RimWalker

I wrote my own version of Tempest (1981, Atari). I tried my best to keep it as close to the original as possible and only removed things I found that didn't fit well with a PC version. I added some voiced sounds just for the fun of it.  

Currently, this is a Windows-only version, but I will add Linux and Mac support as well. I am starting with Windows to test DirectX on the XBox. For now, you have to download and extract a ZIP file. Then execute RimWalker.exe. 

A couple of interesting points for this version of the game...

There are no sound files in this game. The sounds are generated mathematically, the same as the original game. I reverse-engineered the Atari sound chip from documentation to build the sounds using the same approach as the original. I also created a custom vector font in-game, and all of the graphics are vector graphics generated in real time. There are no images used in the game.

AI Usage

This is my 4th rewrite of the game. With this version, I used Claude Code to clean up the project, offer recommendations to make the code better, and resolve a few issues, and to verify that my sound chip emulation was true to the original. The approach, design, etc. for this game are my own. Of course, the original design is Atari's.