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Caverns of the Souleater

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:20:53 UTC

Caverns of the Souleater

Father told you these caverns hold a great treasure. But all you've found are endless tunnels and venomous snakes. As your torch burns low, you wonder if the gold was ever real. And why he didn't share this with your brother?!

Gameplay

Your goal is to escape these forsaken depths without being bitten by snakes. Torch should scare the snakes but once it wanes they will crawl to you and bit you. Unfortunately there's not much fuel in the torch so hurry up or put it off.

Use the arrow keys to move the character
Press Z to toggle torch
Contemplate the path you took
There are two endings, indicated by captions
Caverns corridors are always the same

About & Notes

Caverns of the Souleater was made for Pico-1k 2025 jam with particular requirement of game being compressed into at most 1kb. Uncompressed source along with comments is available here.

p8scii sound with speed 0 crashes pico on mac

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:19:34 UTC

executing ?"⁷s000" or ?"\as00" crashes PICO-8 v0.2.6b on Mac OS X

system:

Model: Macmini7,1, BootROM 478.0.0.0.0, 2 processors, Dual-Core Intel Core i5, 2,6 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.24f32
Graphics: Intel Iris, Intel Iris, Built-In
Display: Philips 236VL, 1920 x 1080 (1080p FHD - Full High Definition), Main, MirrorOff, Online
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4B3445364533303445452D45474345000000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4B3445364533303445452D45474345000000

Heat Signature

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:10:05 UTC

heatsignature

by rostok

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Heat signature

You hide behind the rubble and watch the kid, who listens for drones. Vigilant, focused, and obedient; not curious or joyful like kids used to be. Was it worth it, leaving a broken homeland? The border is close, just one more push. Just avoid the machines.

Gameplay

Your goal is to cross the border without being evaporated by killer drones. You’re safe as long as you remain hidden behind the buildings. Oh, and one more thing — there’s a kid, so 'you' is plural.

Use the arrow keys to move the character
Press Z to call the kid
Remove the plug to end the oppression
There are two endings, indicated by captions

Notes

Heat signature was made for Pico-1k 2024 jam with particular requirement of game being compressed into at most 1kb.

Uncompressed source along with comments is available here.

About me

I've been using PICO8 for couple of years but created mostly tweetcarts on Twitter. I am fascinated by idea of extrapolation of both visual effects from tiny code and context backstories from short description.