Robo-8

ROBO-8 MANUAL
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Robo-8 is a retro steampunk console. The games for this console are stored in the form of configurations on cartridges. They can be inserted into the console from below. The console loads the configuration and interprets it as a playable matrix of individual letters.

The monitor of the console supports 3 different color modes. These can be changed at any time via the left rotary switch. There is also a button on the right that can be used to pause a running game.

Repository
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Robo-8 Github repository

The ROBO-8 configuration
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The configuration for a game is formatted in JSON and stored in a separate JavaScript file. It consists mainly of the following objects.

• Header
• 3 layers (deco, ground, objects)
• Player and player projectile
• Enemy and enemy projectiles
• Additional styles

There are also these real configuration examples for the two games delivered with the Robo-8 Console: Space Invaders, Striker

Feel free to copy, adapt, change and twist them in any way you like!

All objects contain a collection of properties and their values. They can either be created manually or generated by code.

The configuration has to be registered as shwon in the following blueprint code. All objects are mandatory, so you can start by pasting the following code into a new JavaScript file.

import Config from "./config.js";
Config.register({
  header: {
    // add header properties
  },
  decoLayer: [
    // add deco layer rows here
  ],
  groundLayer: [
    // add ground layer rows here
  ],
  player:  {
    // player properties
  },
  enemyObjects: [
    // list of all enemy objects
  ],
  additionalStyles: [
    // list of additional styles
  ],
  projectileConfig: {
    player: {
      // player projectile properties
    },
      enemy: [{
      // list of projectile properties
    }]
  }
});

The Configuration Objects
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decoLayer: [
  "          ∙                                     ",
  "     ∙        .            ∙       ᐧ     ᐧ     ⋆ ",
  // for each row one string
]

groundLayer: [
    "                                                ",
    "         ▟▆▆▆▙       ▟▆▆▆▙       ▟▆▆▆▙          ",
    "         ▛▃▃▃▜       ▛▃▃▃▜       ▛▃▃▃▜          ",
  // for each row one string
]