kirbofan [Lexaloffle Blog Feed]

space thingy

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:01:47 UTC

hey, i found an old project of mine, i think i should probably remake it. (or just fix it up and such, you decide!)

famifikuro

by kirbofan

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controls:
    when out of menu:
        o: jump
        x: use/place held item (or use currently targeted block)
        </>: move
        ^/v: target up/down
        v: make < and > scroll the hotbar
    when in chest (the green ones):
        o: exit (and jump)
        x: move 1 item
        </>: change selection
        v: select from hotbar (hold)
        take the chest item: collect the chest
    when in crafting table (the red ones):
        o: exit (and jump)
        x: craft 1 item/one of the recipe
        </>: select
        ^/v: useless for some reason
        craft the crafting table item: collect the table

block descriptions:
    blue ore: used to make drills & platforms
    red ore: also used for drills, can be used for crafting table
    yellow thing: selling area, use most items to sell them for useless money.
(if i expanded this game this would probably be a whole shop area rather than a single block)
    red thing: crafting table
    blue thing: ship controls, if you have a pink ore in the pink ore holder, it uses it up to take you to a new asteroid.
    green thing: chest
    gravel: falls, should not crush you but very buggy
    stone: virtually useless, you can sell it or build with it i guess.  

item descriptions:
    gold & red/blue pointy thing: drill
    gold & blue upward pointy thing: teleporter, point up and use to travel between asteroid and ship.

a birthday card for my sister :)

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:17:33 UTC

p_bday_2022

by kirbofan

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3x3 font

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:03:54 UTC

3x3 font

by kirbofan

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oh woe is me, my letters are large and my text is readable...
but what if...

introducing the

THREE PX FONT!

that's right! you too could have a handy dandy function for drawing
compact text that fits perfectly on the screen, unlike pico-8's 3*5 font,
which is 32 by 12.33333333...

gross! get that recurring fraction out of here! all i need is 32 chars
by 32 chars!

for the low low cost of however many sprites you are willing to sacrifice,
and however many tokens this thing is, you too can have a pleasant print
the fits (screen wise) anywhere!

just take the following stuff (its customisable, so the character set can be
whittled or widened for whatever you're up to.

free of charge, there is another function (made by yours truly) that
allows you away to use spr() on any sprite scale, but if you don't need it
it can be probably squished into there? i don't know.

anyway, i'm done. its the worlds problem now!

	[0x0]

prid={x=0,y=0}
local fontd=" 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz()[]{},=-+*/.#_!:'?"
getlet={}
for i,c in pairs(split(fontd,"")) do
 getlet["c"..c]=i
end

function pri(st,x,y,c1,c2)
 st=tostr(st)
 if(c2)pal(7,c1)pal(6,c2)
 x=x or prid.x
 y=y or prid.y
 local ix=x
 for ch=1,#st do
  if sub(st,ch,ch)==" " then
   x+=4
  elseif sub(st,ch,ch)=="𝘯" then
   x=ix
   y+=4
  else
   scspr(
   (getlet["c"..sub(st,ch,ch)] or 0)-2,
   x,y,3,3)
   x+=4
  end
 end
 prid.x,prid.y=ix,y+4
end

--regular sprite function but you
--choose how wide each sprite is
function scspr(i,x,y,w,h)
 sspr(i%(128\w)*w,i\(128\h)*h,w,h,x,y)
end

Ideas

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 20:01:06 UTC

Poke values to change the width of various things, such as:
how wide the map is interpreted as
(poking 32 will make each row be split into 4 rows, below each-other)
sprite width+height
(pretend that PICO-8 has built in ?? sprites)
(so you can have 512 addressable sprites at 48,
but the map editor can only have the first 256, due to data reasons)

like fillp(), these would effect the editor.

These would just effect how data is read, not give you more or less (besides leftovers in the sprite memory)

Of course, this would be limited, but you could have one continuous line of map tiles, with no Y axis, or a 8 wide pillar, or anything in between.

Thanks for your time!

Infinite storage?

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:15:14 UTC

spajukuro

by kirbofan

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made this little test and while you can only set one
cartdata address you can use run() to do it again with breadcrumbs
and such. this is both a stupid way to store data and the biggest
brain way possible. does anyone think this is a bug?

help

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:18:26 UTC

how do i target nonlinear values in a table in loops?

values={
 v1=1,
 v2=2,
 v3=3
}

yes i know about

pairs(tbl)

but i don't know how to use it in this context.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

Question/suggestion

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 06:40:20 UTC

with devkit, storing data in multicarts, and all that, would it make sense for the PICO-8 editor to be rebuilt in PICO-8 itself, as an open source program? if this was done then people could make their own tweaks after copying it, adding whatever useful tweaks they want to the built in thing? its like the ultimate in customisablity, and we'd see all of these cool variants of the tools. plus it would make PICO-8 feel more self contained as people wouldn't resort to external editors. (Want an editor feature? make it yourself! wouldn't that be cool?)
could totally work here.
i personally see the editor as a built in thing as opposed to some external development thing.

