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calendar

Thu, 01 May 2025 07:27:01 UTC

Sugarflower's Calendar

I once made a calendar that displays on a console as a school assignment.
I figured it might come in handy, so I’m sharing it here.
Feel free to tweak and use it however you like!
Since it doesn’t rely on an API, it can always display the correct calendar—even when online

overview

A purely calculated calendar.
It is not dependent on API behavior.
Can be used as a widget.

control

Left and Right to move the month.
Down to move to today.
x to enable/disable background transparency.
z to switch to Sunday start/Monday start

update

0.0.3: Available for Monday starts.
0.0.2: Improved visibility when background is transparent using p8SCII

bayer_trans

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 05:43:03 UTC

bayer_trans

by sugarflower

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When you drop a PNG image, it will be converted to a picotron palette and copied to the clipboard.
It is not optimized, so it may take some time. Also, it does not seem to work on the web.

update

The progress of the process is now displayed.(0.0.2)

headphonegirl_wallpaper

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:52:16 UTC

headphonegirl_wallpaper

by sugarflower

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A wallpaper of a girl wearing headphones that relates to the desktop theme.

In this way, the color scheme and background pattern change according to the theme.

change

Fixed: Background color was not reflected

findbbs

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:34:45 UTC

findbbs

by sugarflower

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I found it difficult to find a specific Cart from bbs://.
So I tried making a tool that can find Carts from bbs:// using part of the name.

Use it in the terminal screen as follows. (Of course, the execution path needs to be set, so it's best to run it in the directory where findbbs.p64.png exists.)

> findbbs pico

I'm sure there will be plenty of ideas to make it more convenient in the future, such as adding a GUI :p

savepalette (for Aseprite)

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 07:25:00 UTC

savepalette

by sugarflower

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This cart reads the palette from memory and exports the aseprite palette file(.gpl).
Note: It does not work on BBS.

The exported gpl file contains metadata at the beginning for use with Picotron, so it cannot be directly read by Aseprite. Please delete the first line with an appropriate editor and save the file.

Yes! this one line.

Next, open the palette folder in Aseprite using 'Open Folder,' then copy the edited gpl file into the folder. You will then be able to use the Picotron palette (and you will also need to restart Aseprite).

"You can now successfully use the Picotron palette :D

debug print

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:40:12 UTC

While creating a program that uses Lua tables, I found it troublesome to check values, so I created this.
It is convenient to save it with a name such as dprt.lua and use it by including it.

--If you no longer need the debug display, you can disable it all together 
--by changing DEBUG_FLG to false.
--Also, if you want to display it on the host, set DEBUG_TO_HOST to true
DEBUG_FLG = true
DEBUG_TO_HOST = true

function dprt(v)
	local function dbg(v)
		local buf, t, i = "", type(v), 0
		if t == "table" then
			buf = "table{"
			for i in pairs(v) do
				if v[i] != nil then
					buf = string.format("%s \n\t%s: %s", buf, i,dbg(v[i]))
				end
			end
			buf = string.format("%s \n},", buf)
		elseif t == "userdata" then
			buf = "userdata{"
			for i=0,#v-1 do
				buf = string.format("%s %s: %s", buf, i, dbg(v[i]))
			end
			buf = string.format("%s \n},", buf)
		elseif t == "number" then
			buf = string.format("%s,", v)
		elseif t == "string" then
			buf = string.format("'%s',", v)
		elseif t == "boolean" then
			if v then
				buf = "true,"
			else
				buf = "false,"
			end
		elseif t == "function" then
			buf = "function{"
			local info = debug.getinfo(v)
			for i in pairs(info) do
				buf = string.format("%s, %s: %s", buf, i, info[i])
			end
			buf = string.format("%s },", buf)
		elseif t == "nil" then
			buf = "nil,"
		end 
		return buf
	end
	if DEBUG_FLG != true then return "" end
	if DEBUG_TO_HOST == true then printh(dbg(v)) else print(dbg(v)) end
end

For example, you can use it like this:

on_event("mouse", function(msg)
    dprt(msg)
end)

internettime

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 07:55:35 UTC

internettime

by sugarflower

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I've loved Internet Time ever since I first learned about it in the 1990s.
I'd love to be able to make my own wristwatch like .beat in the future, but for now I'm content with having it run on my beloved picotron.

update

Reduced screen updates and CPU load.
Utilized GUI functions to make it behave like a widget.

touch control for mobile phone

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:25:55 UTC

Thanks to HTML export, it's now possible to run picotron cartridges on a mobile phone.
However, at present the DPAD isn't displayed, and touch operations are replaced by mouse movements, making operation very uncomfortable.

