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VChar64

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An editor for the Commodore 64/128

Tailored for my own needs, but feel free to send patches, to open bugs, etc.

Features

  • Char editing:
    • Clear, Copy & Paste
    • Invert
    • Flip Horizontally, Vertically
    • Rotate
    • Shift Up, Down, Left, Right
    • Undo, Redo
  • Tile support:
    • From 1x1 to 8x8
    • Custom Distance in chars between tiles
  • Imports CharPad 1.8 and 2.0 projects
  • Exports to Raw and Prg
  • Emulates different palettes: VICE, Pepto, Frodo, etc...
  • xlink support. Video showing xlink in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaSR_mxRfmo

Roadmap

In no particular order:

  • MDI: copy & paste chars from one document to another one
  • Images support
    • Import images and convert them to charset + color
  • Tilemap editor (similar to CharPad but with Tiled look & feel)
    • Tile free
    • Map + tile editing
    • Character / Tile animation support
    • Add mini-character / mini-tile view
  • Sprite
    • Sprite editing
    • Sprite animation
  • Level editor

How to compile it

  • Clone the repo:
$ git clone https://github.com/ricardoquesada/vchar64.git
  • Download Qt Creator Community Edition 5.3 or newer (might work on older versions but not tested)
  • Open vchar64.pro file with Qt Creator
  • Configure the project for "Desktop"
  • Build & Run

Supported platforms

  • Linux (tested on Ubuntu 14.10)
  • Mac (tested on v10.10)
  • Windows (tested on Windows XP, 8.1 and 10)

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  • QMake 2.0%