MAZE Manual

SiCoDe Software
http://sicode.ticalc.org
ADVANCeD.BASiC
sicode@bigfoot.com

FILE INFORMATION:
Title: MAZE Language: TI-BASIC
Version: 1.0 Updated: December 2000
Programmers: Jonathon Capps (pieman2000@aol.com) Program Classification: Puzzle Game
System: TI-83, TI-83+ Approx. Size: 5000 bytes

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1.
About:
What Is It?
Version History
Future Plans
2.
Installation:
Installation Instructions
Installing a Level Module
3.
Instructions:
Objective
Game Controls
4.
Troubleshooting & Support:
Troubleshooting
Known Bugs / Problems
Contacting Support
5.
Further Information:
About SiCoDe
About TI Graphics Calculators
Credits
Acknowledgments


  About
1.

What Is It?

Maze is the first maze program with a scrolling screen ever made for the ti-83(+).

Version History

  • v1.0 - First Release

Future Plans

  • v2.0
    • Compact level modules
    • Graphics
    • Scoring and high score
    • Monsters

  Installation
2.
Installation Instructions:
  1. Unzip the file MAZE.ZIP into any directory, usually your Link Software's directory (e.g. C:\WINLINK).
  2. Run your Link Software and send the file MAZE.83G to your TI-83/83+.
  3. Run the program prgmMAZE to begin.
  4. Visit SiCoDe's website at http://sicode.ticalc.org/ for news and program updates.

Installing a Level Module

  1. Unzip the file LEVELS.ZIP into any directory, usually your Link Software's directory (e.g. C:\WINLINK).
  2. Run your Link Software and send the file MLEVEL.83P to your TI-83/83+
  3. Replace the existing MLEVEL program on your calculator with the new one
  4. Run the program prgmMAZE to begin.

  Instructions
3.

Objective

The object of MAZE is just to complete the mazes.

Game Controls

Key Action
Start Menu
Arrows Move the cursor
Enter Select
Game
2nd Quit
Arrows Move character

 

Troubleshooting & Support

4.

Troubleshooting:

  • I get a memory full error: Reset your calculator then reload this program.
  • I don't know how to transfer the program to my calc: Read the instructions that came with your link software.

Known Bugs / Problems:

There are no known bugs in MAZE

For the latest up-to-date information about known bugs, check our (i)NFOBASE.

Contacting Support:

SiCoDe will always try to rectify any problems you have with this software. If you do run into any difficulties just email sicode@bigfoot.com or use our online form to contact us. Please describe the problem fully in order to help us understand the problem.

Before contacting Support, please make sure your problem and its answer isn't described in our (i)NFOBASE.

  Further Information
5.

About SiCoDe:

SiCoDe is a group of programmers who program for various TI calculators in the TI-BASIC language. For SiCoDe, quality and technical achievement comes as standard, despite the fact that we program in TI-BASIC which has a reputation for poor quality programming. Ever since our first game, Ground Assault, which went on to become hugely successful, SiCoDe has programmed only to the very best standard. So if you're worried about poor-quality games and utilities, don't be!

If you enjoyed using this program, why not try other programs by SiCoDe by visiting out website at http://sicode.ticalc.org.

Further information about SiCoDe can be found by visiting our website at http://sicode.ticalc.org/ in the "About" and "(i)NFOBASE" sections especially. SiCoDe can be contacted by email at sicode@bigfoot.com.

About TI Graphics Calculators:

This program is designed for a TI Graphics Calculator. Texas Instruments calculators are widely regarded as being one of the best for playing games on. They range from the cheap but low-spec TI-73, through to the "upper school level" TI-82 and TI-83, through to the "advanced upper school" TI-85 and TI-86 and up to the "portable supercomputer"-style TI-89 and TI-92. Games and other programs made by independent voluntary developers such as SiCoDe can be downloaded for free from the major TI archives (TiCalc.org, Dimension TI and The TI-Files). Games can either be programmed in TI-BASIC (a language built into the calculator) or Assembly (shorthand "ASM" - a while ago some people found they could run Z80 machine code on a TI-85 calculator and ASM support has been built into TI calcs ever since using a mixture of Z80 and 68K Assembly, depending on the calc). ASM games tend to run much faster and take less memory than TI-BASIC games, being written on a lower level, so they are ideal for graphical programs. However ASM is extremely tricky to program in and can cause damage to your calculator by addressing forbidden areas of memory (causing anything from a crash to permanent damage of your memory). It is very complicated to learn, and even when it is learnt, some programs are much quicker and easier to program in TI-BASIC. Strategy games are one example of this (which may explain the lack of ASM strategy games on the 83).

Further information can be obtained from Texas Instruments, or in the "Basics" section of TiCalc.org.

Credits

  • Programmed By: Jonathon Capps
  • Original Game Idea: Jonathon Capps
  • Game Design: Jonathon Capps
  • Program Engine: Jonathon Capps
  • Program Testing: Jimmy Perkins, B.J. Leggieri
  • Level Design: Jonathon Capps

 

Acknowledgments

SiCoDe wishes to thank...

  • SiCoDe users, for waiting so long for a game release!

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