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Hi there! This is more an announcement, rather than a tutorial, but it is equally important! We have released the full source code of the demos and games of uSVC, as well as the game loader! These games were meant… (READ MORE)
Hi there! Let’s continue with our tutorial series. This time we will explore another important part (maybe the most important in videogames?), i.e. the input. uSVC uses USB gamepads or keyboards as inputs. The USB stack we implemented is hot… (READ MORE)
Hi there! In the previous posts, we dealt with static maps, and moving sprites… Now we want to “move the screen” too! We suggest you to use the last program you wrote on the previous tutorial, so that we will… (READ MORE)
Sprites What are sprites? Sprites are movable/dynamic graphics elements, typically the player, projectiles, enemies, bonuses, etc. As a such, they are extremely important, and in this tutorial we are going to show how to draw them on screen, using uSVC…. (READ MORE)
Note! If this is your first project, please refer to the previous article, in order to setup Atmel Studio for uSVC. The goal of this first tutorial is to draw something onscreen, but before actually drawing something, you need some…… (READ MORE)
The first steps… Instead of discussing and explaining a lot of functions, our opinion is that starting with a step-by-step example is the best way to get into uSVC programming. In the last news, we provided you with a template… (READ MORE)
Index Introduction Installation What it is and What is not uChip Game Map Editor The uSVC Palette and a Graphics Editor Suggestion The Tiles The Map Editor Choosing a Tile or Block of Tiles Placing a Tile or Block of… (READ MORE)
Index The story so far… The goal Input Storage Media Audio Credits where credits is due! The hardware Download uSVC KiCad design files A 9-bit console? To be continued… The story so far… Last year, uChip was presented and, to… (READ MORE)
Introduction A VGA output might come in handy for a number of applications, such as a terminal/monitor or, why not, a videogame console, which is, by the way, the final goal of this library : – ) So far, there… (READ MORE)
Introduction The Arduino Zero made quite popular the ATSAMD21 microcontroller, which was later adopter by a number of other compatible boards like Adafruit’s Feather M0 or Itaca-Innovation’s uChip. The SAMD21 is a 48-MHz Cortex M0+, with hardware multiplier, a nice… (READ MORE)