Sometimes I make ridiculous games. Play my latest ridiculous game Horseplay on the PICO-8 BBS!
One thing I love about #pico8 is that nearly every game automatically includes source code. I'll wonder how they achieved some effect, and can just learn from the code...
Less obvious benefit: I sometimes make mods to a game (especially the UI) to make it more comfortable for me to play-- since I often play on a phone or retro handheld, I might swap in larger sprites that are easier for my retro eyes... e.g. this quick sprite + 70 LOC mod I made to KiloWar, @2bitchuck 's remake of Mille Bornes:
"Gameroom" by M178music
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/116ayz7/i_drew_this_pixel_art_of_an_old_arcade_and_called/
Absolutely love this one - really takes me back! 😊🕹
#PixelArt #Retro #Arcade
OK, this is pretty wild. Just learned about a Chromium-based terminal browser called Carbonyl (https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl), so I fired it up in Cool Retro Term with a sweet old-timey amber color scheme (and scan lines which you can't see in the still shot) and went to one of my games on the #pico8 BBS. You can start the game, but the keyboard controls don't work. Still, this is so pretty I could stare at it all day. 😂
PICO-8 0.2.5f is up on lexaloffle, humble, itch, the Pocketchip thread and web https://pico-8-edu.com #pico8
Changelog: // mostly bug fixes
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=51465
::: Don't Dig Up the Dead :::
Now available on PICO8 consoles and for download.
https://morningtoast.itch.io/dont-dig-up-the-dead
Can you find all 3 magic relics before the forest is overwhelmed by lost souls?
Found an enjoyable, new to me #pico8 #gamedev tutorial series on Youtube: Building a Zelda-style Dungeon by Radical Slice. I'd call it beginner-intermediate level - it gets into the usual basics like movement & bounding box collision detection, but also gets into entity management & using message queues to spawn actions. Plus he codes in vim which is bonus points from me 😂. Anyway, I'm a fan! Check out the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5wBFTTkJBM&list=PL5o_boFdYiCrjyC5lKano6R5qA-Zzswcz
OK, I still can't even get past the first screen, LOL. Time to accept that I am just terrible at this beloved game!
Playing #pico8 games with an actual controller instead of my laptop keys has been a real revelation. I might even give Celeste Classic another go! 😂
I finished my little #Pico8 game I started in December:
https://somin.itch.io/to-take-root-among-the-stars
This was my first try at a more narrative focused game. Always wanted to give it a go, so now I did!
It was quite a challenge but I think I'll do more of that in the future. I'll probably wait for Picotron through, because the restrictions in pico8 were biting me in the but quite often. It was a tight fit to say the least.
If you were having trouble with the #raspberrypi build of #pico8 0.2.5e on your Pi or supported handheld gaming device, @zep has a new build for you to try, which does work for me on my #gameforce. See here for details - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=124491#p
@MBoffin Well done! I quit after I got to 365, I felt like I had nothing left to prove. My only regret is never getting a 1.
Help me test out the last WIP of my #pico8 game: Matchem'
It's the last day to get "An American Werewolf in L.A." for Nintendo Switch at an awesome 60%! Go GET IT NOW! Become a pro werewolf surfer! Once you beat the crap out of all those thugs across the U.S.A.!
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/an-american-werewolf-in-l-a-switch/
I got myself an 8Bitdo Lite controller specifically to play #pico8 on my laptop and it's suuuuper smooth and wonderful to use, especially coming from the tiny laptop arrow keys I've been using. Worth every penny!
It also works with my WIP #pyxel game, but Pyxel seems to use the buttons below the d-pad as the d-pad (using pyxel.GAMEPAD1_BUTTON_DPAD_LEFT, etc), which is a little weird but maybe remappable?
1st pass of lights added. Drawing is copy and paste from Cab Ride.
Sprites can optionally have an array of lights, with percentage x/y coords to place over the top of the parent sprite. If a sprite is at all visible, all the lights are drawn. Should be ok for now, and sorts the distant glow/light haze I'm after.
As I was playing it just now, I happened to notice that the current version of lovely #pico8 puzzle platformer "To a Starling" was released one year ago today. I am notoriously shite at platformers, but I keep going back to this game just because it's so pretty & the music by @Gruber_Music is so good.
Imagined Orko in a He-Man tactics game
Theme: #TurnBased
#pixel_dailies #pixelart #pico8
🎥⭐ New Video ⭐🎥
First Look at #Picotron. The future of #Pico8 ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8LXpPwW3FI
