DivergentClouds [Lexaloffle Blog Feed]

`print`ing more than 19 newlines without coordinates costs too much CPU

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:05:23 UTC

function _draw()
  cls()
  print("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n") -- 19 newlines
end

costs 0.1 cpu according to ctrl-p.
however,

function _draw()
  cls()
  print("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n") -- 20 newlines
end

costs 0.47 cpu. Each additional newline after that adds around 0.46 cpu usage. This happens with seperate print calls as well. Supplying coordinates to the print call will prevent the cpu from spiking. Note that the 20th newline is when print will scroll the first line off the screen.

Parens-8 Repl

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:45:04 UTC

Parens-8 REPL v1.1

by DivergentClouds

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A REPL for PARENS-8 v3 by Siapran. Uses PicoTerm v1.10 by me for the UI.

For information on using PARENS-8 see the Github repository, all extensions and builtins are enabled.

To clear the screen run the clear function or press ctrl-l. To print to the terminal use the echo function. To clear the current line press ctrl-u.

Special thanks to @Siapran for making a special PARENS-8 version for this project.

PARENS-8 is licensed under the MIT license.

PicoTerm is licensed under the BSD-3 Clause license.

[RESOLVED] Misaligned BBS Web Player

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:39:24 UTC

The left side is cut off on user profile pages as well

(sorry if this is the wrong subforum, couldn't find one that worked great)

TINY-EDIT

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:59:58 UTC

TINY-EDIT

by DivergentClouds

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A text editor in under 512 characters. Made for Pico-8 512-Char Jam.
Also on itch.io

Username Change

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 04:55:05 UTC

Is it possible to request a username change? I emailed [email protected] about changing my username a few months ago and followed up a week ago, but I've gotten no response? Does anyone know another way of getting in contact with Zep?

PicoTerm

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:28:02 UTC

PicoTerm 1.10

by DivergentClouds

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PicoTerm is a PICO-8 CLI template. It can be used as a basis for command-line games and programs.

See tab 3 for the functions that are called whenever a character or line is entered. See tab 2 for functions to call to interact with the terminal.

Pressing ctrl-u or ctrl-l will clear the current line of input or the screen, respectively. The up and down arrows allow you to scroll through input history.

If you use this in a project please follow the license terms at the bottom of the post. I would also appreciate being notified, however that is not mandatory.

If you do not use a feature in your project you can modify this remove it to have more tokens.

Known Issues:

Changelog:

License:
BSD 3-Clause

[Bug] Export broken without gameloop

Sat, 13 Jun 2020 22:09:32 UTC

Trying to export a binary or html file from a file that doesn't have the

_init() _update() _draw()

loop will result in a screen like in the picture. This particular image was from the code

print("test").

[Feature Request] Command Line Launch Paths

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 20:03:08 UTC

Please add a flag when launching a cart from the command line to make the cart path relative to the PICO-8 carts folder rather than the current directory of the command prompt/terminal. In addition, a feature to launch within a certain PICO-8 subdirectory rather than the root folder would be nice.

Multiplying fractional numbers gives incorrect results

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:05:24 UTC

If you multiply a fraction that isn't a power a number greater than 1 the returned result will be incorrect (for example PICO-8 returns 9.9991 from print(0.1*100)). I'm aware that this is a problem inherent to fixed point numbers, however some special cases would be greatly appreciated.

Devkit keyboard works when paused

Sun, 24 Mar 2019 05:22:10 UTC

When pressing a button on the keyboard with devkit enabled while paused through Splore the keystrokes will register and take effect when unpaused.

Text Edit 0.4

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:14:10 UTC

Text Edit 0.4

by DivergentClouds

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Text Edit
v0.4

Changelog:
0.4
[+] Total rewrite
[+] Word wrap (Credit: @Jusiv)
[+] Line wrap
[+] Lowercase letters
[-] Moveable cursor (Temporary)
[-] Scrolling text (Temporary)
[-] Tab (Temporary)

0.3
[-] Escape not working in Splore
[-] Arrow keys activating twice
[-] Escape creating a space

0.2
[+]SCROLLING TEXT
[-]pressing p more than once pauses in BBS

Implemented:
Typing with your keyboard
Backspace
Word Wrap
Line Wrap

Todo:
Saving files
Loading files
Undo/redo
Selecting text
Copy/paste
Tab
Moveable cursor (use arrow keys)
Scrolling text
(Possibly) on screen keyboard
And more...

Credits:
Jusiv for the word wrap function

Suggestion: Devkit Keyboard

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 00:15:34 UTC

Similarly to how you can enable the devkit mouse it would be nice if you could enable the keyboard for use in carts. This would allow for things like text adventures and keyboard shortcuts for things like roguelikes.

Laser Pong

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:16:35 UTC

Laser Pong

by DivergentClouds

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A 2-player pong variant with lasers

Left and right change laser color

-Red speeds the ball up
-Orange slows the ball down
-Yellow changes the ball's y-direction
-Green changes the ball's x-direction

Catching a laser with your paddle will increase your ammo by 1

If player 1 wants to use a keyboard and player 2 wants to use a controller, then you must launch PICO-8 with the following command

<PICO-8 path> -joystick 1