C64 BASIC Dungeon Crawler: Stairs, Levels and Levelling Up (Part 11)
Summary
Retro Game Coders Part 11 documents adding multiple levels to a C64 BASIC dungeon crawler, introducing five levels with new rules for chalice collection, level progression, and persistent character state. The post explains the separation of initialization and per-level logic (INITPLAYER vs BUILDLEVEL), the stair and level mechanics, levelling up, and upcoming features, complemented by browser-based testing via the Online Retro IDE.