Fayne Aldan [Lexaloffle Blog Feed]

Binary exported ZIPs duplicate files

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:13:44 UTC

If you export a cartridge to binary multiple times without deleting the output, the files end up duplicated in the ZIP files with the same filenames.

Export Automation Batch Script (Windows)

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:51:58 UTC

Hey, I decided to make a batch script to automate compiling PICO-8 cartridges into .p8.png, binary, and HTML. Instructions are in the batch file and there's an example using Celeste included.

https://gist.github.com/FayneAldan/2ded1a13af0e2676ec259a12a702ae96

Maze Daze

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:57:04 UTC

Maze Daze

by Fayne Aldan

[Click to Play]

Instructions are in-game.
Made for an itch.io game jam!
Link to itch.io page

Maze Generator

Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:23:02 UTC

Maze Generator 1.0

by Fayne Aldan

[Click to Play]

I seem to have gotten myself into a bad habit of programming Picross, Minesweeper, and maze generators when I get bored. lol

The pause menu is evolving. Why not give us more control?

Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:57:45 UTC

In case you didn't notice, 0.1.8 was released yesterday and it (well, the unreleased 0.1.7) adds a new MENUITEM function, which allows us to add new options to the pause menu (and also doesn't have the syntax coloring in the code editor, just saying). This is a very nice addition and I think we should have a bit more control over the pause menu. I think there should be special update and draw functions specifically for when the pause menu is open, and maybe even pause and unpause functions. This idea, oddly enough, comes from the Nintendo Wii, which allows games to do things while the HOME Menu is up. For example, some puzzle or quick-action (WarioWare) games might show a black screen behind the HOME Menu, so you can't see the game, and one game I had actually rendered a moving snow effect over the game in the background of the HOME Menu. I liked this small detail on the Wii, and think some PICO-8 games might benefit from this. For example, maybe a timed game might want to keep the timer running while the game's paused, or a game could say "PAUSED" above the menu, along with the player's score and time. Of course, the pause menu should always render over everything, and the menuitem command (and maybe some others, like BTN) probably shouldn't work while the game is paused. Let me know what you think of my idea down below.

Am I missing something? PICO-8 0.1.8 released?

Sat, 25 Jun 2016 18:55:02 UTC

So... Two updates for PICO-8 were released... and neither of them are mentioned on the blog? Am I missing something or did I just log into the website at the weirdest time, while they're still typing the blog?

Picross

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 01:52:01 UTC

Picross 0.1

by Fayne Aldan

[Click to Play]

Currently a work in progress. Right now, puzzles are randomly generated, but in the future I'll likely add in pre-made levels.
View on itch.io