ZX Spectrum Next Sprites Explained

Описание: Today we're going to be looking at the sprite system. We'll be covering...

What the sprite system can do (and what it can't do)
How get images into the Next in a format it can use
How to put them on the screen
Then we'll see different ways the sprites can be manipulated

All from the comfort of your C compiler!

This will be pretty in depth and detailed so use the chapter marks to jump around the video as you need to. There is an accompanying written explanation on my website and sample code on my github.

The sprite system of the Spectrum Next isn't really covered in the manual and the Wiki does contain a lot of information but there's nothing that really gathers it together in coherent explanation. This video is my attempt at giving an overview of how to program the Sprite System on a Spectrum Next using Z88DK and C.

Github repo - https://github.com/ncot-technology/sp...
Website - https://ncot.uk/spectrum-next/devlog-...

-- Credits --
Photos by Mike Cadwallader, 2020
Original code by Stefan Bylund - https://github.com/stefanbylund/zxnex...
Screenshots from the Spectrum Next wiki - https://wiki.specnext.dev/

-- Chapters --
00:00 Intro
01:09 Overview of sprite system capability
02:23 Credits
02:39 Theory of operation
03:18 Loading an image
04:56 Sprite Tools
05:41 Getting a sprite onscreen
07:25 Sprite attributes
09:20 Sprite status slot register 0x303B
11:28 Sprite attribute slots
15:57 Multiple sprites
17:00 Animation
20:15 Limitations of the hardware sprites
22:20 Sprite manipulation
24:06 Scaling sprites
25:39 Composite sprites
31:02 Managing many sprites
34:34 Conclusion