Pikobones - COTL dice game remake

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:31:25 UTC

pikobones

by digitalcth

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Pikobones is a remake for Cult of the Lamb's knucklebones dice mini game.

Rules:

Core game is basic roll the dice, place it on one of the 3 rows on your board; highest score wins.
Break your opponent dice when you place the same dice on your side.
Create combos by placing 2 or 3 same numbers on the same row.

Devlog:
Have the full core game mechanics was the first goal. It was not hard, this sets the code main structures I should respect on later coding, not so funny.

Then I add an actors and control systems, just what is needed to create simple AI strategies I can combine. I used this to create four "AI personalities" to face in the game, that should add some progression around the main game.

One of my first ideas was to include a basic bet system so I can go back to the game in the future and see myself get rich in a virtual space.

Anyways, I discover that the bet system and opponent unlocking feels creates enough challenge - reward to have fun.

Lastly I draw all reaction sprites, which I feel is the cherry and would be my personal motivation to keep playing.
Then the music and menues has been polishing during the whole development and til this day.

I've enjoyed doodling around with pico for a while, i have a couple of nice prototypes but never released anything. this is my first "full featured" pico-8 "mini" game im publishing.

I've code this game during October, hoping to release it on Halloween, but could not finish it on time. So since the deadline just happened, I am continuing working on it whenever i feel like.

I'm still improving some minor stuff, and still want to fix bugs if you found them.

Game is published on https://luistoledo.itch.io/pikobones too, but I would like to share/discuss development details here.

Changelog
v0.5 uploaded to the BBS
v0.6 fix tie, add finish msg, change player name & pvp
v0.7 just ui improvements and ending

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Tue, 15 May 2018 19:34:33 UTC

zcald 0.1

by digitalcth

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I made "demake" of a game I found on twitter by @SeanNoonan scald. The game looks so cool and I feel the needs to code!

It is just a quick and dirty free implementation in around 1000 tokens (not particularly optimized).

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Pikobones - COTL dice game remake

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