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Pico Dictator 1.01

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:34:39 UTC

Pico Dictator 1.01

by Toddl

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Ok, here's the bug fixed version 1.01 of Pico Dictator.

This is a pico-8 demake of one of my childhood memories, the turn based strategy game "DICTATOR" for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

I didn't recreate it 100% but instead tried to recreate the look and feel of the game (I added some more graphics etc). The internal engine for the game rules though should be nearly identical.

In DICTATOR you are the ruler of the African banana republic Ritimba and you need keep the different factions of the country - the army, the peasants and the landowners - happy while working tightly together with your secret police. Other parties you need to manage are the guerillas, the neighbor Leftoto, the Russians and the Americans.
Try to grab as much money as you can and stay alive as long as you are able to.

The complete manual of the game is down below in the comments.

See here for more info about the original game:
URL world of spectrum info

See here for a video of the game:

This is the C source code I based my version on:
URL github repo of c version

I initially converted it to an iPhone app called LowRes coder in BASIC and then converted the BASIC code semi automatically to pico-8 - that's why the code doesn't look very lua-like...

And I had to ditch the comments so that I came below the compressed limit of 15360 chars.
(I had to replace my color constants also...)

Have fun!

PS: To be honest - I haven't tested it very deeply - so it could be that there are still some errors - feedback appreciated!

PPS:
Here are the original instructions: https://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-info/d/Dictator.txt

All timestamps are broken in the forum

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:10:32 UTC

All timestamps in the forum
are shown as "NaN years ago".
Am I the only one to experience this issue?

Pico Dictator 1.00

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 19:58:45 UTC

pico_dictator

by Toddl

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pico dictator 1.00

This is a pico-8 demake of one of my childhood memories, the turn based strategy game "DICTATOR" for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

I didn't recreate it 100% but instead tried to recreate the look and feel of the game (I added some more graphics etc). The internal engine for the game rules though should be nearly identical.

The complete manual of the game is down below in the comments.

See here for more info about the original game:
URL world of spectrum info

See here for a video of the game:

This is the C source code I based my version on:
URL github repo of c version

I initially converted it to an iPhone app called LowRes coder in BASIC and then converted the BASIC code semi automatically to pico-8 - that's why the code doesn't look very lua-like...

And I had to ditch the comments so that I came below the compressed limit of 15360 chars.
(I had to replace my color constants also...)

Have fun!

PS: To be honest - I haven't tested it very deeply - so it could be that there are still some errors - feedback appreciated!

3D Dots 2

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:07:02 UTC

Just wait a bit until the demo toggles the morphing to all objects.

threeddots2

by Toddl

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A Tribute to M.U.L.E.

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:34:05 UTC

A Tribute to M.U.L.E.

by Toddl

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I converted an older LowRes Coder program to PICO-8.

It's a tribute to one of the most clever 8 bit games ever made: M.U.L.E.

3D dots

Wed, 22 May 2019 05:56:36 UTC

Here's the shortened tweet version:

b=0k=128
s=sin
c=cos::::cb=c(b)sb=s(b)q=5+sb1.8
b+=.007srand(0)cls()for i=1,500 do
f=-1+rnd(2)r=sqrt(1-ff)p=rnd(1)d=rc(p)y=rs(p)x=dcb-fsb
z=dsb+fcb
e=y
f=z
y=ecb-fsb
z=esb+fcb
g=7-(z+.5)x=q(x+sb.4)y=q(y+s(b1.5).4)z=zq-20pset(x/zk+64,y/zk+64,g)end
flip()goto

https://twitter.com/DrewesThorsten/status/1130513256097955841

td_3ddots

by Toddl

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