- Use single-quoted character literals or `CHARVAL` when you need
a character's numeric value; using strings as numbers is deprecated
- Use `?` to silence a node in warning/error location backtraces
- Use `===` and `!==` instead of `STRCMP`, and `++` instead of `STRCAT`
- Use `__SCOPE__` instead of checking for `..` and `.` separately
- Use `#string` instead of `"{string}"`
- All programs (rgbasm, rgblink, rgbfix, rgbgfx) support `-W` warnings
- `rgbgfx --colors dmg` is short for `rgbgfx --colors dmg=e4`
I have no idea why this was a thing (do people store this repo on FAT32
flash drives or something?), but quite a bit of files had a permission
of 755. This isn't really a problem, but it's inconsistent and weird.
This is an informed attempt at reorganizing the engine/ directory by
creating categorized subdirectories, in order to make it easier to
navigate and find things.
The directories created are as follows:
* engine/game: Contains all "minigames", things like the unown puzzle
and slot machine.
* engine/gfx: Contains all handling of graphics. From loading palettes
to playing animations.
* engine/link: Contains all multiplayer functionality.
* engine/menu: Contains all generic/misc. menus and menu code.
Other, more specialized menus are in their own subdirectories (pokedex,
pokegear, party menu, etc).
* engine/overworld: Contains all handling of the overworld. From loading
and connecting maps to wild encounters and the scripting engine.
* engine/pokegear: In the same vein as engine/pokedex, except it could
use some more splitting up.
* engine/pokemon: Contains everything related to manipulating pokemon
data. From the pokemon storage system to evolution and mail.
* engine/printer: Contains everything related to printing things as well
as the printer communication.
* engine/title: Contains intro sequences, title screens and credits.
