Hi i downloaded all the Pico-8 Zines to follow but the first code i gotta type is giving me an error at line 16.
I typed it exactly as it is written in the Zine i believe but i get this:
SYNTAX ERROR LINE 16
MOVEPADDLE()
<EOF> EXPECTED NEAR 'END'
What does that mean?
Here is my code:
--paddle
padx=52
pady=122
padw=24
padh=4
function movepaddle()
if btn (0) then
padx-=3
elseif btn(1) then
padx+=3
end
end
function_update()
movepaddle()
end
function_draw()
--clear the screen
rectfill (0,0,128,128,3)
--draw the paddle
rectfill (padx,pady,padx+padw,pady+padh,15)
end
Thanks!

I tried using some of the code from the examples in this thread. There seems to be a solid box that is impassible near the top left of the map, but the tiles I've flagged aren't acting as solid objects. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here?

A remake/demake (plus a few new features) of one of my childhood favourites on the C64, "Tapper". It's my first attempt at making something with Pico-8, but it has been extensively tested by myself so hopefully I caught all bugs.
The barebones version was done in one day (got up, started programming, went to bed). Sound, extra graphics, little features and additional animations took three more days.
Manual included in the cart. Enjoy! (and maybe submit your highscores /w difficulty)
Full Manual:
Because stuff has been missed, I'm writing a full explanation of all features here.
You use Z to tap a beer. Holding the button will fill the glass, releasing it will send the beer across the table. The fuller the glass is, the more the receiving patron will be knocked back. If all patrons are knocked out of the bar, you win the level.
Patrons have to be fully inside to catch the glass (nobody likes being served while he hasn't even entered yet). Any glass that is not caught will smash and lose you a life.
When they finish drinking, they send the glass back to you. You have to either catch them, giving you a fresh glass (or loses you life if you fail to), or have the waitress collect them, which is convenient, but gives no points and you have to wait for her to return to receive the glasses.
You send the waitress by pressing X next to the bell at the bottom.
When the barrel is empty or close to empty (3 pixels of beer left), you press X while next to it to order a fresh one.
TIPS:
- Always have the waitress running, especially after level 2! You will need the glasses and can't afford to wait for them.
- The waitress also saves you from moments when two empty glasses arrive at the same time.
- You don't need to always send a full glass. If the patron is near the left end, a half-full glass will be faster and use up less of the barrel.
- At 3 pixels left in the barrel, you can get about one and a half glass out. Think of this as an emergency reserve and get a new barrel as soon as you can.

I'm having some trouble getting it to run on my fresh install Raspberry Pi 3.
I downloaded pico-8_0.1.10c_raspi.zip and unzipped it to /home/pi/pico8
When running ./pico8 from the terminal, I get no errors, but it does not do anything or return the command prompt unless I press CTRL-C to break out.
Double clicking on the actual executable also does the same thing.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!
How to play: Choose a stage with the arrowkeys and press 'c' to start.
Ingame: P1 (the yellow dragonpub) moves with the arrowkeys
P2 (the ress dragonpub) moves with edfs
The goal is to collect the stones with your color before the other player collects theirs. You can relocate the enemies stones by collecting these.
This little game ,created with Pico-8, was done by me, Hengagenga, and my friend and fellow student Kay during our lessons at the "school of games" in Germany
Programmer: Philipp Schliebs aka. Hengagenga
Artist: Kay Riedl

I got Voxatron thanks to Humble Bundle (despite Voxatron was available only on the $10 plan, i bought the base price which was 1$ and it also came with Voxatron by accident) and i thought about trying the designer, but i can't find a up to date youtube tutorial (many ones are made around to 2011 to 2013) and i cannot read the manual if i haven't followed a beginner tutorial.

EDIT: changed the rendering style and improved performance. Happy New Year from a surly talking head!
Spend a long night with an uncooperative subject.
(Just a quick sketch—thanks to electricgryphon for the RGB dither-plotter. Head by Videroboy.)
old version:





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