Seizure / Epilepsy Warning: Flickering Images!
Intellectual Property Disclaimer: Popcorn by Gershon Kingsley is not my Intellectual Property, my use of this song probably falls into the "Fair Use" (see: remix / sampling / performance) legal doctrine, I did not write "Popcorn" for God sake.
This was one of my first forays into Pico-8 programming a couple years ago that wasn't focused on sprite animations and was originally just some bouncing balls and some screen effects with no music. I felt like posting it here but thought it could use some enhancements so this is the latest revision.
Controls:
- O holds orbs that contact the ground and launches them upon release.
- X adds more orbs.
- Left changes the color palette
- Up Removes all orbs.
- Down lowers the framerate and resets at < 3 FPS
- Right lowers the Drag coefficient and reset to 1 at zero.
Current features:
- Multiple Palettes
- Adjustable Drag Parameter
- Adjustable Framerates
- Music: Butter-Flavored "Popcorn" for Pico-8 stolen by homebum from Gershon Kingsley (2024)
- Photosensitive Epilepse (PSE) Disclaimer with experimental "PSE-SAFE Mode": a frame-rate limited, "non-flickering" mode that might still be dangerous--so no guarantees on that one.
The music was created to enhance the visual experience and not the other way around if you can believe that ... It was mostly just an excuse to tinker with the music tools and watching this "demo" was getting the original "Popcorn" stuck in my head anyway so I figured I throw that in on a whim for good measure before releasing it here. Well, that "whim" ended up being like a week of effort.
I haven't really tinkered too much with Pico-8's sound effects and music editors so this is probably the most extensive use of these tools that have ever gone into any of my projects, released or otherwise. It's not and exhaustive demonstration of Pico-8 capabilities by any means but a practical example of what they can do and I feel proficient in these tools after this.
Some history on the song itself, I might have this part wrong:
- Original "Popcorn" (1969) is by German-American composer Gershon Kingsley from his album "Music to Moog By"
- Popcorn (1972) by First Moog Quartet (Gershon Kingsley) was based on the Gershon Kinglsey "Popcorn" (1969) and intended for the 1970 re-release of their self-titled album. I'm having a difficult time finding this version of the song.
- Popcorn (1972) by Hot Butter which is an American band fronted by Stan Free, a member of First Moog Quartet, was based on the First Moog Quartet re-released "Popcorn" (1972) by First Moog Quartet. This is the version of the song you usually find if you go searching.
My version "borrows" (see: plagiarizes) heavily from the 1972, Hot Butter (Stan Free) version. I think my favorite version of the song is just the 1969, Music To Moog By, version by Gershon Kingsley but the first time I ever heard this song it was the Caustic Window (Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin) version found on the Joyrex J4 EP.
Countless versions and remixes of this song exist and I'm not going to name them all here.
Feel free to help me get a list going of the good ones or correct my very limited understand of the origins of the Hot Butter version of this song, though ...
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