Throughout this month, I've been idly working on a first PICO-8 game with a bit of assistance from my three kids. There's a bit of a story as to where the inspiration came from but I'll spare the details for now.
We've really enjoyed Vampire Survivors for a while and although I've seen a couple of games in this vein for PICO-8, I didn't see them right away and it's maybe a bit underrepresented, I thought? So we went with it. It's not meant to be a demake/adaptation or anything. Among other things, there's no attempt to implement "waves" of enemies.
I think I've figured out everything I wanted to, pretty much, although some movement and targeting could probably be fixed somewhat. Future plans include implementing some form of upgrades/level-ups and pickups. Honestly, I'd like to get that part done in the next 3 days to say it was wrapped in a month.
No particular point to this post right now other than sharing! But feedback is welcome.
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Still a playtest version, leave some feedback below!
Instruction:
ā¬ ļøā¬ļøā”ļø Move diagonally step left-right or up. Dungeon moves down on each step.
š ¾ļø: C or Y/Z Swap weapons
Gather equipment, shield and gold, survive for as long as you can. No ending yet other than dying due to ever stronger enemies. Each non-shop tile is resolved automatically. Pickup up a weapon with one in hand will overwrite it.
Help menu contains a tutorial that will guide you through the basics.
Combat:
Enemies have 3 things attached to them:
Damage: How much raw damage the enemy can inflict.
Skill: If the enemy has a skill
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Controls - One Button Game
Keyboard: 'x' or 'c' keys
Touch: press 'O' or 'X' keys on the screen
Introduction
Thanks for checking out my first game Pendulum :D
If you give it a go, I'd love to hear from you!
Description
Pendulum is a one button momentum platformer powered by a mathematically accurate physics simulation
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Credits
Game:
gg1bbs
Music:
RobbyDuguay - Nine Songs in Pico-8 - Track 3: Factory
- https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2619
- Thank you so much for freely sharing your amazing work and empowering creators like me to try game making!
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I made a thing.
You can't do anything in it but its fun to watch.
Maybe it will write the complete works of Shakespeare, but who knows?
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Update 30/07/2024:
added in-game music
it feels very finished at this point, so only minor patches will be applied from here onwards
Update 29/07/2024:
Fixed quarter-circle input that bypasses backwards movement refusal
Update 28/07/2024:
retooled controls for more efficiency
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A cover of "Middle Dave" theme from the hit Playstation 10 game "Sheriff Domestic" available for purchase in your local gas station. Definetely one of the middles of the Daves(tm).
Whistle version:
No-Whistle version:
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Zombies Clog The Drain
Story
Zombies are attacking Yokohama! The infection is spreading and the town is in panic.
With no other options, the genius Dr. Injection creates a cure. However, she is constantly sleep-deprived and is unsteady when giving the injection.
There is only a limit to how much of the cure she can prepare at one time, but there is no choice but to do it.
Administer the injections and aim for the dawn of humanity!
Rules
Aim the scope at the zombie, inject the specific cure, and turn it back into a human.
While the injection is being administered (during a panic), if you come into contact with other zombies, the specific cure will be transmitted.
Use this to return them all to their original state and get a high score.
By setting a directional marker of your choice before firing the injection, you can decide the direction the zombies will walk in during a panic.
If a zombie passes Final Line of Defense, the game is over.
This is an endless game with no clearing point. Keep racking up the score.
Control
ā¬
ļøā”ļøā¬ļøā¬ļø...up,down,left and right
ā...fire the injection / reload
š
¾ļø...decide the direction / (hold)Cursor moves slowly
...Thank you for playing!
Updates
1.1 ... modify charge meter effect etc.
1.1b ... add š
¾ļøhold
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This is a custom song and not a remix of any other song. You can use this song in one of your projects as long as you credit me in it. Thank you!
P.S: if you noticed why i kept using the phaser instrument, its because it reminds me of one of the popular games on here called Celeste, and yes i know theres a remake available on pc and consoles.
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this is a demake of the Ataritin Bytebeat by Decent-Manager-6169. i have no clue if pico-8 makes this playable as i am new to this but then again this is only a test.
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A small health bar demo project.
Usage
You can tweak the values in the draw_lives() function to change the appearance of the health bar. The 'x' and 'y' variables control the x and y of the top left corner of the health bar, the 'off' variable alters the spacing between the hearts and the 'life' variable controls the number of lives, out of the 'max' variable.
Feel free to use this in any project you may be working on!
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Im made new technology
4 SFX that im add
rnd on function _update and s that like a musicS use that random SFX like a music
SFX only using phaser wave
Code
s=rnd(2) function _init() end function _draw() cls() rect(s,s,50,50) end function _update() s=rnd(2) sfx(s) end |
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A simple arcade like game, the controls are just the left and right arrow keys. In order to start press the X button!
It is still work in progress!
UPDATE
New menu update!
UPDATE!
jumping!
and a freeze power up
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A little topdown game I made in around 3 days. Hope you like it!
Version History
« v1.1 »
- Fixed skip in final level
- Added better music
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P8 Syntax Highlighter
An advanced PICO-8 lua syntax highlighter in just 356 tokens! Call highlight(code) to receive a printable p8scii string. All the colors can be modified by changing their corresponding p8scii color at the top of the script.
Check it out on | Github
Examples:
All examples generated with P8 Syntax Highlighter
If you end up using this, please share it here!
Updates:
- Implemented string delimitting (or however that's spelt) [397 Tokens]
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Cobb's Adventure
Help Cobb on his adventure to eat as much food as possible!
This is HEAVILY inspired by Adventure Island, a wonderful game series from the mid-80s, although I am most familiar with the Gameboy adaptations in the early 90s.
Features:
- 8 different environments
- Never play the same game twice! Levels are randomly generated every playthrough
- Easy to learn, hard to master - once you can beat the game, go for 3 stars on your score or times!
I strongly recommend a gamepad for this game. If you are committed to keyboarding, consider pressing "Enter" to open the menu, and set "AutoRun" to "ON" so that you dont need to hold a key to run.
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I've made Super Mario Maker 2's Snow theme from the Super Mario Bros. game style into PICO-8
Have a listen:
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