The PICO-8 built-in editor supports up to 8 tabs. These are represented in the .p8 file as a single Lua code block delimited with -->8 comments. If I am editing the .p8 file with an external editor but still want to establish tabs for the internal editor, I add -->8 comments manually. If I add more tabs than the internal editor can handle (8 or more delimiters), code beyond the 8th tab is ignored.
It's a pretty edgy edge case to want both external editing and tabs for the internal editor, but I found this behavior surprising enough that I humbly request a tad more thought to it. I would agree that evaluating code that isn't displayed in the internal editor is not the right fix, nor is adding UI to support unlimited tabs. My preference would be to fail to load the file as if it didn't parse, with an explicit error message, or just consider everything beyond the 8th tab as part of the 8th tab.
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Made for 2-Button Jam 2019
Source is on github.
It's released MIT licensed.
Music was done by Cody Loyd.
Update 1.1: Now shows score for all gameovers
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It's time for Toboggoban! A Sokoban-variant featuring wintery vibes and sliding toboggans.
This game was made for the 2019 Advent Calendar - check it out for a bunch of other wintery content from other developers, gradually unlocking throughout December 2019!
Arrows: Move
Z: Undo
X: Reset level
Awkward special note: This game uses a music track supplied by Gruber, but it plays a version of his song which I modified to be less melodic (for a less-distracting puzzle-solving backdrop). My edited version isn't as good as the original song, so if you don't like the gameplay music, don't go blaming it on Gruber (check his profile - his work is A++). His original track plays during the final cutscene, so if you beat the game, you get to hear it properly!
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Noelle (previously titled Noeleste) is a short holiday-themed mod for Celeste Classic that adds new mechanics, levels, locations, and a bunch of penguins!
Lots of credit to Maddy and Noel from EXOK Games for the original project, and to the Celeste Classic Discord (https://discord.gg/WgtDkq9) for all the help and feedback.
v2.0 release notes: It's about time I show some love to this mod. This is a very old project, so to get in the festive mood I've polished up the mod to better fit my current level design and visual standards. Several levels have been completely redone, and overall I'm much happier with the mod now. Also a rename, because there's too many "-leste" mods already.
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Alright, in the last article we covered how to fade a picture to black, now let's focus on the reverse, fading a screen's palette from black to a picture, and not just any picture, but one that is already animating and carrying on in the background.
First off understand once again we are NOT going be creating a 240-size table, no, just the nice and small 32 we have.
But now let's think about it. If the whole screen is black, how do you fade to the correct colors ? I mean if you look at the original fade routine it changes a lighter color to a darker and that new darker color is processed in the next pass. So how do you go from darkest to original colors ?
I'll let you think about that for a minute.
Got an answer ? Well, yes and no. Unfortunately the way you described is very complex and tedious. There's a much easier way.
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If you run the above cart, the moment you hit (O) you will see a pattern quickly appear before changing the palette. This apparently occurs when you make use of the extended color set.
A simple solution for now would be to make use of the extended set before your program actually starts up. Then while it still does it, you can curb it at the beginning.
This does not appear at all in the Pico-8 system though.
I am understanding now this is deliberate and intentional. Perhaps a type of way to punish programmers who want to make use of the extended palette. It currently only appears on the BBS but I suspect with the new Pico-8 release for purchasers, the "glitch" effect will be added there as well.
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TO LOAD THIS CART in Pico-8, type:
load #f2ba |
Forced "disruption" early.
"Fade To Black." it's not just a video game it's a video game concept and one that's worth learning as it definitely looks good for any game cart where you want to not just jump screens but have one fade to black.
Now at first you might be thinking well HECK in order to do this properly I would need to create 16-different fadeout colors for each of the 15-colors yielding ... 240 colors I have to enter into a table !
Well, yes, you could do it that way, but an easier way is just to fade one color only one step.
And you're probably asking, how can you fade a whole picture just by fading one step ?
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Made this game for fun to learn Lua Programming Language.
My first game in Pico-8. My first game in Lua. One day challenge fun!
Made this in about 4 and half hours of my time. Although I am a seasonal programmer and also a Game Development Instructor in which my job requires me to make new Video Games on a daily basis. On average I have to make 3 mini-games a week. During summer up to 5 a week. It took me 10+ years to get to this point so please do not feel discouraged I used to suck at programming at one time.
I am used to huge languages like C++ and also C#/Java.
Analysis of Lua is that its a descent small language that can be learned entirely by a seasonal professional like me between 30-60 minutes. Its pretty amazing how awesome this language is how awesome Pico-8 is. I am impressed. C# takes about 5 years to master. C++ almost 9 years. This was not an easy task compared to Lua. It took me longer to learn Scratch (drag and drop programming is not quite there yet).
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Snowy Window is a Christmas Theme Snow Simulator.
The snowflakes and the fire of the candle is generated
Music by @Gruber , thanks @dw817 !
Controls
- press C to disable snow stacking
- press Y(Z) to enable snow stacking
- Up / Down Arrow keys to change the speed separately
- press Left / Right Arrow keys once to change the wind, hold it to speed up and blow the candle
Some debug tools are included:
See it here:
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Who knew repairing a basement could be this fun?
Welcome to Plumber Problems! This is the pre-release version of my new game, which is actually an undergraduate research project.
Please play it and provide feedback for the official version! Thanks so much.
Matt
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Here's my second entry for the Pico-8 advent calendar 2019:
DEER SANTA...
- Don't crash into mountains!
- Don't get electrocuted!
- Can you make it all the way to Santa?
Controls
Just hit X to jump. That's all there is to it!
Don't hit the mountains or the storm clouds and you'll be okay!
Credits
Design/Art/Code: Johan Peitz (@johanpeitz)
Music/Sound: Chris Donnelly (@gruber_music)
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IN ORDER to make use of this, you must load this cart in Pico-8.
load #esiyc |
Now that you've become familiar with Pico-8's own Sprite Editor and are familiar with the unique way of changing the 16-colors to a different set, you may have already picked out a perfect 16-colors for your cart.
Yet in the sprite editor you have to manually remember what colors you've transposed with others which can be a bit of a headache.
I offer this simple solution. LOCK the colors in after the program exits.
So if you run this cart, (ctr-R), then press (O), then RIGHT after that press [ESC] to exit. You can then bring up your sprite editor and see your own custom palette in use, allowing you to easily color and paint the sprites using the custom color set you have created.
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Santa can't breathe on Mars (and he's kind of freaking out about it). In this game, play as Santa as you try to deliver presents to generate enough Christmas Spirit to sustain your lifeforce as you slowly suffocate on Mars. It's easy to go around delivering presents house-to-house at first, but if you ignore a house for too long, its residents' sadness warps the landscape around them. Think carefully about which houses you want to deliver to first.
Controls:
Arrow keys -> move Santa
Z key -> deliver present
Team Lemondrop is:
Janelynn Camingue
Chijike Dikeogu
Natasha Ratzlaff
Rutul Thakkar
Mitchell F. Wolfe
(Version 1.0.2 update)
-Fixed game crashing bug
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Greetings Humanoids, so I have been interested in the demo scene for quite some time now and I thought I'd start a group and invite those interested. This is that invite. I work mostly on music but I can do other things to an extent. To those who join, I look forward on working with you. I mostly need a programmer and a artist as, while trying not to sound cocky, I think I have the music down pat. -Simon
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New to Pico-8
made this as a sort of hello world thing
just dont know what to say....
pico is gr8
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