Challenge 2025 - January

[gershman]

I don't know about you, but I am so damn (is this ok?  If not I'll change it...don't want to break forum rules) busy I have very little time to do anything fun any more...it's depressing.  So maybe we can help each other out?  I've seen others posting challenges before but they've stalled. I'm willing to lead one myself but it's probably going to be 1 a month simply due to time.  So let's try this and see if we can have a little fun each month.  What do ya say?

Let's start simple:

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*********** JANUARY CHALLENGE 2025 - BOUNCING BALL **********
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Write a program for your C64 or C128 of a ball moving from left to
right.  You can do this with character graphics, hi-res graphics,
sprites, etc...whatever you'd like.  I don't think we'll "score" this
first challenge as I just want to get us on the keyboard doing some
coding.

Send your solution to me by email and I'll post it on my Codeberg
repository.  It does not have to be source code, it can be a D64, D71,
or D81 containing a BASIC program.  If you did it in Assembly, then yes,
I would prefer the source code listing along with the executable.
This way folks can see your symbols, labels, etc.  Feel free to
include READMEs or whatever you'd like and I'll work to get it into
the repository in some organized fashion. 

This first time is about learning and hopefully everyone can learn
something from someone else.  Whether it be how to do sprites on a
C128 or perhaps start a journey with some assembler like 64Tas, or
ACME so please comment your code and comment well.

The cutoff for submissions will be January 31.  Sorry, but I'm not
real interested in fighting with time zones this first time so just
submit it by your own end of January 31.

P.S. I've set the repo to have all submissions licensed under AGPL-3.0
or later and stated such in the description "...unless otherwise
specified".  As such, you're free to specify a license of your own if you
prefer.

Submissions or Questions: dagershman @ proton . me
Repository                         : Codeberg: RetroChallenges - January 2025

[sysop]

I think life these days is making it a challenge for many of us, just to get through the day.  But, hey, a chance for a fun distraction like this is sometimes needed for someone as a boost to make to the next day.  So, I hope at least a few of us on the forum can participate. 

So, is the challenge to achieve the goal in as few characters/bytes/etc as possible?

[gershman]

I think life these days is making it a challenge for many of us, just to get through the day.  But, hey, a chance for a fun distraction like this is sometimes needed for someone as a boost to make to the next day.  So, I hope at least a few of us on the forum can participate. 

So, is the challenge to achieve the goal in as few characters/bytes/etc as possible?

Nope, just to get it working this time.  Others can see code whenever the submission is made and learn some techniques and tools. Future challenges will start to focus on size, speed, etc.

--David