so, thoughts?

museum

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:31:48 UTC

museum

by kirbofan

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welcome to the museum!
we need people to create:
16x16 artworks (preferably with descriptions),
characters (one default 8x8 sprite, one shadowed sprite),
sign texts (use | for newline),
and self contained (preferably) one function programs that:
-avoid camera and clip
-use a 64*64 area
-use only arrow keys (or no keys)
-use a return with a 1-2 line display text (|=newline) (include your credits)
-and no (or maybe 1-3) sprites

versions:

signs:
3/32
10: @kirbofan

pictures:
13/32
10: @kirbofan
3: @Munchkin

programs/games:
6/32
6: @kirbofan

characters:
10/???
7: @kirbofan
1: @SmellyFishstiks
2: @Munchkin

moved to carts as colab tag is barren.
ah well

Z order style queue function!

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:54:28 UTC

have you ever wanted to do z ordering, but without careful programming practices?

well i have the product for you!

introducing: the queue() and drawq() functions!

usage:

queue(--[[any function (spr, rect, pal, anything)]],{--[[array of parameters]]},--[[order index]])
use this to put things in the queue.

drawq()
no parameters here! it just bubble sorts --[[oh god]] the functions and calls them in that order,
meaning that --[[for example]], spr calls with the y pos passed as an index, will be stacked like real things, and no more characters standing on each others heads!

q={}
run this to clear the queue. this is the var which i used for queues. this is not perfect, but improvements are left as an exercise for the reader. --please post them, as i know i could do better.

anyway, the script:

function queue(f,p,o)
 add(q,{f,p,o})
end

function drawq() --improvements by @packrat!
 repeat
  local swp=true
  for l=1,#q-1 do
   if q[l][3]>q[l+1][3] then
    q[l+1],q[l]=q[l],q[l+1]
    swp=false
   end
  end
 until swp
 for d in all(q) do
  d[1](unpack(d[2]))
 end
end

here's a little example!

queuedemo

by kirbofan

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straw_ey

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:59:10 UTC

straw_ey

by kirbofan

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it's STRAW-EY!

the straw you can't ignore!
not appreciating him would be quite the short straw!
one straw that doesn't suck! -- by @NaeD
Straw yourself in for this cinematic-experience! -- by @SmellyFishstiks
I think it’s ex-STRAW-ordinary!! -- by @NaeD
This is the last straw. --@chungus_is_gay
if I see any pore straw puns, i'm gonna straw-ngle myself. --@chungus_is_gay
there are probably other straw puns please help

he doesn't do anything much yet, but he looks cool i guess.
use any code, or the math func lib i made by myself on tab 3.

thanks to the creator of this thick line func:
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=39016

feel free to modify (with credit) or suggest changes!

have fun!

perfection2

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 18:54:58 UTC

the full bee movie script.
these two carts link, but not on the BBS.

is this still funny?
i swear it is.

perfection1

by kirbofan

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perfection2

by kirbofan

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enjoy this stupid, stupid thing.

21 squid

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:42:14 UTC

21 squid!

squid21

by kirbofan

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a lovely squid game with 3d, and too many yellows,blues,oranges and greens.

drewbirthday

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 06:03:29 UTC

drewbirthday

by kirbofan

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happy birthday!

have fun!

broabday

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 20:29:32 UTC

broabday

by kirbofan

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hi dad!
look at me go with a card, made just in time!
anyhoo...

Controls:

(O)/Z: Speed up
(<) : Jump to previous marker
(>) : Jump to next marker

ENJOY

baba_is_you

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:23:46 UTC

baba_is_you

by kirbofan

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a tiny baba clone!

fathersday

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 06:57:54 UTC

fathersday

by kirbofan

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HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

i made a playable birthday card,
i hope you like it dad!

kirbologo

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:42:58 UTC

kirbologo

by kirbofan

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wow, a logo?
its now going to probably be included in things i make, like geepo!

islandmaker

Sun, 14 Jun 2020 14:19:32 UTC

islandmaker

by kirbofan

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make an island by driving, then i guess just drive on it?
it looks cool, and i think that's the most important point here.
have fun, and feel free to look at it, or steal it,
but tell everyone that you did.

spirographmaker

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 19:22:56 UTC

spirographmaker

by kirbofan

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Ever wanted to make a spirograph style thing?
I guess this works. 8 settings in a fancy menu!
The options:

jaksbday

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 16:16:55 UTC

jaksbday

by kirbofan

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happy birthday jaks!

from chip