This is my first real attempt at making a PICO-8 game :) It's a simple infinite runner that borrows heavily from Spy Hunter. There's a lot more to add (sfx, music, bullets) but I'm happy with what I was able to achieve in half a day.
UPDATE 04/09/2016: Added a bunch of things, bullets, missiles and sfx :D
UPDATE 25/09/2016: Ammo limit, SCREEN SHAKE and moar
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Mega Tanks is a Scorched Earth clone for Pico-8, featuring random, deformable terrain generation, rubbish sound effects and turn-based play for 2-4 players.
Controls:
Z to shoot, hold down for increased power.
X to bring up the weapon selection, although right now all weapons are the same.
Left and right to move
Up to use your jets
*Down to move your aiming reticle.
The direction of rotation of the reticle is reversed every time you release the key, to stop players having to wait a whole cycle if they miss the angle they want slightly.
This is naturally unfinished but is mechanically complete. I intend to add more weapons over time :)
Small update: shells now collide with tanks :)
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UPDATE
Update:
Well I really thought I was going to just upload this and be done with it, but it turns out there were some low-cost, high-return changes I could make quickly that would immensely improve quality. So I did.
They are:
-Title screen is no longer just a hand written title, but in fact a super fancy title.
-New sound effects
-New ability (hold X) to slow time for a limited time. Collecting debris from asteroids powers up this ability.
-Old "level" system now counts as a score.
-Per @johanp's request, the smaller particles have significantly reduced screen time. This reduces clutter quite a bit
-Ship repair speed and damage resistance slightly increased to offset the fact that they were intended to be upgrade-able.
-Screen is now kept apart from UI with an added border for clarity
-Bullets and ship have little trails that follow them now. Cute.
I was hoping to add more art to the cover, as well as infinity more things, but I need to get started on a new project for September, so I'll probably just leave it here. Thanks for playing!
Old version:
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Hi guys,
A game I was working on :)
Zep, PICO-8 is amazing.
The game should be self-explanatory, and I hope you guys like it.
Dave
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Welcome to the ultimate collab experience, the Pico8-Collab16 Cart!
This is a "game jam" of sorts, to make a pico8 cart with sixteen (16) games in it by multiple developers!
We have a channel on the Pico8 discord for anyone who is looking for help or coordinate. Check out the #pico8-collab16 channel. Here is an invite: https://discord.gg/Dut34b3
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Directions for 9Hole, a golfing-platformer.
Controls:
Arrows to move
Button 3 (C or Z) to jump
Button 4 (X) to swing your club. Hold the button and release for a stronger swing!
When the ball is airborn:
- arrows to influence its movement (VERY important) - arrows have more effect after the ball has bounced off something
- press jump to return control to the player before the ball starts moving
Goal: Get the ball to the flag under par, then get yourself there in one piece!
Hello everyone,
I really, REALLY wanted to wrap this game up, but due to events in my personal life coming up I may not get a chance to finish this anytime soon. I really wanted to share what I have, so here is my first game, 9Hole!
It is heavily a work in progress, and it is missing:
-Sound
-levels
-all sorts of polish
I am really enjoying Pico-8, and it is a testament to the quality of the console that I was able to bang this out in a few free hours (I estimate I've played with Pico-8 about 10 hours total, from downloading to publishing).
One day soon, I hope to finish this. In the meantime, I could use your feedback!
I wanted to make a golf game that didn't involve a timing-based swing mechanic. There is some timing here, but the ball is really controlled well with the arrow keys. It can collect powerups, beat-up turtles, and bounce off springs! I was a little inspired by an old Itchy-and-Scratchy Gameboy game where you platformed and played minigolf. I think the golfing in my game is harder, but the platforming is very simple right now.
Thanks to everyone who has been fooling around here - I have been very inspired by everyone's creations!
-PaloBlanco
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Big shout out to jdan for Perspective Toy, on which the guts of the library is based on.
This library takes about ~300 tokens without the demo code. It provides a public line and a point drawing function.
Big thanks to jdan - this library is now under CC0.
