I've spent two hours fixing a nasty bug. The image above is essentially the bug I was trying to fix, except all the steps were spread in three functions, and took a good minute of playing on average before everything aligned just right (or just wrong depending on how you look at it) for it to seemingly randomly occur.
Can you figure out why t[2] is not 8 in the end ?
Hint : Lua arrays and # operator are cursed.
Ideally, I'd like the game to crash at t[i]=8 if possible. Anyone knows if you can add some sanity checks to all array accesses ?
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Goat is a curious, little goat (shocking) who lives peacefully in the mountains. One day, she had an accident and ended up landing on the top of a haunted tower. A tower that would try to kill her with all its means...
Help Goat to survive by charging rocks and trees and dodging dangerous spiky trees and fire balls. Watch out for Goat's stamina level (pink top bar) as she runs out of energy quickly. Recharge her batteries by picking up stamina balls. Use super power when you're in trouble or running out of energy.
Can you get to the end and save Goat?
Controls
- Arrow keys: move & charge objects
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Hi all,
I've been working on a release of a paid pico-8 cart, but I will be releasing a demo version as well. This may be out of the ordinary, I know, but lets pretend it's a good idea for a moment.
So, with the demo being playable in the browser once it's public on itch.io and here, it feels awkward to not have a straight-forward way to provide a mobile full-version as well.
I'm worried this would be a bit complicated for most users, but... my best idea is to suggest the use of a 'Simple HTTP Server' app to host the index.html and js file locally. I found this app worked great and was relatively simple to use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phlox.simpleserver
With this app (and its default settings) you copy the index.html and JS file into the directory specified in the app, hit the start button, and then use you web browser to navigate to 127.0.0.1:8080.
I have no idea if there's something similar available for an iPhone.
I hear there are PICO-8 cart player apps available too, but I didn't spot one after a brief search on the play store. Is there something simple available out there I can suggest as well?
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Here's a couple of tweetcarts I've made. Nothing too crazy (compared to the other insane tweetcarts I've seen here).
I was messing around with spirals and found some interesting patterns. Every once in a while, the arms of the spiral align and they even count down (6 arms, then 5 arms, then 4...). If you enable line mode, it creates shapes with the corresponding amount of sides (hexagon, pentagon...)
X to toggle line mode
C to stop spinning
Up/Down to speed up and slow down
Right/Left to step forward or back (most useful when it's fully stopped)
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It's Conway's Game of Life in PICO-8! The game board is randomized (you cannot set pixels for now) but you can try different tile sizes and speeds (the "speed" is the number of frames before refreshes...). There are some performance issues at full scale. Enjoy!
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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.
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- is this game a runner? YES
- is it easy? YES
- is it a good game? NO
- IS OVERLY EVEN A WORD!?!?!? NO!
idk this is literally my first game and I didn't really use any instructions.
enjoy (kinda)
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Shunting Master!
Congratulation, you got a new job and it is your first day at the shunting yard. Your first task is to collect 100 rail skids.
After collecting 5 skids you have to hang them at the skidrack(press x).
But don't be lazy, time is tickin' and you will get tired soon...
The game is almost done now, I guess at the end it is quiet difficult and you need some luck to avoid long distances.
Diagonal movement is adjusted and jittery movement is eliminated for almost 98%.
last update
-bunnies added
-locomotive added
previous update:
-npc coworker
next:
-fix screenshake
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Controls
◀ ▲ ▼ ▶: move player/make choices
z/o: interact with world
x/x: show/hide minimap
Story
It has been 3 years since darkness has left the land. Your brother has been missing since the darkness was lifted. Many rumored he defeated the four evils and brought peace back to the land. Now darkness is returning. You have the hero's blood, so you are the next hope.
Explore the 64x64 resolution world with a cozy 63 screens map.
Discover the secrets to your brother's disappearance. Learn more about yourself and gain insights.
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Initial Inspiration
My inspirations for this game are games like Zelda and Undertale. I wanted to include dating sim style gameplay as well because I think it is fun. I was interested in the idea of this being the second time the boss monsters have interacted with heroes. I thought this gave a cool dynamic to the bosses and gave them the opportunity to give their perspective of heroes running in and breaking stuff.
