this is my first attempt at doing anything in pico 8, or any game. there isn't much game play yet though.
updated idle animation in v2
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This is art,thjs is beautiful! Great job,it feels very calming. It might be the prettiest thing I've seen done in pico8. Nice pseduo 3d gfx,great water. Excited to see where this one is going
Whatever else comes of this gameplay-wise, your art is absolutely stunning. I would play this just to look at the incredible scenery!
thanks both, the water effect I adapted from this https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=45538
I also borrowed/adapted the particles from celeste, fire from space cat youtube, i've annotated the code to link to things I used.
I am pleased with the perspective, parallax scrolling stuff. probably reinventing the wheel but I made three functions, one to adjust horizontal scrolling speed based on distance, one to adjust vertical speed so the horizon collapses into one, and one that lets me draw something on any screen based on if it was the first screen, so 0 to 127 and then it will do the maths to take into account all the parallax scrolling positions so that objects will be in the right place when the cat gets there.
thanks for the positive feedback
I love all the fun little details, like being able to launch into the sky from the ocean and fly using a balloon, the cat idle animations, the spooky halloween mode that suddenly triggers, and lots of little things. And of course it looks amazing. Gameplay with this much polish and care will be hauntingly amazing (lame day-after-halloween puns).
Nothing to add that others haven't already said. Such a beautiful cart. I really hope you develop this, although just exploring the wonderful landscape is pleasure in itself.
Damn, this is really nice. I would love to see a full game from this. Good Work!
Well you've nailed the visuals. I can only dream of making something that looks this good. I look forward to seeing/playing what you do next!
Absolutely gorgous parallax scrolling and water reflection, and all the cute details like floating with a balloon or sitting down when staying in place
Can't wait to see what else you make!
Lovely and spooky. The cat has a reflection, but not the magical ghosts, witches and ... the bat. Dead giveaway (pun intended) it's actually a vampire.
EDIT : just looked at the author's icon, I knew the red eyes of the cat's reflection were suspicious...
I somehow hadn't actually noticed the other moving sprites don't reflect, must be because I add them after the reflecting function. I guess I can justify it as the spooky stuff not being reflected because it is from another realm, but then that doesn't explain the mermaids. Will probably fix this when I make a longer version.
Ha, I was so sure I was on to something...
Mermaids are underwater, that's reason enough not to have a reflection I think.
This is most definitely one of my favorite carts! It's got cats, cute halloween stuff, beautiful art, and some of my new favorite music! Please keep doing amazing things like this!
thanks, I keep meaning to turn it into a proper game, aimed for halloween 2024 and when I missed that deadline I relaxed and thought I would take my time but now i'm going to miss halloween 2025 as well. haven't really made any progress, got hung up on wanting to make a zoom effect to both zoom in and out but also move things in the z dimension, then got distracted by trying to make everything object orientated but got distracted. not even sure what the gameplay should be, I like being able to aimlessly run around and think platforms would ruin the scenery. might make it both, something that triggers a game mode where platforms appear and it turns into a room by room thing, maybe if the cat goes into the church or crosses the water if I ever get this z dimension movement going.
I hope you do figure it out because I would love to play that game! Good luck!
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