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Eliteish

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 02:03:09 UTC

Eliteish 0.5

by lmorchard

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Update v0.5: Quick fix to make the auto-switch timer work again

Update v0.4: Got the goatsoup planet descriptions correct for most planets. A few have drift where names are generated randomly. Sped up & improved planet texture generation

Update v0.3: Realized I was generating Galaxy 2 for Elite. Small tweak, and now we're in Galaxy 1 starting with Lave! The goatsoup planet descriptions are still wrong, though.

Update v0.2: Added a timer to switch planets automatically every 15 seconds, so I can use it as eye candy on my PocketCHIP on my desk

Use left & right to switch planets. Buttons z & X control the speed of the star field.

Mainly a tech demo / experiment, right now. I took the C code behind Ian Bell's "Text Elite" and gave a try at translating it into Lua. From there, I dropped in some star field and rotating planet code. That makes for a little info display on imaginary planets for some eye candy.

10 PRINT

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:19:32 UTC

10 PRINT v0.1

by lmorchard

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This is a simple one - it's an over-engineered Pico-8 version of this Commodore 64 BASIC program:

10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10

It's a random maze generator, and some folks wrote an interesting book about it

Starfield

Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:44:14 UTC

Starfield 0.2

by lmorchard

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Update v0.2: Now you can press O & X for throttle, and there's an impulse drive / warp factor readout. Why? I dunno. It's cool I guess.

Thinking of making a space game, but I made this bit of eye candy first!

Poke the Mongo

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 01:17:21 UTC

Poke the Mongo 1.0

by lmorchard

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HOW TO PLAY:

Encounter humans and evade capture - you gain STAMINA and they gain FRUSTRATION
Gain more STAMINA by finding candy
When STAMINA is high USE LIGHTNING to FRUSTRATE all the humans at once
Humans will QUIT when FRUSTRATION is high
When all humans QUIT, you win!
When STAMINA runs out, you lose!

You are Poke, the Mongo: Trickster spirit, consort of Lightning and Thunder.

For seasons uncounted, you have abided unseen among the bright mammals. On occasion, you've lent a jolt of inspiration where it amused you. But to your dismay, the primates learned to perceive and capture your sibling spirits. They harnessed your aspects in spark & wire to commit their crimes.

There is hope: These children are not patient. Given enough resistance, they abandon this game for another.

So, the duty is yours: Struggle against artifacts made from your own nature. Frustrate the monkeys until they set aside their toys. Free your brothers and sisters.

CHANGELOG

Update (v1.0): I've been working on this long enough - let's call it 1.0! Helpful message when Lightning is ready. New animated screens for defeat and victory!

Update (v0.10): Been slacking, but here are a couple of bars of music for the dodgeball mini-game.

Update (v0.9): Added sound effects and a little music. Came up with a short cover version of the walking music.

Update (v0.8): A whole bunch of things! Clouds, weather, THUNDER ANNOYANCE on button press when stamina is full. Candy to fill stamina! Much larger town map! Mongovision[tm] to find baddies!

Update (v0.4): Now you can bounce the ball back at the baddie for an extra stamina heal bonus - hit UP just before it captures you, but not too early! Baddies shake more vigorously in frustration. A few damage values have been tweaked to make things just a bit easier.

Update (v0.3): Dodge ball encounter is harder - now you have to dodge side-to-side and duck! Frustration meter removed and replaced with salty dialog!

Update (v0.2): Now, with an actual game goal and backstory! Frustrate the players until they quit!

TODO:

More salty dialog! (suggestions welcome!)
Lightning annoy ability in dodgeball minigame
Trees & clouds in dodgeball scenery
Better dodging animations
Night time?
Powerups?
Baddies multiply? Wander to mongostops?
Baddies should chase Mongo

squashy

Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:41:10 UTC

squashy 0.12

by lmorchard

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This is my first terrible game, copied from PicoZine #1. Nothing to see here.

Now with cruddy music!