So I wrote the following code to simulate touch operations.
This also led me to notice some strange behavior, but that's another story.

I'd be happy if the picotron itself could support touch operations in the future.

function _init()
	window{cursor=0} -- Hide the mouse cursor
	tch = touch.new() -- Initializing the touch structure
end

function _draw()
	-- Touch Structure Update. This is necessary to determine touch.
	tch:check() 

	--[[
	*** Wait until it truly becomes the initial state ***

	Since _init cannot fully initialize, it waits for time to pass in the main program.
	It seems that the time t() stops in _init, and the mouse position does not change. 
	It seems that time progresses entirely within _draw(_update).

	This is to prevent unnecessary tap events from occurring because a touch is 
	determined by moving the position of the mouse cursor, and the initial position of 
	the mouse cannot be obtained correctly.

	There may be a way to avoid this using memory manipulation, etc. 
	This decision statement is clearly a waste of processing.
	--]]
	if t() < 0.2 then return end

	-- Processes when it is determined that a touch has occurred.
	if tch.tap then
		splatter(tch.x, tch.y)
	end
end

--[[
It's not used within the program, but is useful 
for making the mouse cursor visible again.
--]]
function rst()
	cls()
	window { cursor=1 }
end

--[[
Creates an ink splatter effect.
This is just to make the examples a bit more interesting. Have fun!
--]]
function splatter(x, y)
	local col = flr(rnd(31)+1)
	local mdist = rnd(20)+10
	for i=0,mdist do
		local ang = rnd(1)
		local dist = rnd(mdist)
		local rad = rnd(mdist-dist)
		local xx = dist * cos(ang) + x
		local yy = dist * sin(ang) + y
		circfill(xx, yy, rad, col)
	end
end

--[[
Touch Structure
This determines if a tap has been performed by touch 
operation when the mouse cursor is moved.
--]]
touch = {}
touch.new = function()
	local x, y, _ = mouse()
	local obj = {}
	obj.x = 0
	obj.y = 0
	obj.tap = false
	obj.check = function(self)
		local x, y, _ = mouse()
		if self.tap == false and (x != self.x or y != self.y) then
			self.x = x
			self.y = y
			self.tap = true
		else
			self.tap = false
		end
	end
	return obj
end

Japanese 'MISAKI' font

Sat, 21 Sep 2024 17:18:35 UTC

misakitest

by sugarflower

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I've put together a way to use the MISAKI font (https://littlelimit.net/misaki.htm) to display Japanese on picotoron.

Currently, only simple functions have been implemented, so there is still a lot to do before it can be used in practical use.

I can't keep up with the work by myself, so I decided to release it here so that it can be used partially. Basically, I think it's fine if you use it freely. (I would appreciate feedback as well.)

*You will need to know the kuten code to display it, but there is a lot of useful information on the Internet about this.

update 250121 - I've cleaned up the code a bit, and made the example code a bit friendlier.

chipeight

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:54:49 UTC

A virtual computer that runs on a fantasy console. I find this very interesting, so I've made it work for now.

chipeight

by sugarflower

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Key assignments

[1][2][3][4]
[q][w][e][r]
[a][s][d][f]
[z][x][c][v]

These can also be changed in key.lua if necessary.

0.0.1b

Minor bug fixes
Modified to load ROMs as external pod files by drag and drop (Thank you pancelor!)
Change display from full screen to windowed (to drop the ROM)

How to create a "rom" pod.

store(filepath, userdata("u8", bytelength, romdata))

Specifically, it looks like this.

store("/logo.pod", userdata("u8", 132, "00e0a22a600c6108d01f7009a239d01fa2487008d01f7004a257d01f7008a266d01f7008a275d01f1228ff00ff003c003c003c003c00ff00ffff00ff0038003f003f003800ff00ff8000e000e00080008000e000e00080f800fc003e003f003b003900f800f8030007000f00bf00fb00f300e30043e505e2008507810180028007e106e7"))

Handling floating point binary numbers (experimental)

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:33:24 UTC

f32b_test

by sugarflower

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Operation cannot be confirmed online.

