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Dating Simulator Game to run on TI-84+ series graphing calculators, made for HackBU 2024

How to make a build

Santi is a genius and built a script to combine the common version-specific code into convenient builds depending on calculator type. Use the following commands on the command line:

for TI-84 Plus: .\build.sh plus
for TI-84 Plus CE: .\build.sh ce

Program list

This game takes several 'programs' in order to run. See the whole list here:

DATEGAME
ZTXTCOLR*
ZSETUP*
ZTYPNAME
ZTEXTIN
ZMAIN
ZSCN1
ZSCN2 ...
ZGAMEOVR
ZMENU
ZDRWTXT
ZTOSTR Lines with an asterisk represent calculator-specific programs.

Images list

This game recalls several built-in 'images' as graphics. These are listed here:
0: -Open for testing-
1: -Open for testing-
2: Title Screen
3: Narrator (no speaker)
4: Oakie the Acorn
5: Baxter
6: Wolfie Seawolf
7: Victor E. Bull
8: Game Over
9: -Open for testing-\

Strings list

This game uses strings to display and store text. TI-BASIC is limited to 10, shown here:
Str0: Temp
Str1: Temp, ZTOSTR output
Str2: Temp
Str3: Empty
Str4: First Name
Str5: Last Name
Str6: Empty
Str7: Empty
Str8: Temp
Str9: Temp\

Variables list

There are 27 available variables in TI-BASIC, A-Z and theta. Their usages are planned out here:
A: Temp
B: ZMENU Decision result
C: ZDRWTEXT Column
G: Screen width multiplier
H: Screen height multiplier
I: ZDRWTEXT Iterator
K: getKey result
Q: ZDRWTEXT Row Character Countdown R: ZDRWTEXT Row
S: Character to draw for prgmZ T: ZDRWTEXT Row Count Missing variables are unused and do not affect (and are not affected by) the program's operation.

LYOU List Contents

Lists act as arrays which can store multiple floats together. We use a list called LYOU to store various game data, listed here:
1: Character 1 Love Meter
2: Character 2 Love Meter
3: Character 3 Love Meter
4: Character 4 Love Meter\