Hi there! I've fallen in love with Pico8 over the past few weeks. This is my first post here on the forums, and I thought I would share my Pico Pi project with you all :)
I am in the planning phase of this project, the purpose of which is to create a dedicated Pico8 machine in the style of the Commodore 64, using only keys that the Pico8 software utilises.
Planned Features:
- Ortholinear DVORAK key layout (can make key template file for QWERTY version available)
- Primary and Shift characters printed on each key
- Side-loading floppy disk drive and SD card reader for loading physical game carts
- Two front usb ports for controllers
- Rear ports: HDMI, Ethernet, USB, Power, (and RCA, for old TVs, if I can manage it)
- PICO8 logo key is actually the PAUSE key
I'm planning to hand-wire the key switches to an Arduino Pro-Micro inside the case, which will connect internally to the Raspberry Pi via USB. I also want to create custom controllers that can plug into the front of the unit via USB.
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using google translate
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At the beginning of the year I started using PICO-8 when I found out that Celeste was born from such a simple concept.
The first thing I could discover using PICO is that you can export to html...
if you can use HTML you can visualize it directly on Android using a tool called WebView.
This is a step-by-step tutorial to use your PICO-8 cartridges on your Android phone, let's begin shall we?
What do we need:
- Android Studio(https://developer.android.com/studio/).
- Your PICO-8 html cartridge (html and js).
Now we need to understand what we are going to do:
1) create an application on Android (the classic helloworld: https://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/).
2) Add the WebView tool to your app (https://jgvcodigo.blogspot.com/2017/12/webview-android.html).
3) Add the controls on the html file of your cartridge.
You can use the following template and call your .js file:
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I'm a big fan of Seth Macfarlane's The Orville so I decided to make a retro-style space shooter loosely based on the show. Thanks to PICO-8 for a great development environment :)
You pilot The Orville to fight one Krill ship after another, each one shooting faster at you than the one before. X or Z to fire, up and down to move your ship. Try to see how many levels you can make it through.
Note: This is very much a fan made game. I don't own the rights to The Orville which is why I have the "purchase" set to none at all. I just want to share a game I made and that I've also had fun playing. Hope you all enjoy it as well. :)
Also on itch: https://howtophil.itch.io/the-orville-arcade-game
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It's just a litle game for my firends
I know there are still bugs in this game, but it was a good experience to play with this tool :D
press c to destroy the the fireworks
press x to jump
uses <- && -> to move
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It's VERY much a work in progress still, and there's a lot I have to do with it. Still, I hope you guys like it!
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STORY
A Bad Mole has kidnapped the beautiful princess PinkyBall, you must save her!
Survive trough caves and reach 10000 points to defeat the Bad Mole!
or simply, play endless mode and post your BEST SCORE! here :)
COMMAND
UP to JUMP
X for STORY MODE
Z for ENDLESS MODE
ABOUT GAME
This is my first game with pico-8!
Actually the game lacks in music...
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Hi everyone, this is my first post.
I received a pico-8 licence as a crimbo present from my brother. I guess it is one of the best presents i ever received!
So i started programming something and i think i got some neat ideas, but for now the only decent thing i'd really want to post online is a little musical thingy. It's just a still image with a looping musical background.
I'm growing proud of this little musical piece and want to expand it, so i started experimenting with the musical tools available in pico8:
I think it would be great to be able to programmatically set up audio/musical material, something like "set up pattern n1 into channel m1", but i guess there is no direct way to accomplish it natively. Am i wrong? Maybe there's some pro way to do so using poke and the like, but i have no grasp on such exquisitely advanced techniques, so let me invoke the knowledge of the ancient gurus...
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Hi,
I know that you can save GIFs in PICO 8 by pressing F9, but is there a way of doing so in Voxatron?
Thanks
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Hi Mboffin, I have been working on your awesome game dev with PICO 8 pdf. In the lander tutorial, what does the srand(time()) at the end of step 5 do? I don’t see a difference if I inactivate it and just can’t seem to find the answer for it? Can you explain, please? Thank you for the fantastic guide.
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Internet capability. It's not something you hear much of when talking about Pico-8, even if it's looked down upon for the ridiculousness of a 80's themed console could do such a thing. But there is one common term that does crop op alot, BBS. BBS is the name of Pico-8's Cart Library (Bulletin Board System, for those unaware) and the thing I wish Pico-8 users could freely control. Now Pico-8 already has one of these and indeed it does, but Imagine running your own.
Pico-8 has started many people on there careers as game developers, why not web developers? I'd like to mention some points.
- Private Sites
Pico-8 isn't a very private thing, which is a good thing, but imagine a small Pico-8 games company. hosting there own BBS for chatting with there members on a custom designed web-page, keyboard controlled. Having your mini-software logo featured at the top of the screen in glories 16 colors, it sounds like a dream come true.
2.New Challenges
The struggles of dealing with the web development are more than a minor nuisance, an while I believe It would be simplified for Pico-8 users, Dealing with the people logged in, Members who are allowed and not, maybe even dealing with a White-list. Valuable skill for anybody
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A bit of Hyperglycemic Insomniacal Manual Manic Mischief:
Almost THREE (3) years worth of PICO-8 _mainloops!
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