Hello from the left coast!
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 2:13 am
My name is Chris Love. So far I've been behind the port of Lode Runner to the Commander X16, along with a couple other C-based utility libraries that will hopefully grow over time. Growing up I went from a Vic-20 to C-64 to Amiga 1000 which took me through undergrad and grad school. Back then I programmed in BASIC and a bit of assembly 8-bit; since then I've done mostly C/C++ professionally along with Python and some other languages at times (Java, Go). The Lode Runner port was kind of an experiment to explore the viability of C on an 8-bit platform; currently pondering what the next project might be.
I first discovered the 8-Bit Guy's Youtube channel back in December when some sort of upper respiratory plague was keeping me up at night; from binge-watching episodes then I found out about the Commander X16 project and it brought back memories from the C-64 days. Looking forward to how the project continues to evolve and looking forward to actual hardware!