I was tinkering around with a code snippet by @dw817 and I accidentally created a neat graphic effect while the O/X buttons are pressed for opening/closing the "iris"...

Remember those little programs which were called “desktop mascots”?
They appeared as small animated images of characters, doing not much, but standing/sitting there to keep you company. They weren’t traditional virtual pets, as they don’t need direct care.

Has anyone thought of (or has already done) this concept in PICO8? It could be like the classic Neko software, as said character could move around the screen randomly on its own or by the user’s input.

As we’re about to be in the middle of 2024 very soon, I’m thinking about doing some cutesy journaling pages within Pico8 slides…
Here’s an example of a screenwide “washi tape” (16 by 128) done on Procreate :3

Trying to transpose the "official" symbols of ClaWrite into 8x8 tiles...

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by WidgetOtaku

Cart #clawrite-0 | 2024-06-23 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

This would definitely help me with trying & testing out the various programs available…

Just found out that the “goto” function is actually implemented in Picotron; I’ve tested a pico8 code snippet by @ultrabrite and put it into the usual function _draw()

function _draw()
cls()
x=1 y=0 n=120
::io::
d=rnd(2)>1 and 0 or 5
line(x+5-d,y,x+d,y+5,11)
x+=6
if(x>n+6) x=1 y+=6 print(' ')
if(y>n) y=n
flip()
goto io
end

I'm trying to make a simple text-adventure game within the terminal (using the arrow keys as input), but the print() functions for the various options aren't kept permanently on screen.
What am I doing wrong here?

cls(0)

--   	left = "80"
--   	up = "82"
--   	right = "79"
--   	down = "81"

print("Press a key:")	
for kp = 79,81 do
   	if key(80) and key(kp) then print("left")
	elseif key(81) and key(kp) then print("center")
	elseif key(79) and key(kp) then print("right")	
	end	
end

Is there a way for a keyboard entry when I need an integer from the user?
Especially for this:
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141477

On the line of

local playerHand = drawCards(5,cardDeck)

to which 5 can be modified…

btw can the F keys be overridden to a specific integer? (ie. pressing F12 for an integer of 12)

based on the tutorial from here https://docs.coronalabs.com/tutorial/data/shuffleTable/index.html

local cardDeck = {"AS","AH","2S","3S","KH","QD","QS","KD","4D","10H"}

math.random(flr(rnd()))

local function shuffleTable(t)
	if (type(t) ~= "table") then
		print("warning")
		return false
	end
	local j
	for i = #t, 2, -1 do
		j = math.random(i)
		t[i], t[j] = t[j], t[i]
	end
	return t
end
cardDeck = shuffleTable(cardDeck)

local currentIndex = 1
local function drawCards(num,deck)
	local cardsDrawn = {}
	for i = currentIndex, num do
		cardsDrawn[#cardsDrawn+1] = deck

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tbh I'm trying to program a digital oracle deck of cards for personal use, and I can't seem to find a way to code for "picking card(s)" without doubles. Maybe with some keyboard entry for indicating the program to choose x items from the randomized array.

I’m definitely not a professional programmer, albeit having a bachelors degree in information management.
So… is there anything that I can improve onto my ddate cart?
I think that I can add a “hand of Eris” in ascii with no problem.

Can anyone tell me what’s the code for making a single image (from converted png) into a static wallpaper?

idk if the arm64 of Picotron will eventually come out, but I definitely can’t run the normal version on this specific Chromebook :/

I'm so glad that I've finally made my first cart :3
Initially coded on Picotron 0.1.0e
Please note that the date is now synced to local time as of version 1.4!
Added "Hand of Eris" as of version 1.3

ddate 1.4

by WidgetOtaku

Cart #ddate-4 | 2024-04-16 | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

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I’ve tried to use the “stat(x)” function to call in the local system’s time, but it seems that this isn’t yet implemented.