Description
I spent a few weeks following the Lazy Dev's tutorial and made this game. "Red" is a shoot 'em up game with a Rogue-like vibe, drawing inspiration from titles such as "Vampire Survivors", "Judgement Silversword", and "Elemental Master." I'm considering expanding the content to develop a more formal game, but I'm not pretty sure about the mechanics. Please tell me what you think. Thank you!
Controls
(O)(X) - Switch Directions / Confirm
Upgrades
Bullet - Basic weapon
Sword - Melee weapon, that can slash enemies' bullet
Rocket - Fire two missiles
Stars - Middle-range weapon
Shield - Protect bullets and enemies
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I realized that stat() is basically a peek() analogue for system status registers.
To my knowledge, there is currently no functionality attached to the second arg onwards.
Would it be a good idea to let stat(index, n) return an n-tuple just like peek(addr, n) does?
It'd allow simplifications like this:
_update60()
-- mouse stats
_mx,_my,_mb=stat(32,3)
-- or keep a fifo list of the last second's worth of mouse stats:
deli(_m,#m)
ins(_m,1,{stat(32,3)})
print(_m[16][3]) -- print the buttons 0.25 seconds ago
-- or take a snapshot of all stat() values at the start of _update()
-- (probably silly but you can imagine subsets being useful)
_statshot={stat(1,255)}
end
_init()
-- fifo used above
_m={} for i=1,60 do _m[i]=0 end
end |
Seems like a simple little QoL thing, I hope?
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Working on a unicorn game for my daughter. I'm very new to programming. Pico-8 finally put it all together for me in a way that I can understand.
To-do:
- Screen refresh
- Make rainbow trailing instead of permanent
- Make rainbow solid
- Enemies
- Encircling enemies turns them into friendlies
- Two player
My brain is pretty burnt out from getting this far, but I'm pleased with the results.
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This software product was made for https://itch.io/jam/picostevemo and is based on the 2001 science fiction horror novel Dreamcatcher by American writer Stephen King.
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For the past several months I've been working on a full port of the original Super Mario Bros. for Pico-8. Just today, I was working on implementing level checkpoints, and a few hours after stopping work on the prototype and putting my laptop to sleep, I came back to it. As happens sometimes, Windows went through a lengthy update process, and after it ended I attempted to bring up the file, and this did not work. On investigation, I found that the file now took 102KB, and was unloadable. I then attempted to load it using Notepad++, but all I saw was a tremendously long single line of blank spaces that read "nul" when I highlighted them.
If anyone knows of any methods for recovering .p8 files that have become corrupted, I would greatly appreciate any advice. I have been saving the prototype using the same file name for a long time, and the most recent alternate version I have is from 3 months ago, and it would require a great deal of time and work to rebuild.
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Bloodfall: The Beginning
Is this a dream? Or a nightmare?
This cart contains the first (and currently only) act of Bloodfall, a raycast-3D first-person shooter with rogue-like elements. The game takes place in a grim fantasy setting, where the player has to fight off vicious beasts using the magic powers they have been granted. Are you strong enough to face the horrors and fulfill your destiny?
Controls
- Movement: Player 2 movement keys (ESDF)
- Camera: Mouse (recommended) or Player 1 movement keys (arrow keys)
- Slide: Player 2 O-button (Shift)
- Shoot: Left mouse button or Player 1 X-button (V)
- Inventory: Player 2 X-button (Q)
- Use item: Player 1 O-Button (C)
All on-screen prompts are for Player 1's controls.
Tips
- The monks are known to share their wisdom
- Beasts often protect nearby valuables
- Activating runes might have unforeseen consequences...
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SHOCK-A-DOODLE
MEET DANNY DOODLE
He was always ambitious and diligent, always eager to satisfy his superiors, never sloppy and never not willing to run the extra mile to fulfill every new task with the highest level of precise focus and unwavering dedication. Danny Doodle had put all of his eggs in one basket. He believed in the system, believed in SusCorp Inc. and knew that his big break had to be imminent. He believed in it for 25 years.
Today he has decided to wake up. He won't lose any more feathers over a stupid company that doesn't appreciate him and probably sees him as nothing more than just another cock in their machine. It's time to run. It's time to exit through the Shock Factory and hopefully not get fried on the way out. It's time to get back to the henhouse and show the whole world what this rooster is capable of.
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Credits:
Game: Me
Music: Gruber Music ('space' of pico-8 tunes volume 1)
Extra info: Itch.io Page
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Hi friends, looks like exciting changes are coming soon. I guess this might be the last song I make before 0.2.6 is out so this is my send-off to Pico-8 audio as we knew it. See u on the other side! 🙂
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Entry for 20 Second Game Jam 2023.
The zombie horde approaches! Use your archery skills and overpowered fire arrows to defend your town. Keep your distance from the marauding undead and avoid damaging the buildings. Oh, and try not to set yourself on fire!
Edit: Unlock unlimited mode when you score 350 in 20 seconds!
