Munro [Lexaloffle Blog Feed]

Libryinth

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:13:45 UTC

The DARK LORD's dungeon denizens are hungry: for KNOWLEDGE.

Maintain a vast collection of books and fulfill your ghoulish patrons' requests in this tiny library simulator!

Dear Head Librarian,

Thou art aware thine predecessor hath failed me. 

For neglecting mine minions and placing mine library in disorder, 
they have been cast into the deep mines.

Thou art henceforth bound to serve unflaggingly, lest thou meet a similar fate.

- The DARK LORD (your boss)

How to Play

Requests

Patrons at the counter will request a book by its Title, Author, Subject, or Call Number.

(Optional) Retrieve a card from the catalog Drawers to aid with finding the requested book.

There are three sets of catalog cards, organized Title, Author, and Call Number respectively.

Navigate to the corresponding bookcase and retrieve the book.

Return to the counter to hand the book to the patron.

Help 15 patrons and the DARK LORD will be pleased enough to give you a break (win game).

Returns

Some patrons at the counter will be returning a book.

Use the book's Call Number to return it to the correct bookcase.

Keep the library and its bookcases organized or face:

The Blue Wall of Death

The DARK LORD has installed a state-of-the-art magical barrier to keep the library perpetually organized. The barrier activates when an out-of-order book is detected and plays a helpful alarm.

To disable the barrier, reshelve the offending book to the correct location. See below for how to interpret Call Numbers.

Call Numbers

[Aisle][Bookcase][Letter Code]

Example: 12f
Domain: Nature (Directory located at the start of the shelves)
Section: Bestiaries (Directory located at the end of each aisle)
Letter Code: F
Directions: Go to the aisle labeled 10a-14z, then the bookcase labeled 12a-z. Bookcases are organized alphabetically by letter code. 12f would come after 12e and before 12g.

Credits

Game and art by Munro
Music by Gruber (Vol 1 and Vol 2)

Made for LOWREZJAM 2025

gui.lua: Hiding a Button on Click Throws an Error

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:16:12 UTC

gui = create_gui()

gui:attach_button{
	label="Press Me",
	x=0,y=0,w=64,h=64,
	click=function(self)self.hidden=true end
}

function _update()
	gui:update_all()
end

function _draw()
	gui:draw_all()
end

Hiding a button throws an error at line 959 due to el being null. The if statement checks for dragging_el but does not check for el, which has become null due to become hidden on line 833.

I propose a check for el check on line 953 so an error is not thrown.

I understand that tap can be used instead and this avoids the issue, but wanted to mention as seems common enough implementation.

UFO: Scorpion's Curse

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:48:08 UTC

UFO: Scorpion's Curse

by Munro

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UFO: Scorpion's Curse

As you were surveying the hairless ape's mega-structure in your spacecraft the way out was sealed shut! Now trapped, find a way out so you can return home to Mars!

Controls

Arrow keys to move.
X to abduct something (grab) or drop current object.
Enter to bring up pause menu
Continue to resume game.
Last Checkpoint to restart at the last checkpoint, resetting all rooms.
Reset Cart to reload the game.

Credits

Code and Art Edits: Munro Hoberman (Twitter)
Level Design: Lionel Miele-Herndon (Twitter)
Music: John McKinnon (Youtube)
Original Assets: Kenney (1-bit Platformer, 1-bit Pack)

Made for #kenneyjam and Mini Jam 61: Egypt in a weekend!

9 TweetTweetJam Games in 1

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:59:21 UTC

9 TweetTweetJam Games in 1

by Munro

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Nine tweettweetjam5 entries in one cartridge!

VULF 3D
- Explore a maze a first person raycast game!
There be Treasure!
- Use triangulation to find the treasure!
PADAR
- Defend yourself from incoming bogeys!
Big Donut
- Become the donut magnate in this idle clicker!
Diskette
- Dodge the disks, get that high score, don't bleed out on the floor!
Go
- 2500+ year old board game in 560 chars!
Blitzar
- Sixteen hundred stars to explore in this space sim!
Dither Wars
- Color wars strategy game using mode7!
Pay-Co Model 560
- Crack the virtually uncrackable in this rhythm lockpicking game!

CTRL-R to return to menu.

Store Galore

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 04:12:42 UTC

Store Galore

by Munro

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STORE GALORE

Manage your very own tiny shop! Meet new people and sell them stuff! Move around furniture! Listen to the best shop music! And pay off your giant loan!

Controls

⬆️⬇️ ⬅️➡️(Arrow keys) to move and interact with objects
Circle button (Z or C on keyboard) to cycle through what your carrying
Hold X and a Direction to grab furniture or decline customers

Latest Changes

0.1.9
- Created a save system.
- Added a menuitem to save game.
- Added a menuitem to restart the day.
- Added the option to restart the day from the lose screen.
- Fixed loan payments going into the negative.
- Note there is a 12 item save limit for the player.

Full Changelog

Credits

Code and Art: Munro Hoberman (Twitter)

Music: John McKinnon (Youtube)

Thanks to testers: @onygox.

Made in two weeks for #LOWREZJAM2020. Theme is Life as an NPC.

Itch.io Version

Munro's Tweetcarts

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 05:25:12 UTC

Munro's Tweetcarts

by Munro

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All my tweetcarts in one cart, accessible from a unified menu. Will update as I create more.

Menu Controls:

Up and down to navigate menu
X/Z to hide the menu
To show the menu do any of the following:
- Press Tab
- Enter and select Reset Cart
- Ctrl-R for quick reset.

What is a Tweetcart?

Tweetcarts are Pico-8 programs written in 280 chars or less (the size of a tweet!).