If you want to store floating point values in user data (or POD storage), currently using floats in user data or memmaps will not give good results.

My guess is that using floats in user data will be treated as standard in the future.

This program, f32b.lua, is included, and main.lua contains a simple usage example.
It is very experimental, but may be useful in some way.
It may also be possible to improve it and achieve more.
I don't think f32b.lua is fully optimized, but someone could perfect it.

The usage is as follows (contents of main.lua):

include "f32b.lua"

--[[
*** If you store it in user data.

f32b.lua uses "u8" for user data. Each floating point value uses 4 bytes.
In other words, if you want to save two values, create it as userdata("u8", 8).
--]]
mydata = userdata("u8", 8)

-- To set a value for user data, do this:
set_value(mydata, 0, -123.45)
set_value(mydata, 1, 100.0)

-- To extract it from the user data:
print(get_value(mydata, 0))
print(get_value(mydata, 1))

--[[
32b.lua is not for user data.
Use this if you want to create pure floating point binaries.
--]]
v = pack(d2b(3.1415))
binary = string.format("%08x", v)
print(binary)

-- To revert back to the original value:
print(b2d(unpack(v)))

-- An unpacked value is a 4-byte table.
data = d2b(123.45)
for i=1,4 do
	print(data[i])
end

Feel free to modify it to make it easier for you. :)

Choose a map by its name and use it.

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 04:54:18 UTC

function sel_layer(name)
	local m = fetch("map/0.map")
	local map_no = 0
	for i in pairs(m) do
		if m[i].name == name then
			map_no = i
			break
		end
	end
	if map_no != 0 then
		memmap(m[map_no].bmp, 0x100000)
	else
		error("There is no map data named '" .. name .. "'")
	end
end

I have saved the aforementioned code as a file named 'layer.lua'.
By utilizing this code, we can load specific map layers based on their assigned names.

To illustrate, imagine a map with a layer configuration as depicted in the following image.

include "layer.lua"

function _draw()
	sel_layer("sky")
	map(0, 0)

	sel_layer("house")
	map(0, 0)

	sel_layer("tree")
	map(0, 0)
end

maze wallpaper

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:59:39 UTC

zamuwawaje

by sugarflower

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There were problems with /ram/shared/theme.pod not being able to be loaded on the web, but by providing default values it now works on the web.
No changes to functionality

trackercmd

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:30:25 UTC

trackercmd

by sugarflower

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Since I have a hard time remembering tracker commands, I made this.

changes

The frequency of screen updates has been reduced to reduce the load.
Following the example of Owl and others, we have adopted a GUI, which gives it a widget-like behavior.
update commands
Behavior changes for 0.1.1e

bytebeat

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:51:23 UTC

zamarazida

by sugarflower

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This is Bytebeat that uses PCM function.

punkt

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:18:48 UTC

punkt

by sugarflower

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I ported my favorite game for Gamebuino.
It's simple but very nice.

The original punkt is here.

Note: This game is not a complete port of the original punkt.

pico tone

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:35:48 UTC

Although it is still a prototype, I have created a toy that dynamically generates sounds using PCM functions :) I am thinking about how to make this even more interesting.

zazaharudo

by sugarflower

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functionlist

Mon, 13 May 2024 17:08:45 UTC

functionlist

by sugarflower

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This was created to create an instruction list.
It will be useful to use spreadsheet software (such as Excel) to understand the whole.

The execution results are copied to the clipboard.
I also tried to get as much information as possible. This will help you find the location of code that references system/lib.

update

Fixed an issue where not all elements were being processed.

characterlist

Mon, 13 May 2024 17:04:22 UTC

characterlist_2

by sugarflower

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In the future I'm thinking of running this in a tool tray.
This is not easy to use in terms of area unless you consider the layout.

0.0.2: Simple fix to reduce unnecessary code.
0.0.3: Selected characters are now copied to the clipboard for reuse.

milkiecolour wallpaper

Sat, 11 May 2024 09:16:11 UTC

milkiecolour wallpaper

by sugarflower

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I tried to make it :D

0.1.1 Fixed to prevent unnecessary drawing.