Changes in this Version
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1.2
- significant speedup by drawing directly to texture pixels
Description
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This is my Vita port of Rocks’n'Diamonds.
Rocks’n'Diamonds is a Boulderdash type game by Holger Schemel with many unique features, such as the ability to play remade levels from Boulderdash, Emerald Mine and Supaplex and many more levels.
![Screenshot of Rocks'n'Diamonds Vita](https://s9.postimg.cc/bd2mr6qsf/rocksimage_b.jpg)
More information about the game can be found at the homepage for the Windows version:
http://www.artsoft.org/2018/04/10/1-rocksndiamonds-4-1-0-0-released/
And the official manual here:
https://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/manual/index.html
Thanks
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Thanks to my supporters on Patreon: Andyways, CountDuckula, and Sean Ritzo.
Thanks to Holger Schemel for making a great and portable game.
Installation
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- install the vpk
- extract contents of data.zip and copy them to your Vita. You should have a folder ux0:/data/rocksndiamonds with the files in it.
Gamepad Controls
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Dpad or left stick = move
right stick = move mouse pointer
Cross = primary button (snap action to clear adjacent dirt, also functions as ok in menu)
Circle = secondary button (drop dynamite)
Square / L = left mouse button
Triangle / R = right mouse button
Select = quit (escape key, also cancels requesters)
Start = pause (space key)
Touch Controls
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Note: for multi-touch gestures, the fingers have to be far enough apart from each other, so that the Vita will not erroneously recognize them as a single finger. Otherwise the pointer will jump around.
Single short tap = left mouse click
Single short tap while holding a second finger down = right mouse click
Single finger drag = move the mouse pointer
Dual finger drag = drag’n'drop (left mouse button is held down)
Three finger drag = drag’n'drop (right mouse button is held down)
Notes
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- To load new level sets, go to the level number select in the menu, and press x. A new screen should open that shows a few levels. Go to the parent dir and into the folder Classic Games. There are many more levels already included in that folder.
- To answer the OK/Cancel dialogs in the game, press select to cancel (select is escape), or x for OK.
- You can install new level sets by copying them into ux0:/data/rocksndiamonds/levels . See the official manual: https://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/manual/manual.html#
- If you mess up some options and want to reset to default, you can delete the folder ‘ux0:/data/rocksndiamonds/userdata’
Compilation
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- clone the repository, then
““
cd rocksndiamonds
make vita
““
CHANGELOG
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1.2
- significant speedup by drawing directly to texture pixels
1.1
- implemented mouse pointer controls via right analog stick and front touch. The level editor is fully usable now.
- improved picture quality for sharper graphics
1.0
- fixed name entry using touch keyboard. It works without any return or backspace keypresses now.
- fixed graphics corruption of some cartoons on menu screen (updated data.zip)
0.9
- initial Vita release