Guys I'm in big trouble here
After a break up, I had to give back the computer I was working with and acquire a new one.
I've downloaded the latest update of Pico 8 on my new cheapo ~2017 macbook air
(similar to the last computer, albeit running the most up to date MacBook OS)
now my game, the biggest I've ever worked on, runs as a black screen, and doesn't seem to want to go through the code and check where all the functions are.
I think it's because
A) I didn't work on this file on this computer
but more likely
B) it's running on a more up to date version of Pico 8...
to make matters worse:
the stupid recent Mac OS won't let me run my .bin exports I made while the game was running perfectly on that original computer
(unfortunately, foolishly, I never exported the game as a cartridge while it was running on the prior computer... only the .bin export....)
Has anyone else had a problem like this before?
where the game no longer seems to look through the code completely?
any tips or help appreciated-- I can send somebody my .bin export of the game to see if they can run it...
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I'm not sure how to help with this, but I'm sorry this happened to you. I don't know that there's any (easy) way to revert a binary to source (I think this would require reverse-engineering), are you sure you don't have any of the p8 files lying around? Good luck, perhaps someone else here will have more help.
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So, I downloaded a prior version of Pico 8 (0.2.5e ) and it opens and runs just as it used to... weird.
the newest version of Pico 8 can't run my game properly but the version from a few months back still does... Im not sure what's responsible here... Have you ever heard of this happening before?
I think my code was getting around 6k (of the 8k possible to use)... perhaps it's because my code was a bit soupy?
(it was a learn-as-i go first project, after all)
I can send you the PNG or .bin export (made from the 0.2.5e) version and see if it runs for you if you like, idk.
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Rejoice! (or at least, one step closer)
I discovered the problem (it was a simple thing, of cause)
I had left a '--[[' comment open but it was only greyed out as a normal "--" note.
strangely enough, It isn't noted or a problem in the earlier version of Pico 8
Now, however, I've noticed that while I've fixed it on the current Desktop app version, it seems to have trouble opening here..
hmm.
HERE IS THE GAME
(if you hold DOWN for ~4 or so seconds on the title screen, it changes to the intended Title)
Basically, It's going into a coin operated arcade cabinet-- where the "C" button is the coin insert slot.
I'll upload the game properly when I also snap some photos of the completed cabinet
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Haha thanks! -- my thought was to make something similar to Zelda 1--
Most likely I'll follow up the idea in a future game, maybe add a dash/evade feature with that second button
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