I've spent the last three days coding, pixelling and composing a little C64 Christmas demo that was today released by Arkanix Labs. It's cunningly called 'Arkrismas 2019'.
It's quite simple in nature with the main screen display being a PETSCII (albeit with a modified charset for the lettering). However, there are some 'twinkles' with two chars being modified on the fly and snow sprites floating down the screen into the bottom border.
Pressing 'f' on the keyboard will switch screens to a 'roaring' fireplace, achieved simply be modifying the colour RAM. I cannot tell a lie: the fireplace screen is Arkanix Labs having a direct dig at Stirring Dragon Games who have released their own Christmas demo with fireplace for the princely sum of $24.99! The Arkanix Labs demo/fireplace is free! We don't charge no $$$$$$$$! ;)
This simple Christmas demo can be downloaded from CSDb here. You can also download it from this blog here, complete with all the data files and ACME source code!
If you fancy warming yourself using a PETSCII fire, Moloch has created an animated gif of the roaring fire! See below and click to enlarge!
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