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I rewrote my checkerboard demo for the Pico-8 Fantasy Console. This program is amazing. It is probably the closest thing to QBasic which I used to use. However it uses a slightly modified form of Lua that also has graphics commands. In a way it is a lot like using Love2D but I am still quite new to using Pico-8. One of the most notable features is that it has built in ability to record video to a gif file.
Pico-8 is almost like a mini DOS or Linux distribution except that all the programs are written in Lua. It comes with a full manual explaining the features which is available as a text file and also a page on the official website here:
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I am new to this site. I am learning about Pico8 and that is what brought me here. I'm mostly a C programmer but recently started experimenting with Lua partly because I was interested in using PICO-8. I love all things retro and my favorite game of all time is Tetris.
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So I'm trying to make a idle game and im using a timer that resets to 0 every 30 cycles to make a 1 second timer, my goal is to make the total number increase by 0.2 every second but after a wile it increases by 0.1999 instead and I have no idea why
heres my code:
function _init()
timer=0
counter=0
end
function _update()
if timer==30 then timer=0 end
if timer==0 then counter+=0.2 end
timer+=1
end
function _draw()
cls()
print("timer:",0,0)
print(timer,24,0)
print("counter:",0,7)
print(counter,32,7)
end
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Maze solving algorithms
Random
Note:
Takes ages, so I made it faster
Rating:2/10
Breadth-First Search
Note:
Actually not bad, although will search a lot
Rating:4/10
Depth-First Search
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Pico-View January
Hello Pico-View reader, this January Issue marks the beginning of the monthly "Pico-View" Web-Zine. Formerly Pico-View was a small interview series. From here on out, it will be a montly Web-Zine featuring several exclusive articles, perfect for anyone wanting a "view" into pico-8. Without further ado... We hope you have fun adventuring through the pixels and paragraphs of this brand new Pico-View web-zine.
-Achie, Nerdy Teachers, Celesmeh, AlexWolfe, SmellyFishSticks, Louie Chapman, and Marina
Contents:
-Growing and learning in Pico-8
-Little Eidolons - Achie Reviewed
-Yasuhito (Quantattack Dev) Interview (ft. Marina)
-Random Reviews
-Creating Better Sound in Pico-8 - Louie Chapman Article
-Secret of The ̶O̶o̶z̶e̶ Flip... In Pico-8 - AlexWolfe Pixel Article
-Goodbye (Epilogue)
Growing and Learning With Pico-8 - Celesmeh
Odds are if you are reading this, you know what Pico-8 is. You've seen videos, looked at the forums, Reddit, watched gifsor seen tweetcarts. Pico-8 is an amazing fantasy console that opens the world of game development and programming up to many, But what makes it such a good starting point? Why is Pico 8 generally seen as one of the best tools to enter the world of programming and the world of game development?
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Realtime metaballs demo. Uses the map as a 16x16 8-bit texture, upscaled using a bilinear filter function.
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