Ponge is like Pong, but not quite Pong. Instead of controlling a paddle, the player controls a small man who must sneak past enemy paddles and collect coins in order to complete the game. In homage to the original game, the player's character slides and bounces, similar to a Pong ball.
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Uses cursor keys only. Jumping one the same colour several times gets you more points. Game over after 60 seconds to when you can't move.
This was a one day effort done entirely on the Pocket Chip. Love LUA and finding the PICO-8 system really usable and quick to dev. Not so fond of the Pocket Chip's touchscreen for GFX editing though.
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Hi! This is PAINTR. A game/application thingy that i worked on for the last 2 Hours or so. Enjoy :)
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Use left and right to raise your left and right foot to move forward, up and down to bypass an obstacle and collect items, press Z to play again.
Well... we think pico-8 is cool and we'd like to make a pico-8 game (or jam) for a long time.
Also had many troubles but it's fun, hope the next ones will be much better and better!
Happy Lunar New Year!
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When I do this it copies the sprite 0 (the white x) over my grey circle.
cls(8)
circfill(32,32,5)
memcpy(0x6800,0,0x200)
However, I was trying to write my own data into the sprite bank so the other way;
cls(8)
circfill(32,32,5)
memcpy(0,0x6800,0x200)
And nothing happens. (I hit escape into the sprite editor and it is still the same). Why? Hmm.
I was going to populate it dynamically and make spr() and sspr() calls to it.
I thought generating math stuff into the sprite bank could be fun. Is it read only? Thanks
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Been working on this prototype and need some fresh eyes to see how it's coming along. This is a very bare-bones prototype, mostly a test to see how well the core mechanics work and feel.
Controls:
Start Moving
On Ground:Jump/Mid-air:Freeze&Aim/Frozen:Airdash
Shoot
Pass through blue platforms/Frozen:Unfreeze and Fall
All assets are simple placeholders and the levels are me working at making some tutorial stages. Please leave comments or fill out my feedback questionnaire. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
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Go on a byte-sized adventure with Lemonhunter. Find items and gold inside the procedurally generated caves. It's up to you to decide if you want to fight the monsters, or avoid them. If you're lucky you might find the golden lemon of your dreams at the end. Only have a couple minutes left in your break? Don't worry, speedrunners will be rewarded with extra points!
Controls
z/c - jump
x/v - attack
down+x/v - throw a bomb
Version 1.0 Update
Now with music by Gruber
Please play the game in the exe version of Pico-8 if it runs slow in your browser, or try version 0.3 below.
Version 0.3 (30fps)
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YO, DAWG.
I HEARD YOU LIKE FANTASY CONSOLES. SO NOW WE PUT A FANTASY CONSOLE IN YOUR FANTASY CONSOLE, SO NOW YOU CAN PLAY YOUR FANTASY CONSOLE IN YOUR FANTASY CONSOLE!!
...and THEN you can put THAT in VOXATRON, TOO!!!
IT'S CONSOLECEPTION!!! XD
For reals, though: I'm astonished at how simplifying constraints EVEN FURTHER has resulted in considerably more games being produced, what looks like considerably more rapidly!!! Just... WOW.
I love you crazy bastards!
PS: So... how long until we integrate this with Splore, to make a game about playing all these games?
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Just noticed this:
https://github.com/RamiLego4Game/LIKO-12
Looks pretty cool. The built in functions and sprite sheet definition in the code is different so some work would be required for any existing PICO-8 games.
I started working on a port of a game to LIKO-12 but changed my mind and decided to port it directly to love2d.
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Anyone else disappointed by the lack of double (and triple) buffering? It all comes to just having a larger framebuffer for faster graphics operations. A lot of special effects and filters can only be implemented fast and correct using more video ram.
The only other thread I could find on the subject is:
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2853
I've used the Lua array method, but it's notably slower than video operations.
I guess this is just a hard limitation so one doesn't sink too much time in chasing these sort of thiings, like having too many colors / channels of sound?
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PICO-8 apparently supports 8 players but keyconfig() only covers players 1 and 2. How do I set the controls for the other 6 players? The manual does not cover this, so if someone could give me some insight that would be helpful.
