When I get spare time, sometimes I write games.
I'm running pico-8 0.2.6b under macOS 15.2 (24C101)
I have only seen this with one cart from the BBS, but it seems reproducible. I don't know if the cart is doing anything unusual but it manages to crash the pico8 process entirely.
If I load #GORDY_AND_THE_MONSTER_MOON-0 (new today in splore), get through the story intro, move a few screens up and jump down the ladder; pico-8 repeatably crashes with:
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000100778930 Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 5 Trace/BPT trap: 5 Terminating Process: exc handler [1242] Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 pico8 0x100778930 get_pitch_for_char + 104 1 pico8 0x1007781e0 pico8_print_char + 3016 2 pico8 0x100778f7c pico8_print_text + 788 [ [size=16][color=#ffaabb] [ Continue Reading.. ] [/color][/size] ](/bbs/?pid=160412#p) |
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A little holiday stocking filler for the 2024 Advent Calendar.
"Do You Hear What I Hear" 1962 by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne
Arranged for pico-8 by @shadowphiar
With thanks to @bikibird and the PICO-8 Free Music Jam for the visualiser.
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With presents shooting out at dizzying speed, can Santa keep it together?
A puzzle arcade game of quick reactions and keeping calm under pressure.
Presents in various shapes will descend from the chutes. You must move the belt left and right so that the holes in the belt match the falling shapes above.
Line up as many as possible, then press C to release the matching shapes and they will fall through the holes. Be careful not to move the belt until they're all through! If a shape hits the belt where it can't go through, it explodes into dust and the chutes will descend quickly!
The chutes will slowly descend and the only way to get them back up is to drop several shapes together. The more shapes you get the higher they'll go. If the chute reaches the bottom the machine will stop!
Keep the machine running as long as possible. Can you make enough presents to save Christmas?
Controls
Left and Right: move the belt
Down: pull shapes downwards without releasing them
🅾️: release shapes that match the belt.
Return: open the pause menu, where you can quit the game in progress, toggle music etc.
Credits
All PICO-8 code, graphics and music conversion, by @shadowphiar
Inspired by Dizzy Panic, 1990 by The Oliver Twins
Made for Advent 2024
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P8ZZNIC - A PICO-8 Interpretation of the Tile-Matching Classic, Puzznic
A puzzle game to exercise your brain
Get ready to challenge your mind with P8ZZNIC, a PICO-8 tribute to the arcade puzzle classic, Puzznic. Your mission: clear 144 screens by matching tiles adorned with various symbols. Use your cursor to move blocks left or right — when two or more matching tiles meet, they vanish. Earn bonus time by orchestrating clever trick shots that clear four or more tiles at once. But beware — plan your moves carefully, or you might leave behind an unsolvable puzzle!
Each level in P8ZZNIC consists of four screens. After completing a level, you'll return to the level-select screen, and your progress is automatically saved.
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