Time for a contest? Simplest maze-like printing..

[lb3361]

It is shorter but less effective.

You're right! I tried to be too smart when sampling addresses in a single 16 bits quantity.
This new version is almost like your code except for using SYS_Random to shuffle the entropy on each try.
That cost me five bytes to setup. Somehow I save two bytes in the final loop: 79+5-2=82 bytes.

maze3.gt1

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gcl0x
[do
  \SYS_Random_34 _sysFn=
  [do 34!! $f8& \sysArgs4. 160- if>=0loop $7, $78& \sysArgs5. if=0loop]
  1 x= $6; [if<0 $ff x= _sysArgs4 7+ _sysArgs4=]
  \SYS_VDrawBits_134 _sysFn= $3f00 _sysArgs0=
  1 [do \sysArgs2. 1<< b= 134!! _sysArgs4 x+ \sysArgs4. <b, if<>0loop]
loop]

I believe you can save the same two bytes in the final loop my moving the LSLW();ST(line) just before SYS(134). Then you can save four additional bytes by branching to the ST(sysArgs4) in the direction branch, something I cannot do easily in GCL.

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        ...
        LDI  #7
_LAB #4
        ADDW sysArgs4
        ST      sysArg4
; ------ Draw loop ------
_LAB #3
        LD      line
        BEQ     #1
        ST      sysArg2
        LSLW
        ST      line
        SYS     #134                
        LD      sign
        BRA #4

[lb3361]

Nightly idea using inline assembly in GCL and trashing all memory above $800.
One can still save 5 bytes by giving up on SYS_Random...

maze4.gt1

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gcl0x
[
  \SYS_Random_34 _sysFn=
  [do 34!! $f8& \sysArgs4. $7, $78& \sysArgs5. if=0loop]
  \SYS_VDrawBits_134 _sysFn= $3f01 _sysArgs0= b=
  x 2& 1- x= >x,
  [do _sysArgs4+ \sysArgs4.
      <b, \sysArgs2. #\BCC #\EQ #$fe {inline assembly like PhiBrizzo's code}
      1<< <b. 134!! x loop]
]

[Phibrizzo]

Yes, I trying Your idea. Works exelent! Now final file have 73 bytes.
Thanks a lot.
But 68 bytes is like masterpiece

[petersieg]

Nice to see so many participants / entries on this small contest.

[lb3361]

Yes, I trying Your idea. Works exelent! Now final file have 73 bytes. Thanks a lot.
But 68 bytes is like masterpiece

Every line contains some of your ideas, so the credit must be shared.

Also I think that you can use the same tricks and squeeze your code to 63 bytes (73 - 5 for SYS_Random).
Maybe it is time to think about a different effect.

- L.

[petersieg]

"Maybe it is time to think about a different effect."

Sure, why not

Let the demo party begin

[qwertyface]

Wow, I'd never realised it was possible to do inline assembly in GCL by using the addresses as byte values. It makes perfect sense, of course. I wish I'd known that sooner!

[lb3361]

I saw it in MSBASIC.gcl, where Marcel uses it to work around GCL's inability to evaluate constant expressions at compile time.
https://github.com/kervinck/gigatron-ro ... C.gcl#L836

[qwertyface]

Just when you think you've learned everything you can from Marcel's code

[Phibrizzo]

I proposes a new competition. Very old, from ZX Spectum forum.

Goal: draw black and white 1x1 pixel chessboard on full screen.

Rules:
- must run on ROMv5+
- 32KB+ machines
- no SYS functions
- all tricks allowed

The winner is: shortest gt1 file.