Here's my Pico-8 version of Atomix, a MS-DOS/Amiga game from the '90.
The object of the game is to assemble molecules from compound atoms.
In menu:
L/R arrow keys to select level
x to start level
In game:
x to select/deselect atom
arrow keys to move atom
c to cancel level
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A super quick game: Clear the screen, see how long it took. Improve the next time around!
My personal record is 182 :)
I was just watching a video about Loot Boxes and how Online games charge players real money in order to gain these items, which apparently are random items that can benefit the player to progress further in them.
Outlawed in several countries apparently.
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-legal-status-of-loot-boxes-around-the-world-and-whats-next/
And this is new stuff for me, the first I've heard of it. I know, now you can think on that a bit if you like. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in coding I'm unaware of the world around me.
However, I was thinking this might be something good and nice to have for Pico-8.
Not real loot boxes, not the ones that cost money anyways. But no, perhaps missions a player could go on in some of these advanced Pico-8 carts. The reward ? A loot box, completely free, earned by the dedication (and perhaps perspiration) of the player to go beyond the call of duty on side-quests and other items that the average player may skip over in their haste to see the ending to the game.
It's something to consider, and would definitely be icing on the cake of very fine and excellent Pico-8 carts already produced and written or in the process of being written.
There was something existing like this with the Gacha game by the very talented, @enargy.
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=31955
And while it's grand fun, unfortunately that's all it was, a bit of a loot box. Where you get a new card every hour or so but no actual gameplay otherwise to earn them.
I think this could be worked into games where you play, you work at it real hard, and congrats, you finally won the game. But that's not the end of it. As you went through the game you did not see all the secret paths and secret doors that opened up the rest of the game. Or perhaps you saw them but could not access them. Playing and winning the game might get you 25% of finding everything in the game.
It's up to you to play multiple times to find every and all secrets.
And of course for locating one or more of these hard-to-find secrets, you are rewarded with ? A Loot Box.
The Loot Box might have items that let the player jump higher to access areas they could not when they went through the first pass on the game. Perhaps swimming gear so they can finally dive in the water and not drown. Special boots to let them cross hot lava. Special weapons and/or armor, new playable characters, new NPCs to meet, new story paths to follow, you name it.
It could open up paths previously locked but now could be opened since the player has the matching key.
It could have collectable sprites that you can bring up to put on a shelf to view them in detail (with accompanying description) later. I think Brave Fencer Musashi has this ability.
https://youtu.be/oow6QlDqZ0M?t=192
Just like we collect prizes from Cracker Jack or a cereal box, they are collectable.
The Loot Box would have something in it, whether it's a platformer, racer, shooter, fighter, battler, RPG, puzzle, whatever it might be. It might have something in it that would help the player and encourage them to play your game "Just one more time" so they can explore that new area they couldn't earlier.
What are your thoughts ? And are there any existing Pico-8 games that do in fact have Loot Box prizes for outstanding ability or perseverance in gameplay ?
Arrow keys to bump around.
X to reset level.
Made for LDJAM45 "Start with Nothing"
This is a short recreation of Ultima VI's boot music, I thought it was cool enough to post
You're a T Rex that eats letters in the order of the alphabet! It's educational! It's also buggy as heck and there's no actual game to speak of yet. It doesn't even check if you eat the letters in the right order. But I think it's already kinda fun to play around with, so here it is. =)
Hi I have made a quick python script to turn an square picture to a string of text that can the be parsed by pico8 to make a nice splashscreen.
Pico8 code
function txt_to_pic(txt)
local d={
a=10,
b=11,
c=12,
d=13,
e=14,
f=15
}
d['0']=0
d['1']=1
d['2']=2
d['3']=3
d['4']=4
d['5']=5
d['6']=6
d['7']=7
d['8']=8
d['9']=9
local x=0
local y=0
for i=0,#txt do
if x>128 then
x=0
y+=1
end
c=d[sub(txt,i,i)]
pset(x,y,c)
x+=1
end
end |
And here is the python script (just replace "me.jpg" by your image):
import numpy
import PIL
#%%
img = PIL.Image.open("me.jpg")
img = img.resize((128,128))
imgarr = numpy.array(img)
newimg=numpy.array(img)
img.resize((128*10,128*10))
p8colors=[
(0,0,0),
(29,43,83),
(126,37,83),
(0,135,81),
(171, 82, 54),
(95, 87, 79),
(194, 195, 199),
(255, 241, 232),
(255, 0, 77),
(255, 163, 0),
(255, 236, 39),
(0, 228, 54),
(41, 173, 255),
(131, 118, 156),
(255, 119, 168),
(255, 204, 170)]
col_to_letter='0123456789ABCDEF'
def color_dist(a,b):
r1,g1,b1 = a[:3]
r2,g2,b2 = b[:3]
return int(((r1-r2)**2+(g1-g2)**2+(b1-b2)**2)**(0.5))
def best_col(c):
distances=[color_dist(c,i) for i in p8colors]
m=min(distances)
return distances.index(m)
STR = ''
for y,line in enumerate(imgarr):
for x,c in enumerate(line):
newc=best_col(c)
STR+=col_to_letter[newc]
newimg[y][x]=p8colors[newc]
STR+='L'
p8image=(STR)
PIL.Image.fromarray(newimg).resize((1280,1280)) |
Made a sample platformer, mostly to show how to do things like collisions, camera, jump buffering, and slopes. I wrote this to be clear rather than to save tokens, and it has no real gameplay to keep the core of the engine as clear as possible.