A portion of my notebook is dedicated to 1-2 page game drafts. These can be as short as a name and a couple of sentences of ideas or filling the entire space. I really enjoy making rapid fire game concepts. The 2 pager for this game had the viewscreen being 64x64. After I saw the game SokoBird, I knew I wanted to try something low-rez. After deciding on a game idea I want to pursue, I'll move to the section in my notebook where I can write multiple pages and have room to blog my progress. I enjoy looking back at the draft page to see what ended up being altered or abandoned.
Development
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Controls
Use ◀️ and ▶️ to walk, 🅾️ to jump and ❎ to shoot. The longer you press on the jump button the higher you will jump. You are also able to walljump by pressing the jump button close to a wall. You can kill enemies by shooting at them. Hold 🔼 or 🔽 to move the camera and see your suroundings. You can shoot diagonally by pressing ❎ wile holding 🔼.
Goal
The goal is to reach the end of each level. To get a perfect score you will need to collect every coin of the level and never die.
Finishing a level will unlock access to the next one.
Story
You are making your way towards the source of EVIL that ravaged these now cursed lands. Fortunately you are not from this age and with you came the tools you will need to fight not only to survive but to save this world from the biggest threat it has ever faced. Unleash the fire power, make your skills talk and maybe you will be able to banish evil back to the dark realm where it belongs.
Secret
Somewhere in the lands there is a message from a greater power, this message will grant you access to each and every locations this world has to offer.
Making of
This is the first game I'm releasing on Pico-8 and the first time I give a try at level design. There is alot I would like to improve in the game but I have been working on it for a long time and it had to come out at some point.
Feel free to share feedbacks and I hope you'll enjoy the game !
Changelog
Version 4
- Added the "Invoker", a new monster that act as the boss of the 5th level
- Added the possibility to shoot diagonally holding the 🔼 key
- Code factorization to improve the token count
Version 3
- Improved camera to look forward when moving and up and down using 🔼 and 🔽 keys
- Added wall friction that slows your fall when close to a wall
- Added post signs to give tips and help telling the story
- Code has been factorised and every level uses most of the same code from
#includes
TODOs
These are the things I intend to do in the future:
- Add musics to each levels and to to the title screen
- Make the roar of the cerberus more distinguishable from other sfx
- Make a special animation when collecting a weapon to make it look more important
- Add the Survival mode to be unlocked when all levels are completed. The Survival mode would consist of surviving the most amont of enemy wave in maps inspired from the differents levels. There would be multiple weaponds, power-ups to boost damage or increase armor...
- Make a cartrige illustration that represents more the game mood (with the hero killing a zombie)
- Maybe add a bloody medal for when you kill all enemies in a level
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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.
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Basically what asked in the title. Is it possible to define a variable name in Lua without defining a value just yet?
For example, would
local tick
work as a way to define, in a function, a local variable named "tick" as a "nil" value automatically?
Sorry for the dumb question
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Forgot your harmonica? No problem, use this one!
Simulates a richter-tuned harmonica (also known as blues harp or diatonic harmonica).
Controls
left/right/down/up: play notes in the current position. Two adjacent holes can be played at the same time.
O: hold down while playing a note to draw in air (instead of blowing).
X: change position.
Use the pause menu to change harmonica key and toggle note display.
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Hello!
I've recently got into creating games with Pico 8 and having an absolute blast. I've been searching for a solution to my problem but I don't know if its just my inability to search using the correct terms or what.
I'm basically looking for the simplest way to embed the game as HTML or possibly on itch.io but to keep the leaderboard persistent for -everyone- so people could compete. Ideally using some sort of save function but as I understand it they are per system rather than global has anyone looked into this before?
Thanks!
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One Quarter.
One Insatiable Hunger for Bubblegum.
Bubblegum Spin is a tactical bubble shooting
game to be played at your own pace. How large
of a bubble will you blow?
Rules
-
Match three or more gumballs
of the same color to remove
them from the sticky mass. -
Unmatching gumballs that are
unrooted will also be removed. -
Remove all the gumballs
to move to the next round. -
If the sticky mass touches
the edge, it's GAME OVER! -
After every four misses, you
will be punished. - Don't dawdle! Each punishment hurts
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Simple top-down shooter with cute characters
This is the first game I made with Pico8!
Control
Arrow keys - Move
Z or C Key - Dash
X Key - Shoot / Reload
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