Over the weekend, I participated in my first game jam! Mini Jam #79 had a "Frogs" theme, and a required limitation of "Only One Level". I had already decided that this game would avoid the colour green, so "frog" was going to be a challenge! After settling on a poison dart frog, I had my core game mechanic: you get to turn into a dart to dash around.
We had 72 hours to complete our games, and I'm very satisfied with how mine turned out! Give it a go, and experience one of three endings depending on how you play!
Update: after some feedback from the jam, I've updated the camera system, it should be a bit less jerky now :3
3 comments
Hi guys.
I have a question about running things in RetroPie (EmulationStation).
I have what seems to be everything installed correctly. By this, I mean I have a system in EmulationStation called Pico8, and I have a list of cartridge games that boot just fine when selected.
At some point, I added a script file that appeared at the top of the Pico8 game list. When selected, this script booted straight into SPLORE, and loaded the main SPLORE browser. I had an SD Card failure, and as a result, I had to revert back to an older image of my RetroPie before I added Pico8. I have the cartridge games in my Pico8 system and they boot just fine as before, but the script I acquired beforehand has been misplaced. I can't for the life of me remember where I got it etc.
I have read tutorials (such as the one here) that demonstrate creating the script, such as +Start PICO-8.sh, and then adding code such as this:
!/bin/bash
pushd "/home/pi/pico-8"
./pico8 -splore
popd
6 comments
More progress! It's the end of my vacation so I won't have as much time for this going forward. Will try to sneak in a few hours here and there though.
Another progress build. Need to optimize and fine tune but pretty happy with this engine so I thought I'd share.
5 comments
Hi everyone!
I have another game for you all! This one is called Lil' Bugger, in which you drop bugs into a little boy's sandbox to make even bigger bugs and score points. It was originally meant for the MiniJam in April, but in my classic fashion, I didn't finish it within the jam's timeline. The theme this time was bugs and the limitation was: You are the bad guy (hence Lil' Baby Bobby's never ending tears)
The game is loosely based on the tabletop strategy game Tiny Towns but much simplified for the sake of being a short little ditty. The music is not great so feel free to play with the sound off!
How to play
- Select a little bug to place in the sandbox
3 comments
I need ideas for when I first start developing in Pico-8. I've been looking at tutorials on YouTube, but I can't quite wrap my head around them, so I thought would come to the community for help. Anything easy to start with would be nice. Thanks!
2 comments
based on boardgame rush hour
lead the red car to the exit
22/05/24 0.8
bug fix (advanced level 3) thanks Alban!
21/05/24 0.8
bug fix (intermediate level 3&4) thanks Alban!
21/05/04 0.6
36 levels in 4 different difficulty modes
level selection
ranking
pico8 menu item (restart level and select level)
21/05/02 0.4
9 levels of easy mode
title screen
21/05/02 0.2
bugs fixes
moves counter
21/05/02 0.1
initial commit
5 comments
just a small lil starfield! i didn't use any type of perspective code, just tlines, just to keep things simple on myself
i also made a variant of it as a 248-char tweetcart! it loses the shading but hey, i'm proud of it anyway!
0 comments
A simple practice mod I made for RubyRed's Cliffside
Controls:
S and F: previous/next screen
A: toggle gemskip
D: retry
If I update the cart it'll probably be updated on github
https://github.com/uShldGetCeleste/Cliffside-practice-mod
3 comments
.jpeg)
I've recently created a cart and I have next to no clue on how to publish carts! I've put them out on something but when I go to the "carts" tab in my profile, they don't show up. Could someone please help me with this problem.
2 comments
Just little music, animations are generic and fit every music and are made from someone else.
0 comments
So, as most of us know, .p8 cartridges consist of sections. lua,gfx,map, etc etc. Well, I found this other section named gff. I just wanted to know what it did, since it doesn't seem to directly correlate to anything you can edit. I'm just asking since I'm making a cart generator in Python so I need to know if gff is an important memory region.
3 comments
Hi all,
I'm using, from a LUA script, to draw the current room the method:
old_draw = _draw
function _draw()
old_draw() -- draw the room and objects
...
end
It's great to draw the current room with just a function call.
But can I change the current room from LUA script code to draw the another room calling old_draw() function?
If not, can I draw directly another room without change to it?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards.
2 comments
welcome to the ocelot safari!
enjoy the ocelots, and do let us know if you find any long-lost relics deep in the jungle :)
instructions
- hold Z to drag things
- arrow keys to move
- retrieve the lost gemstone of Tezcatlipoca! some say it’s as far as fvkgl-sbhe meters deep in the jungle!
tips
- we'll leave you some new tools at the initial drop point, if the ocelots steal your gear
- ocelots can crawl through vines and trees -- they're tricksters!
- be sure to bring some matches; the nights are long and dark, and who knows what lurks in the jungle...
5 comments
.png){kind=tracking}
Pico-Paint
This is Pico-Paint, a small experiment trying to reproduce a classic painting program in pico-8.
Instructions
Use the mouse to move the cursor around.
LMB : select
RMB : cancel
X : change tool
Z : clear screen
E / D or Up / Down : change paint color
S / F or Right / Left or mouse wheel : change brush size
How to save
Press Enter or P to open the menu. Select the "Save artwork" option. A .gif file should be saved to where you configured PICO-8 to save gifs (Desktop by default). If you are running the web version, a pop-up should appear containing the gif. Right-click it and select "Save as...".
⚠︎ - Sometimes, the gif won't save. In that case just try again.
Changelog
1.0 : main release
1.1 : added save option
0 comments
Save Hime(a princess) from the attack of Ninja assassins!
Left & Right key: Move
Z: Attack
X: Short dash
Added:
Rating your play skill on the result screen.
達人(Tatsujin:Grandmaster) > 名人(Meijin: Maser) > 凡人(Bonjin: Ordinary)
4 comments