The code for this cart can also be found on github and is MIT licensed.
Features:
- Movement and jumping
- Collision checking and resolution
- Jump buffering
- Slopes
- Platforming camera
Mister Freeeeeemaaan~
Z = progress text
(Text Box Lib by @oli424)
Since PICO-8 has #include to, well, include files, I thought of starting a git repo to provide handy functions in bundle to include from.
The public repo can be found at https://gitlab.com/zothynine/pico8-code-library
For now, there's only a text function, but feel free to particibate ;-)
Cheers, Z9
Reposting this in carts, because it's as finished as it's ever going to be :-).
This is a little SDF ray marcher I've been playing with.
It renders two randomly placed spheres and a torus above a checker-board plane in different colours. Often one of them is reflective.
The code is ugly as heck, and the specular highlights are completely wrong, but it occasionally spits out something pretty imo.
Update: Changed to use sqrt() again, as it's much more accurate in v0.2.0
A highly realistic simulation of Brexit negotiations. Enjoy the riveting and exciting career of a Brexit Prime Minister. Only you can do this, because no one else wants to deal with it.
I have not seen any 'political satire' games here, so I hope its a good precedent. There is very contextually implied nsfw material which is based on real events and quotes.
The interesting feature is that the cart stores a bunch of 4 letter words in a Bloom filter, e.g., about 6000 four letter words are probabilistically "stored" in 8 kilobytes. This English word database is stored in the region of memory reserved for the map.
The game itself is incomplete, but I wonder if other folks can think of other PICO-8 applications of a "four letter word database."
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Whenever I log in via username and password, it doesn't work, even if I used the correct password. I have to use the email login. Is there something I'm missing?
There should be a part of RAM that can be read and written to by more than one game. This could work by a host cart having a whitelist of guest cart IDs that can use the shared RAM with the host game, and the guest carts have the ability to access the shared RAM from the get-go. This could be used by a Zelda clone where the game is split across multiple carts (like Picoware, but items have to persist between carts, so the host cart (the boot cart) puts the item data in the shared RAM, which the other guest carts can access and edit.
Hi, I am having a problem with sprites and the map.
It seems that the botom half of my spritesheets is interlinked with the bottom part of the map.
It is realy frustating, is there anything I can do?
I felt like ray marching a signed distance field in PICO-8.
(Don't ask me why..).
A simple weapon-based arcade-style beat 'em up. One hit kills, so be careful.
Controls:
- o: attack
- while moving: light attack
- whlle standing still: heavy attack (penetrates more defenses, but leaves you exposed if you miss)
- all attacks require a windup. hold attack to keep attack ready, release at your leisure. Note: you will be vulnerable to enemies while holding. You also won't turn around (good for kiting)
- x: defend
- while moving: dodge
- while standing still: parry (successful parry drops enemies defenses just long enough to counter)
- while holding attack: cancel attack
keybindings:
- player 1:
- arrows: move
- z/c/n: attack
- x/v/m: defend
- player 2:
- esdf: move
- lshift/tab: attack
- q/a: defend
Choose from the following warriors:
- Ba’aur the blue: carries a sword and shield. Great defense, so walk confidently.
- Anjix the orange: carries a great axe. High strength, but slow moving. Choose your moment carefuly.
- Pyet'n the purple: carries a flail. A speed demon, with little defense. Run circles around your foes.
- Ruezzh the red: carries a spear. Great range. No need to keep your enemies close.
By default, you assume a defensive stance. Your defenses will be lowered if you miss a strike, or are struck yourself.
This game is in a very early stage. Bugs abound, and very little is finished.
Updated with logo.
This is the PICO-8 version of a game I wanted to make about 3 years ago. I figured I should make a smol version of it and actually finish.
The final game will be a one-screen maze game with moving enemies, and hopefully something interesting with the painting mechanic. I also want people to make their own levels for it, so I made a separate level editor (not in PICO-8) that spits out a table that the game reads as a leves; super user f r i e n d l y .
Anyways, that's what this is. I hope I have something more interesting