Keyboard controls
arrow keys player movement
x hold and release to fire arrow
z start/continue
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Hi friends,
Here's the OST for @freds72's upcoming release, Demi Daggers. Trying to recreate the complex sound design of Devil Daggers and its OST in Pico-8 was a massive challenge. I hope I did it justice, and I hope you enjoy it!
"II"
Originally composed by Sorath
"III"
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Hi!
New user here, still trying to find my feet. I have a starter project where I'm trying to draw a Crokinole table, which is a circular board with a circle of pins halfway from the centre to the outer edge.
I have a function that I'm calling from _Init() to set up the pins at the start of the game:
function init_pins(a)
--Pins are in a circle, so we init the pins with a number to say how many there are
--then figure out based on how many what the angle is between them if they're spaced
--equally
angle_between_pins=1/a
--Now, for each pin, we call the add pin functionality
for i=1,a do
add(pin,{
--We want the angle from 12 o'clock to this pin specifically
pin_angle=angle_between_pins*i,
print(pin_angle,16*i,8,3),
x=sin(pin_angle)*boardradius/2,
y=cos(pin_angle)*boardradius/2,
draw=function(self)
circfill(self.x,self.y,8,6)
end,
})
end
end |
I am confused as hell, because while trying to debug this, that print(pin_angle) just returns a load of null values. But if I replace print(pin_angle) with print(angle_between_pins*i) (the exact thing I just just pin_angle to) then I get the values I'm expecting. Something about putting those angles into a variable within the table entry is setting it to null.
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Hello community, I recently needed development help and had nowhere to go. So I created a Slack channel where everyone can talk to each other, and ask for development help, or ideas.
To receive an invite head to this link: https://communityinviter.com/apps/pico-eight/pico-8
If you have already accepted the invite you can go here: https://pico-eight.slack.com
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Hello guys GameRater here and I want your help. So I have many game ideas. It's just whenever I try to code a game it always flops. I'm no developer at all. So that is where I am asking for your help. I have this game idea that I that the community could make but not me. If you finish please send it to me!
Pillars of PhysisAs the main character Physis you must stop the pillars from falling! With the power of physics you must lift the pillars up back to normal. If they fall the gods from below will hit the clouds and zap the humans below with lightning. You must watch where the pillars are falling. This game could contain 3-5 pillars. You can get points for every time you lift one pillar up. The game ends once a pillar falls.
Thanks for reading, GameRater
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Lina: Suika Hunt
This project is an entry for the 20 Seconds Game Jam 2023, made with the fantasy console: PICO-8.
Controls:
Story:
With all the Suika flying all around the world at every corner, Lina the Witch got enough one moring, and decided to end them for all! Hunt them down in the orchard to free the internet from them once and for all!
Gameplay:
Press Arrow keys to match the fruit's direction, and press X to shoot at them! If you miss a direction, you can press C/Y to delete your last input in the combo!
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This is my first PICO-8 game. I just posted it on itch.io yesterday for submission into the 20 Second Game Jam, so clearly you're not in for an hours-long game of chess with this one. The main game mode lasts 20 seconds of course, but the version I'm posting here includes a mode that isn't timed as well as a practice mode.
The idea for this game started with imagining a one-player type of chess that didn't rely on an AI-based opponent. You're presented with a 4x4 board with five pieces to capture. First you select a piece to start on, and you now have its moves available to capture with. As you capture pieces, you gain more moves. You lose by letting time run out or by landing in a spot where a piece can capture you. None of the pieces move unless it's to capture!
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Welcome to Ashleep!
Gather Carrots and Apples so you can get sleepy! Jump on platforms and find all the food as fast as possible! If you don't eat all the food and head home in time, you may get very upset! This is my first Pico 8 Game :) (Released: 11-18-23) I removed the older versions for sake of organization
[hidden]-1/16/24- Update 1.1: - Updated spritesheets, optimizations, and new ground tiles
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I think table serialization is a pretty well-known token-saving technique but I hadn't seen anyone post one like this that just operates via peek and poke rather than using strings, so I thought I'd share my table serializer and deserializer here (originally written for PIZZA PANDA) in case this is useful to anyone.
The serializer writes binary data directly to memory so you can use the output however you want, e.g. you can use the "storing binary data as strings" technique to store it as a string, but you could also just store it anywhere in the cart's data.
The deserializer (the part you need to include in your final cart) is 170 tokens and it similarly reads bytes directly from memory.
The serialized format is pretty efficient and uses data types which are more specific than Lua itself, in order to save storage space; each one of the following is a separate "type":
- 8-bit integer
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How to reproduce:
- save a zero length pico8 file
cstore(0,0,0,"blah.p8") |
- reload() file from another cart
reload(0x0,0x0,0x4300,"blah.p8") |
surprise! 0x0 -- 0x42ff was been wiped out clean even if "blah.p8" doesn't contain any data :/
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i stole the news from the antimatter dimensions wiki
i wont go to jail i used vpn :thumbsup:
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