Sprite Table

The Sprite Table describes the forground layer for a game. You can think of this as the objects that move around such as the player, enemies, and projectiles. NerdConsole has a single Sprite Table that supports up to 256 sprites.

Sprite Table Format

Sprite Tables in NerdConsole use a 4-byte structure for each entry.

Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Byte 0 x x x x x x x x Byte 1 y y y y y y y y Byte 2 M F D C p p p p Byte 3 i i i i i i i i

• x - x-axis position of the upper left corner of the sprite on the screen
• y - y-axis position of the upper left corner of the sprite on the screen*
• M - Mirror (Left/Right)
• F - Flip (Top/Bottom)
• D - Depth Flag (0 = Over BG, 1 = Under BG)
• C - Color Cycling
• p - Sub-Palette Index
• i - Tile Table Index