A script to generate initial star coordinates.

Also a Makefile

starfield/Makefile

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+all: starfield
+
+starfield: starrnd.asm
+		pasmo.exe -v --tap --err main.asm main.tap
+
+starrnd.asm:
+		python stargen.py
+
+clean:
+		rm -rf *.tap starrnd.asm

starfield/main.asm

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ STAR_SIZE   EQU $4
 MAX_STARS   EQU 10
 STARS       DS STAR_SIZE * MAX_STARS, 0
 
+INCLUDE "starrnd.asm"
+
 start
     xor a
     ld (tv_flag), a

starfield/stargen.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys
+import random
+
+random.seed()
+
+NumStars = 10
+
+f = open('starrnd.asm', 'w')
+
+f.write("StarRnd db %i\n" % (3 * NumStars))
+
+for x in range(NumStars):
+    x = random.randint(0,256)
+    y = random.randint(0,192)
+    z = random.randint(0,10)
+    f.write("db %i, %i, %i\n" % (x ,y ,z))
+
+f.close()

starfield/starrnd.asm

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+StarRnd db 30
+db 214, 156, 0
+db 85, 103, 3
+db 79, 28, 5
+db 176, 161, 9
+db 13, 143, 9
+db 218, 63, 4
+db 55, 13, 7
+db 213, 60, 3
+db 75, 192, 2
+db 163, 167, 10