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Atari ST - 2024

Geometry Dash

Genre
Arcade - Platformer (Scrolling)
Year
2024
Language
Compiled C
Publisher
[no publisher]
Controls
Keyboard
Distributor
GitHub
Players
1
Developer
Mount Royal University
Resolution
High
Licensed from
—
Programmer(s)
Oh, Kevin / Suyal, Depanshu
Country
Canada
Graphic Artist(s)
Oh, Kevin / Suyal, Depanshu
Software
English
Game design
Oh, Kevin / Suyal, Depanshu
Box/Instructions
English
Musician(s)
Oh, Kevin / Suyal, Depanshu
License
PD / Freeware / Shareware
Sound FX
Oh, Kevin / Suyal, Depanshu
Serial
—
Cover Artist(s)
—
ST Type
ST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDI
—
Version
[sources only]
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
—
Dump format
Zip-packed folder
Protection
—

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Please have a look at author's website for more info.

INSTRUCTIONS

Authors: Depanshu and Kevin

Changes made since initial submissions:

Stage 1 (Game Specification):
 All relevant comments made to the inital specification submitted have been reviewed
 and implemented into the final specification document.
 
 Some of the major changes include:
  -Reorganzing the presentation of component introduction and explanations
  to be more concise with consistent structure.
 
  -Adding a "Initial Game State" section

  -Clearly defining scoring systems and rules in a separate section

  -More in depth object creation descriptions.

  -Rewording physics explanations

  -Redefining Object Properties/Behaviors to be more accurate and consistent

  -Trigger timing specificity added

  -Screenshots added and in-text citations are now included

  -Sound effects and Music are specified in more detail

Stages 2-4 (Raster Graphics, Events/Models, Rendering):

 Due to a major refactoring we did after/during stage 5, our submitted Stage 2-4
 test driver will not work with the final game code. We tweaked modules 2, 3, and 4
 and have been adding/removing as necessary as the stages have progressed.

Stages 5-7 (Animation, Double-Buffering, Sound):

 No major changes, small refactoring has been done but nothing substantial.

TRIVIA (1)

Origins

The game is a student effort from COMP 2659 (Computing Machinery II, formerly COMP 3325), a 3-credit core course in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program at Mount Royal University, Canada.
The Atari ST has served as the core hardware platform for the term project in COMP 2659 for over 20 years and - still in 2026 - remains the platform of choice for the course instructors.
The core project requirement is to write an arcade-style game in 640x400 high-resolution mode using C and 68k Assembly. Because the project requires teams to build bare-metal software without an engine or external libraries, instructors review progress through a series of strict milestones, automated testing, and a final live demonstration.
Games were mostly developed under the guidance of Professors Paul Pospisil and Dr. Marc Schroeder.