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Sleigh Repair

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:08:56 UTC

sleigh_repair

by NarcolepticFrog

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Santa's sleigh has broken down and needs repairs! As chief mechanic, it falls to you to collect the necessary parts to fix it!

In this game you will need to venture into the floating mountain tops to retrieve Santa's Sack of Generosity, and visit the Elf Propulsion Labs (EPL) to obtain the Wonder Drive that power's Santa's sleigh.

Controls:

Move with the d-pad / arrow keys.
Jump with x.
Grab and throw items with z/c/o.

Note: to grab items you must be standing directly on top of them.

Music is "Carol of the Bells" on pico 8 by Gruber.

Thanks to @bikibird for organizing the advent jam and to the Holiday Jammers for playtesting and encouragement! (... are these my Christmas Jammies?)

I'd love to see some fast completion times! My personal best is 2:03 with 3 deaths.

Dec. 25: Updated to have a few secrets. Look for unusual bricks in the EPL.

P8per Snowflakes

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:38:18 UTC

p8per_snowflakes

by NarcolepticFrog

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This app is a submission to the 2024 Pico-8 Advent Jam that creates digital folded paper snowflakes!

Cut a pattern into the digitally folded paper. Click "unfold" to reveal your masterpiece! Then save an image of your snowflake to share with friends, family, or right here on the bbs!

Detailed Instructions

Note: If you don't have a mouse connected, you can control the mouse using a controller as follows: the d-pad moves the mouse to various interactive elements on the screen, pressing x clicks, and pressing o moves the mouse to the bottom of the screen for easy button access.

When you load the cart you are greeted by the welcome screen which shows an example paper snowflake unfolding.

To get started making your own snowflake, click "make" from the welcome screen. This takes you to the snowflake cutting screen where you will design your snowflake.

You can use the knife tool to cut away portions of the folded snowflake. Move the knife with the mouse and left click to cut. The folded snowflake is divided into small triangles and each time you click with the knife, you will remove a triangle.

You can also add back paper that you cut away by using the glue stick. This works exactly the same way as the knife, except you add paper when you click on a triangle that has already been cut.

With both the knife and glue stick tools, you can click and drag. When click and dragging, the action you are doing (cutting or adding back paper) stays the same for the duration of the mouse drag.

Once you are happy with your design, you can click "unfold" to see your masterpiece unfold.

From the preview screen, you can click "edit" to refine the design further, or "share" to prepare your snowflake for sharing with friends, family, and the bbs!

On the share screen you can click "next msg" to cycle through various holiday greetings to include, and "save img" to export a screenshot of your snowflake with the message. If you are accessing the cart via a web browser on the bbs, this will cause a popup to appear on the website that includes a copy of your snowflake that you can save or copy (i.e., by right clicking or long-pressing). If you are playing with a pico 8 binary, this will save the snowflake to your desktop.

The Gaming Groom

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:02:10 UTC

gg

by NarcolepticFrog

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This is my first pico-8 game! I made it to give out pre-loaded onto a few Miyoo A30 retro handhelds as a thank you gift at my bachelor party (so some of the ending text is specialized for that context).

I would appreciate any feedback that I can incorporate into my next games. Thank you for checking it out!

How to Play:

Move with the d-pad.
Jump with x (the in-game tutorial says a because that's the label on the Miyoo A30)
Grab/throw with o. You need to be on top of the object to grab it.
Drop through platforms with down+x.
Place an item directly in front of you (without throwing) with down+o.