This is my first pico-8 game, feedback welcome.
Things I want to add/improve (that I don't necessarily know how to do):
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m̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶u̶d̶ ̶f̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶e̶w̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶(̶i̶'̶m̶ ̶h̶a̶l̶f̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶e̶l̶s̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶o̶!̶)̶
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enemies that move left to right and up and down (half working)
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knock back when taking damage on spikes or lava when stepped on (currently just contact and take damage)
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print the value of an object next to it when buying from the merchant
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ability to swing a sword and attack
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change player direction when moving and moving animations
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m̶u̶s̶i̶c̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶f̶f̶e̶c̶t̶s̶ ̶(̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶g̶r̶a̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶u̶s̶i̶c̶ ̶i̶n̶)̶
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a̶d̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶c̶h̶e̶c̶k̶p̶o̶i̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶(̶s̶t̶r̶u̶g̶g̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶e̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶r̶e̶c̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶X̶,̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶e̶c̶k̶p̶o̶i̶n̶t̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶i̶e̶s̶)̶
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a̶d̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶i̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶s̶c̶r̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶p̶l̶a̶s̶h̶ ̶s̶c̶r̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶(̶n̶o̶ ̶c̶l̶u̶e̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶o̶!̶)̶
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equipment that changes stats
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pause screen that displays equipment information
- mini tarot game at start that lets you pick a card to give items and stats/
Any help or advice on improving this would be much appreciated
thank you to the community for giving me lots of help learning the basics of lua and helping me realise a new hobby :)
much thanks to @remcode for help coding and fixing the number puzzle!
̶P̶.̶s̶.̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶f̶i̶x̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶u̶g̶g̶e̶d̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶ ̶l̶e̶v̶e̶l̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶l̶y̶,̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶d̶i̶a̶g̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶t̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶:̶)̶
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