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Unidentified Flying Pizza Delivery Service

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:27:04 UTC

Unidentified Flying Pizza Delivery Service

by jackson_allen

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Use left and right to turn and Z or X to drop pizzas.

This is my submission for Pizza Jam 2. It is still a bit unbalanced, so feedback on the difficulty is appreciated.

My Pet Virus

Sun, 04 Feb 2018 18:11:47 UTC

My Pet Virus 1.0

by jackson_allen

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Press X to switch to and from keyboard mode, where you control the cursor with the arrow keys and click with the Z key.

Some hints for if you get stuck:

-You can drag around everything on your desktop.
-Your virus can eat files and interact with the inside of some windows.
-Check your E-Chart to see your virus's status and progress.
-Good luck!

Made for the Virtual Pet Jam.

Spaceship 3D - Pulfrich Effect Proof of Concept

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:42:16 UTC

How to view in 3D:

Take a pair of sunglasses.
Cover your right eye with a sunglass lens.
View the game with both eyes open.

Works best at fullscreen in a bright room with dark sunglasses.
Activate fullscreen with the button at the bottom right of the screen.

Control your spaceship with up and down arrows.
Fire with Z, X, or right arrow.

Spaceship 3D -- Pulfrich Effect Proof of Concept

by jackson_allen

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This 3D effect works using a phenomenon known as [the Pulfrich effect], which I learned about from [this video by Tom Scott] that explains it quite well.

I wanted to see if I could make a 3D effect in PICO-8 using this, and I could! Some people have more difficulty seeing the illusion than others, but it's certainly there.

To create the effect, all I really had to do was have the background move past the player at a constant speed. (It would also work if the player moves past the background at a constant speed.) To have a 3D effect with a leftwards-moving player or rightwards-moving background, the sunglass lens would have to be put over the left eye. The outlines on the player and the enemies also helped to make them pop out of the background.

The effect is pretty neat and not too hard to implement in a PICO-8 game, so I'd like to see if anyone else tries a similar technique in their games.

Theta Snake

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:22:44 UTC

Theta Snake 1.0

by jackson_allen

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An angular take on the classic Snake.

Steer with left and right arrow keys.
Pause with X.

Each mode gives different modifiers every six seconds.

@Jackson_T_Allen

Christmas Sweater Generator

Sun, 10 Dec 2017 10:42:34 UTC

Christmas Sweater Generator 1.0

by jackson_allen

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Automatically generates a sweater every six seconds.

Press Z to switch to manual mode. Press X to switch back to automatic mode.

My first finished project made in PICO-8.

@Jackson_T_Allen