Restrictions: GBA

1
Restrictions GBA

• LCC 2700 Intro to Computational Media

2
Close to the Hardware

• Control
• Internal functions over external functions
• Opposition to high-level tools and the value of
  RAD, frameworks, etc.
• What is possible (the expressive possibility
  space)
• Not how it is possible
• Valuing the programming practice itself
• Communities of practice
• Compare to writers communities

3
Tech Demos

• Depictions of some portion of the possibility
  space
• Coupling between hardware and software
• Shows how the hardware constrains expression
• Relationship between higher and lower level code
• E.g. intertwined C/C and Assembly
• Or, in our case, BASIC and Assembly

4
Relationship to First Party Publishing

• Undocumented platforms
• Reverse engineering
• Communities of practice
• Benefit of common platforms
• 6502 (Atari, Apple II, etc.)
• ARM7 (GBA, handhelds, etc.)

5
New Forms

• GBA Genre Remediation
• Game Watch competition