rikimbo [Lexaloffle Blog Feed]https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?uid=46791 Pico Joust 2600 <p> <table><tr><td> <a href="/bbs/?pid=123573#p"> <img src="/bbs/thumbs/pico8_pico_joust_2600-7.png" style="height:256px"></a> </td><td width=10></td><td valign=top> <a href="/bbs/?pid=123573#p"> Pico Joust 2600 v1.7</a><br><br> by <a href="/bbs/?uid=46791"> rikimbo</a> <br><br><br> <a href="/bbs/?pid=123573#p"> [Click to Play]</a> </td></tr></table> </p> <p>Port of Joust for the Atari 2600 (which in turn is a port of the arcade version). Reasonably faithful to the Atari 2600 version but adapted for the Pico-8 screen, colours and sprite size, with some added particle effects. </p> <p>Additional enhancements (available in options):</p> <ul> <li>Zen Mode: Play forever without game over (allows lives to be negative).</li> <li>Turbo Flap: Pressing and holding X repeatedly flaps (like a turbo button).</li> <li>Players: Switch between 1 or 2 players.</li> <li>Co-op Mode: If enabled, players cannot unseat each other (they bounce instead). Pressing O will pass a life to the other player (this can be done at any time).</li> <li>Eggs Fall: Make eggs obey gravity like they do in other Joust versions (they can also fall into the lava).</li> </ul> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=50964 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=50964 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 02:28:50 UTC Evan the Astronaut 2 <p> <table><tr><td> <a href="/bbs/?pid=102851#p"> <img src="/bbs/thumbs/pico8_evan_the_astronaut_2-4.png" style="height:256px"></a> </td><td width=10></td><td valign=top> <a href="/bbs/?pid=102851#p"> evan_the_astronaut_2</a><br><br> by <a href="/bbs/?uid=46791"> rikimbo</a> <br><br><br> <a href="/bbs/?pid=102851#p"> [Click to Play]</a> </td></tr></table> </p> <p>A game where you fly around and collect planets (and comets, if you can catch them). My target audience is mostly my 3-year old son, who also liked the original <a href="https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=42341">Evan the Astronaut</a>. This cart started from the <a href="https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-8-gamedev-2-stars-space-tutorial/2455">Stars &amp; Space tutorial</a> by Liquidream. </p> <p>Originally the controls were relative (left/right buttons to turn, like Asteroids), but my son had trouble figuring that out. I switched to cardinal directions by default. I find the latter more intuitive on a controller, but prefer the relative controls on keyboard. It can be changed in the options.</p> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=45718 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=45718 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:31:47 UTC