Example usage:
function _init()
camera = cameralib.new()
end
function _draw()
camera:point( {0.5,0.5,0.5} )
camera:line( {1,1,1}, {-1,-1,-1} )
end
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This demo is obviously a bit more complicated :)
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Hey All! Pang is definitely my favourite arcade game, and so for my first ever game project, I figured I'd take a shot at replicating it. The result has been surprisingly good! Please check it out and leave feedback :)
The game is marked as WIP as I know of a couple of little bugs, and the 2 player mode has never been properly tested. Will update soon and incorporate any feedback that makes sense!
edit: removed disclaimer about 60fps limitations :)
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Will not work well on slow machines or in the web player.
I’m toying with both hi-color images (using 60Hz flickering) and data compression, this is my first attempt. The image size is 128×188.
The picture is of course a tribute to the Deluxe Paint series!
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My entry for Ludum Dare 36: Hieroglyph
Submission URL: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-36/?action=preview&uid=113445
Itch.io: http://avivbeeri.itch.io/hieroglyph
You have entered the temple of an ancient civilisation, and you must decode their hieroglyphics in order to uncover their secrets.
Thanks to previous research, you know that they have a 4 letter alphabet, and they modify the glyphs based on their period in time.
Controls:
(Press) Arrow keys - Enter glyph
(Hold) Z and X - Modifiers
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Hi, when I press the F7 key (with the Pocket CHIP keyboard) to do a cartridge label it looks like it doesn't do anything. I also tried all the F* keys but nothing works, when I save the cartridge to the .p8.png format the center of the cartridge is just a color, not the picture.
Is this a bug ? Is it mapped on another key ?
Or maybe I'm just stupid and I do it wrong, that's possible ^^'
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OVERVIEW
Pico Pop is a game in the style of Puyo Puyo. Pop Jellies and don't let the jar overfill. The game gets faster over time.
CONTROLS
D-pad / arrows - move piece
(O) / Z - rotate counterclockwise
(X) / X - rotate clockwise
ITCH.IO PAGE
If you want, you can also comment and donate at the Pico Pop's itch.io page
CREDITS
Made by Adrian Makes Games. based on Puyo Trainer by geckojsc.
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Hi there,
I'm making a scorched earth-style game and it's all coming together pretty well, but I'm having some real problems with collision. Right now what I've got is pretty rudimentary but I can't work out how to do it any better. Basically when the tank fires a shot, the shot moves in a parabola with variables yspeed and xspeed that get added on to the y and x positions of the shot each frame. The shot cannot collide with anything for two frames (to prevent collision with the tank itself) but after that, the shot should explode on contact with any pixel that isn't the colour of the background (i.e. black). However, if moving at a decent speed it will usually move through walls for a frame or so before exploding.
I've attached the cartridge and the relevant collision code.
function shot:update() if self.timeout > 0 then self.x = flr(self.x + self.xspeed) self.y = flr(self.y + self.yspeed) self.yspeed = self.yspeed + gravity self.timeout -= 1 else if self.x>=127 then self.x = 127 fired = false end if self.x<=0 then self.x = 0 fired = false end if self.y>=127 then self.y = 127 fired = false explode = true sfx(1,1) end if pget(self.x,self.y+3)!=0 and pget(self.x,self.y+3)!=textclr then fired = false explode = true sfx(1,1) end self.x = flr(self.x + self.xspeed) self.y = flr(self.y + self.yspeed) self.yspeed = self.yspeed + gravity end end |
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Fewer colors
More colors (noisier)
Room for perf improvements, including those scanlines. But it works!
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Made a little demo for Matataki.midi, converted by the great gamax92. This is my second demo, and I'm really proud of it. :)
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For Ludum Dare 36! The theme is "ancient technology", though it didn't exactly take center stage here.
Tiny puzzle-platformer with some less common mechanics.
Once again, to fit within the compressed size limit, I had to strip out all the comments. :(
Original source here: https://c.eev.ee/isaacs-descent/isaac-pristine.p8
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A canoe battling game. Use the ancient technologies of CANOE and SPEAR to defeat your rival canoes! Complete 7 levels of canoe mayhem, or battle against your friends in versus mode.
Controls:
LEFT to paddle left
RIGHT to paddle right
Z to throw a spear
Supports 1 to 4 players.
Made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 36! Also my first PICO-8 game.
Updated (8/30/2016 19:26 EST) to fix a bug that made the versus AI mode unwinnable if you tried to continue after losing. Also fixed a bug where you could select a non-existent menu option.
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