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#28732 - ozahid - Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:58 am

Hi, this is my first time posting on the boards. I have been programming for the GBA using ARM for a total of two full days. I am quite familiar with the ARM language, and have gone through the gbaguy's ARM Tutorial for the most part. I am at the point though were I feel the tutorial is too basic, and I feel I can figure out most of the stuff myself. What I need however is a suggestion for a good tutorial or FAQ that goes into details about the GBA and GBA Game Dev. For example, if I wanted to display a full screen animation using various frames... which mode is best (mode 4 obviously), what is the best method of throwing it on the screen, which way of going about it is the most efficient, etc. etc.

Thank You

edit: oh, I don't have a problem with C tutorials since I can convert no problem.
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#28735 - sajiimori - Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:33 am

The FAQ has links to GBA documentation. I suggest experimenting with different techniques, and deferring optimization until you've found the methods you like and you encounter speed problems.

There are a lot of guys here who love to help with optimization problems, so when you get some code that isn't giving the performance you need then feel free to ask around. ^_^

#28755 - pyros - Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:13 pm

For info on programming graphics, use TONC, it's pure quality.

http://user.chem.tue.nl/jakvijn/tonc/toc.htm

#28810 - ozahid - Sat Nov 06, 2004 8:35 pm

pyros wrote:
For info on programming graphics, use TONC, it's pure quality.

http://user.chem.tue.nl/jakvijn/tonc/toc.htm

Thanks a lot! The TONC information is amazing =).
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