tape wrote: Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:12 pm Did you have a standalone .tap (or whatever) in mind?
I can provide a .tap, sure. But then the listing itself plus some minimal writeup will eat up a lot of RAM, too. It’s ultimately your decision. I don’t want to pull the rug from under something much more fun and Christmas-themed.

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:10 pm
by R-Tape
Ast A. Moore wrote: Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:19 pm I can provide a .tap, sure. But then the listing itself plus some minimal writeup will eat up a lot of RAM, too. It’s ultimately your decision. I don’t want to pull the rug from under something much more fun and Christmas-themed.
There's definitely a place for something like this. The only thing is that I make it clear that I've no room left in the actual tape magazine part, or time to spend formatting new text submissions, so I'm only after content submitted as tape files that I can append, or other types of files that I can include in the download folder.

In summary, I'm after all manner of interesting content, as long as it can be provided in a standalone format that I don't need to tinker with.

On that note—if anyone fancied doing a picture quiz that runs on a Specrum it would be most welcome!

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:30 pm
by Ast A. Moore
R-Tape wrote: Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:10 pm In summary, I'm after all manner of interesting content, as long as it can be provided in a standalone format that I don't need to tinker with.
Oh, I get it now. You meant a .tap file that would work as a self-contained tutorial. Well, I’ll see if I have the time to cobble together something like this, but it might not be in the cards.

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:00 pm
by R-Tape
Ast A. Moore wrote: Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:30 pm Oh, I get it now. You meant a .tap file that would work as a self-contained tutorial. Well, I’ll see if I have the time to cobble together something like this, but it might not be in the cards.
Grand. I know what a faff making such articles is; despite best efforts to make the code seem organised, it still turns into a maze of workarounds. That's my experience anyway. It would be great if you manage it tho.

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:06 pm
by R-Tape
Thanks for the submissions so far. Things are looking rather healthy now.

I'm running wayyyy behind, so Woot! won't be released for about a fortnight. If you're working on something then you have a while yet. Best to let me know that you might have something in the pipeline though.

Oh bloody hell—I haven't started xmas shopping yet either :shock:

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:37 pm
by Joefish
Just had a look at the wOOts in the archive, and they only have the main program. I'd expect them to have all the other programs as part of the TAP, or as separate TAPs in the same download..?

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:58 pm
by Ivanzx
I have an idea, Dave, I'll let you know later

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:11 pm
by R-Tape
Joefish wrote: Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:37 pm Just had a look at the wOOts in the archive, and they only have the main program. I'd expect them to have all the other programs as part of the TAP, or as separate TAPs in the same download..?
Aye I know what you mean. Each entry has the list with links for all the compilation contents, and I think they all have files, but there should be a bundle there really. I'll get a bundle sorted at some point in the future.
Ivanzx wrote: Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:58 pm I have an idea, Dave, I'll let you know later
Cool. I'd be interested to hear ideas, but I should point out that any submissions now (unless they're SCREEN$) will probably have to be 'standalone' (basically I shouldn't have to do any work on them).

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:00 pm
by Einar Saukas
R-Tape wrote: Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:11 pm
Joefish wrote: Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:37 pm Just had a look at the wOOts in the archive, and they only have the main program. I'd expect them to have all the other programs as part of the TAP, or as separate TAPs in the same download..?
Aye I know what you mean. Each entry has the list with links for all the compilation contents, and I think they all have files, but there should be a bundle there really. I'll get a bundle sorted at some point in the future.
If WOOT tape included several games, we would need to preserve the entire tape, surely. But that's not the case. Instead, each game distributed with WOOT was a separate file, exactly the same file you will find in each game's entry page. So there's no need to store each of these files again in the WOOT page. You just need to click on any game from the WOOT list to obtain its file.

Just my 2 cents...

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 1:21 pm
by Joefish
Maybe you're right. I didn't scroll far enough down the page to see all the other contents were given as links.

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:47 pm
by R-Tape
The tape magazine is going to spill over, so there'll be a side 2. It's going to be a slideshow of screens compressed with ZX7. If anyone wants to submit anything it would be most welcome—things like game mashups, xmassy scenes, zx-memes, things like this. They don't have to be redballoon, MAC or Andy Green standard (though that would be welcome!), as long as they're fun.

Deadline is now 15th December.

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:30 pm
by R-Tape
Things are coming together. Woot will be out sometime around Wednesday.

Thanks for the submissions everyone. Let me know if you're still working on anything.

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:52 pm
by Ivanzx
R-Tape wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:30 pm Things are coming together. Woot will be out sometime around Wednesday.

Thanks for the submissions everyone. Let me know if you're still working on anything.
Great news! Looking forward to seeing what will be in there ;)

Re: Submissions wanted: Woot! 2018

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:25 pm
by R-Tape
There's still room for 2 SCREEN$ by the way. If anyone has a free evening, an xmassy/daft/funny idea, and fancied an evening with ZX-Paintbrush, I could include it if I received it by tomorrow.