Heya! So, the new one-off character feature added in 0.2.4 inspired me to write a drawing tool that exported to compatible strings in the smallest size I could, as of now, the code itself is only 520 characters!
(Minor warning: clipboard saving seems to be incorrect through the html export, I recommend copying the code and running it locally)

Bitdraw!

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Bitdraw!

by CoffeeBat

Cart #bitdraw-3 | 2021-12-05 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

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h=32s=stat::_::?"⁶t⁶wbitdraw!",34,8
a=8+(s(h)/8)-4b=(s(33)/8)-4j=ord?"\^.¹³⁷ᶠ゜?⁷⁸",s(h),s(33),0
?"⁶1⁶cd⁶!5f2d¹",7
rect(h,h,96,96)sspr(8,0,8,8,h,h,64,64)if(s(34)&1!=0)sset(a,b,7)
if(s(34)&2!=0)sset(a,b,0)
if btnp(❎)then
d=""for y=0,7do
k=0for x=8,15do
k|=(sget(x,y)&1)<<x-8end
d..=chr(k)end
o=""for i=1,#d do
c=sub(d,i,i)f=j(d,i+1)g=(f and f>=48and f<=57)and"00"or""v=c
if(c=="\"")v="\\\""
if(c=="\\")v="\\\\"
if(j(c)==0)v="\\"..g.."0"
if(j(c)==10)v="\\n"
if(j(c)==13)v="\\r"
o..=v
end
printh(o,"@clip")?"⁷ceg"
end
goto _

Controls:

• Left Click: Draws inside the white rectangle
• Right Click: Erases pixels in the rectangle
• ❎: Copies your drawing to the clipboard alongside making a small noise to notify you

To then use your drawing, you need to use the \^. control code followed by your string:

print("\^.~▒しし▒し▥~") -- Prints a smiley block
?"\^.~▒しし▒し▥~" -- Short-hand version

Feel free to elaborate on this tool or minify the code even further!

lo mejor que hice

Awesome.
Thx for uploading this great tool, in addition to the "tweet" version.
Now I can load it easily with load #bitdraw

It doesn't seem to work on a Mac. The value I get in the clipboard is:

⁷\0\0\0\0\0\0\0

I am running this in PICO-8 locally

After further testing the issue seems to be when using "\^., if the last octet is nul, \0 it will not render properly. A bug report has been opened.