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Dino from Zero Chrome://dino from zero on my custom microcomputer, the Atto-8 `2024-03-11` itch.io Page • dino.asm There isn’t much to this project, but I figured I’d quickly write up a quick writeup for it anyway. Anyway— For the last few months I’ve been working on a from-scratch microcomputer, the Atto-8. One of the earlier test programs I wrote for the assembler was a clone of the Chrome Dino game. As I was finishing it up, I learned that the uOttawa Game Dev Club had been hosting a game jam with theme Nature Strikes Back—a perfect fit. I whipped up a project page (which I remember finding rather humorous at the time) and submitted it to the jam. I very much did not win the jam. But winning was never the goal! Which is convenient. Though I suppose I won one-upping rights over anyone who dares claim they’ve built a game from scratch :) Below I’ve attached a screenshot of the game running in the Atto-8 emulator.
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Dino from Zero

Chrome://dino from zero on my custom microcomputer, the Atto-8 2024-03-11

There isn’t much to this project, but I figured I’d quickly write up a quick writeup for it anyway. Anyway—

For the last few months I’ve been working on a from-scratch microcomputer, the Atto-8. One of the earlier test programs I wrote for the assembler was a clone of the Chrome Dino game. As I was finishing it up, I learned that the uOttawa Game Dev Club had been hosting a game jam with theme Nature Strikes Back—a perfect fit. I whipped up a project page (which I remember finding rather humorous at the time) and submitted it to the jam.

I very much did not win the jam. But winning was never the goal! Which is convenient. Though I suppose I won one-upping rights over anyone who dares claim they’ve built a game from scratch :)

Below I’ve attached a screenshot of the game running in the Atto-8 emulator.