For example, Eclipse is just this code snippet:

circfill(63,63,10,0)pal({129,1,130,2,136,8},1)::_::circ(63,63,10,7)x,y=rnd(128),rnd(128)a=atan2(x-63,y-63)c=pget(x,y)if c!=0then
c=rnd()>.9and c-1or c
pset(x+cos(a),y+sin(a),c)end
goto _

Since their so small (even by Pico-8 standards) it's possible to fit them all in a single cart!

Special Thanks

Michał Rostocki for their amazing tweets and a bevy of techniques.
Marta Fijak for their lovely tweetcart tutorial series and tweetcarts.
Zep for creating this wondrous artform.

Updates

0.0.5 Made screen flips work with menu. Fixed issue with Rorsach. Fixed Burning goto _. Added more carts.
0.0.4 Fixed bug with menu dset
0.0.3 Ability see the carts while still on the menu. Added even more carts.
0.0.2 Added a couple of carts, made menu prettier.
0.0.1 Initial Version with most existing carts.

Pasting and New Tab Crashing

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 22:28:07 UTC

Pico-8 occasionally seems to forget to select a new line if you've copied something and then create a new tab. Because there is no line selected, pasting seems to crash it

Most of the time a new line is selected after creating and switching to a tab, but occasionally it doesn't. I was able to reproduce although unsure if there's another step (may have to do with switch tabs or alt tabbing).

Sand Game

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:26:22 UTC

Sand Game

by Munro

[Click to Play]

12 player dinosaur jumper

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:25:26 UTC

12 player dinosaur jumper

by Munro

[Click to Play]

massively multiplayer one button local game. each player has one key to press!

TAFL

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 17:36:25 UTC

TAFL

by Munro

[Click to Play]

Controls

Arrow keys to move cursor
Z to select a piece and for confirm moving
X to deselect a piece

Rules

Pieces move like rooks (four directions, infinite distance).
Pieces are captured when sandwiched between two opposing pieces.
Corners and central tile can't be moved onto except for the King. They count as a opposing piece when capturing.

Winning

Attackers win if they can capture the King by having pieces/corners/board edges on all four of the king's side.
Defenders win if the king gets to any of the four corners.

ONU

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:43:55 UTC

ONU

by Munro

[Click to Play]

It's a card game.
Left/Right: select a card
Z/Up: play a card
X/Down: draw a card

Testing Fonts

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:21:10 UTC

zuwifamejo

by Munro

[Click to Play]

bbs version can show new chars. neat!

▮■□⁙⁘‖◀▶「」¥•、。゛゜
!"#$%&'()*+,-./
0123456789:;<=>?
@abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz[]^_
`abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz{|}~○
█▒🐱⬇️░✽●♥☉웃⌂⬅️😐♪🅾️◆
…➡️★⧗⬆️ˇ∧❎▤▥あいうえおか
きくけこさしすせそたちつてとなに
ぬねのはひふへほまみむめもやゆよ
らりるれろわをんっゃゅょアイウエ
オカキクケコサシスセソタチツテト
ナニヌネノハヒフヘホマミムメモヤ
ユヨラリルレロワヲンッャュョ◜◝

X Marks The Spot!

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 20:40:28 UTC

X Marks The Spot!

by Munro

[Click to Play]

Explore a bunch of squarish islands, dig up some treasure, leave your footprints!

Experimenting with noise map generation combined with auto-tiling.

Controls:
Arrow keys to move
Z to dig/skip map generator animation
X to show mini-map

Uses @Felice's Noise Map Generator.

Tilemap Viewer

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 03:40:05 UTC

Tilemap Viewer

by Munro

[Click to Play]

15 tilemaps each with their own little vignette. Includes island, space, castle walls, cactus, kraken, celtic, space 2, robot, wall, rainbow, wire, road, rail, and pipe.

Medieval Person Generator

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:14:28 UTC

Medieval Person Generator

by Munro

[Click to Play]

Generates a bunch of medieval people.

Spook or Sugar!

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 01:56:15 UTC

Spook or Sugar!

by Munro

[Click to Play]

Trick or treat through the underworld, spooking monsters into fleeing and looting their candy along the way!

Controls:

Up/down keys to navigate menus
Z or C to preform an action
X to back out of a menu
Stats:

Spook (white) - Character runs away if their spook gets too low. Chocolate recovers it.
Sugar (orange)- Used for powerful tricks. Gained through eating candy corn.
Made in a week for GBJam7.

Sushi Belt

Sat, 27 Jul 2019 19:17:40 UTC

Sushi Belt

by Munro

[Click to Play]

Make sushi and feed customers using the innovative technology of conveyor belts!

Controls:
-Arrow keys to move around the kitchen.
-Bump into counter space to pickup ingredients (red=fish, white=rice, green=seaweed).
-Find out recipes from the book in the lower right.
-Discard used plates and botched recipes in the lower left sink.
-🅾️ (Z or C) to drop an item on the floor.
-You can carry up to 3 items!

Sushi Crafting:
-Dishes are made by combining three ingredients on the makisu (sushi mat).
-Order does not matter!
-If you don't know the recipe, it will become poop which should be discarded.
-The game is played over a week, each day you learn a new recipe.

First Person "ASCII" Maze

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 04:15:26 UTC

First Person "ASCII"

by Munro

[Click to Play]

It's endless first person mazes in "ASCII". A-maze-ing!

Update 7/26/19:
Added dungeon generator code.

Countries of the World

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:52:03 UTC

Countries of the World

by Munro

[Click to Play]

197 country names and their beautifully stretched tiny square flags!