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I'm pretty new to Pico-8 (got it as part of recent humble bundle), but have been coding in C++ for a while.
This started out as a little toy - I just wanted to make the "A"s move around. I brought up a web version on my wife's phone on her birthday and she thought it was cool.
Then I started thinking they A's should be able to wrap, and they need to have some sort of goal, so I added the race to the "coin". Of course, it's no fun if there's just 1 person, so I made either player computer-controlled if it hasn't been touched for 5 seconds. I tuned the speed of the computer-driven player(s) to make it really easy to beat them - it's nearly impossible at full speed.
I found myself watching the 2 computer players, and realized they quickly end up exactly on top of each other, so in my last change I set the winner of the coin to a new random position. And the last thing I did was add a sound effect when one of the players reaches the coin.
The scores just go up forever. If I were to add anything else, it might be to put some clouds or rainbows scrolling by in the background, with some cool parallax animations, and maybe some nice music.
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A fast paced endless runner with the use of only one button.
This time you have to master jumping and jetpacking trough endless obstacles coming your way. How long can you survive?
If you managed to get 4 coins(5X combo) without touching the ground you get a shield, this will be vital for your survival!
Be careful with the grey coins, they will break your combo and send you down to ground!
Controls
Any button: Arrow keys/Z/X
- Hold to charge your jump and release to jump.
- In air: Hold the button to use your jetpack
Good luck and stay Awesome!
/Elastiskalinjen
-Update 1.2-
- Limit that camera shake
- New character sprite
- Better startscreen
- Better slowmo effect
- Fixing bugs
-Update 1.1-
-Saving should now work(hopefully, new to this)
[i]-Camera shake implemented(why not)
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Controls:
Arrows move the cursor (which automatically select the closest lepicon)
Z changes the action (bar on the bottom)
X applies the action to the selected lepicon
The game is very simple, take your Lepicons to the other portal using them as tools (the different actions on the bottom).
I've been working on this game for this month (during my free time) for my One Game a Month entry. I hope I can keep it up this year and it's my first project on PICO-8 (by which I'm falling in love).
I tried to make a game of how I remember the classic Lemmings to be like, I don't want to go check how the original game actually worked, I want to do it using only my sweet (and maybe distorted) memories as guides.
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Hey everyone, I've been playing with Pico-8 for a few weeks now and loving it. Now I come with suggestions that I hope get some attention for future updates.
I'd like a tool to move sprites in the map and on the sprite sheet, rather than having to use the stamp/copypaste.
More importantly, I'd also like to preview animation in the view window. In my opinion, animating is kind of a hassle when you have to write a bunch of code just to view it.
Last but not least, a few more colors! Even the Nintendo had 25. Perhaps Pico-8 could retain a 16-color palette, but provide a larger selection that we could swap colors from.
Thanks for you time, everyone!
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This is my first game using Pico-8. I focused on making the game with as many features and functionality. I hope to continue to improve on it in the future.
Commands:
Up Button: Hard Drop Tetris
Down Button: Soft Drop Tetris
X Button: Rotate Tetris
O Button: Save Tetris
Features:
- Choose starting speed in title menu (1-8)
- Score tracking
- Score multiplier for multiple lines (Bonus for a Tetris)
- High Score saved on title screen
- T-Spin is posible
- Rotate Tetris to stall fall
- Tetris pieces are color coded
- Upcoming 3 tetris piece color shown on right side of the screen
- Saved Tetris piece color shown on the right of the screen
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It's a Tiny Crane!
It's not exactly a game, it's more of a demo. It's a small Tower of Hanoi puzzle solver.
- To turn on/off the screen press the TAB key.
- To change the amount of discs on the initial tower press the UP / DOWN keys.
- To follow each step to solve the puzzle press the LEFT / RIGHT keys.
I know I'm a bit late to the Tiny-TV Jam but I still wanted to share it with you guys. Better late than never I guess. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, this is my first game jam, I hope you guys like it :D
Cheers!
Norberto
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