Hello, I’m Piotr and I work for SUPERHOT. I present to you PICOHOT a homage to the original SUPERHOT game.
This whole idea got born out of a marketing concept in which we planned to fit a game on a floppy disc. Someone came with a brilliant idea to use PICO-8 for that. We loved both the retro feel and ease of use that came with this tool. Technological constraints made it an intriguing design challenge.
PICOHOT was created by team of 3 people - me, Wojcieh Dziedzic (@WojtekDziedzic) and Mariusz Tarkowski (@m_tarkovsky).
Thanks to the PICO-8 community and zep for creating such an amazing tool. You guys made working on PICOHOT a blast!
Main points:
SUPERHOT’s “time moves only when you move” mechanic.
The Basic SUPERHOT three-color palette for clarity.
It’s 3D!
A few story levels and an endless mode.
If you have any further questions ask me here or hit me up on my Twitter account - @piotrkulla. I’ll write another, more technical and in-depth post soon that will explain a few worth sharing things like encoding loads of data and even some code (sets of instructions for levels) in strings to save tokens.
Also, visit us at https://superhotgame.com/ to learn more about SUPERHOT!
Just played 3 Levels (have no time right now), but that is awesome! I'd love to play it again on a later time^^.
This is great! Not only is the gameplay super clean and like the original, but even the chat conversations and terminal interfaces are there too! I love this.
This is beyond amazing. Hats off to you all for an absolutely incredible April Fools gag. :D
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Best Pico-8 Raycaster. Amazing, really solid game. The Raycasting effects are the best I've seen on pico-8, and I love the quake-like effects it shows when you pick up a gun. It is great that you guys made pico-8 popular with SuperHot fans. This really makes me revisit oculus SuperHot. I had a chance to record some gameplay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TYERkP7Fw8&t=389s
Thanks! It's actually not a raycaster. It is projecting 4 vertices each wall and drawing/filling them with lines.
MAN THIS IS GOOD!I've never seen something like this before, it's incredible, and so much like the real thing!
I made a Discord server for speedrunning this game! https://discord.gg/QuWvvBf
also requested an src page, its pending rn, might update if it gets approved
how are the levels encoded into strings? it would be fun to know how to mod this.
this game is so cool! it's just like the real superhot!!
also, you should add more chirps!😆😁
also how about you put some easter-eggs (secrets) in it too!
like you should make it possible to go through the wall!😆
I've never played the original, but really enjoyed this one. I still haven't scored better than the base score in Endless, but I'm definitely having a blast trying! Very engaging game and I like when the game gets into a 'pattern' where you can toss your used gun to stun an enemy as the last one you shot's gun flies toward you, basically juggling guns to pick off multiple enemies. Very cool!
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I would suggest putting in code to ignore player input during narrative effects. I kept going back and forth between the imitation of a forum and the initial menu because I didn't realize the game was trying to put another option in. Once I stopped to figure out what was going on, it was fine though. I think trying to melee the enemies is frustrating due to the lack of visual indication when they're about to shoot, which would be solved by just a second sprite to show when they're still aiming/reloading. Other than that, I agree with the other comments here.
This is the most beautiful thing that ever play on this year. A port of Super Hot in Pico 8. Its so simply and hard to understand the development. Congrats!
Chirp just got a new message.
(This message was modded into the game. This message isn't in the game)
I have not played the original Superhot, PICOHOT is a little seek peek for the full game. (For devs) Here is my Steam username, robtabb67 or steam_hole0 .
its still funny to me that this was released on april 1st, so i ignored it when i first saw the game. i was very wrong todo that. its smooth and mind-blowing.
This game is a favorite, I love endless mode so much! It feels so good to throw guns and grab other at the same time!
Personally, I’m surprised you guys managed to make an FPS on a 2D “console”. I also like how you can weaponize weapons without ammo by throwing it at your enemies, then shoot them with their own gun. This game is too much fun!
ive found that in the code theres some code that purposes the konami code, but i cant find where to use it. anybody know where?
so smooth! i wondered why its download only on www.itch.io
but web here...
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Great game. I love the original, so it's great to see it get ported to the superior Pico-8 and see the game realise its full potential. I the fact all the UI and glitchy effects are retained, it really makes it feel like the full game. So cool.
Really good - but it’s kinda short, can you make another version please?
Btw @evanman2k how did get that message? Im doing everything and i cant seem to get it
It took me a while to display the message. I tried removing the download button, but I couldn't figure out how to get rid of it, so I just posted that comment with the download button. I've also tried making a custom level, but I couldn't figure out either.
Edit: I didn't think anyone would try to get that message. I've put something to let ppl know you can't get that message.
Edit 2: I enjoyed figuring out displaying custom messages in the Chirp thing.
this game is just amazing, would love to see more levels and guns in this game
I don't know how is this not viral, this is the best game ever.
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