The Agony and Ecstasy of the PocketCHIP
I arrived at PICO-8 because I bought a PocketCHIP back in 2016. The PocketCHIP came pre-loaded with PICO-8 and prior I had no concept of a "fantasy" console, but I was excited to make games again. Unfortunately, the PocketCHIP was a beautiful-yet-awful piece of hardware.
Essentially, the PocketCHIP was a Raspberry Pi-like mini computer wrapped in a case with a touchscreen and keyboard. On the surface, the PocketCHIP was a pretty raw looking piece of hardware...but I dug the style and was excited when it arrived. Yet I quickly found out that the experience of the PocketCHIP was something to be desired.
All bark and no bite
The keyboard was awful and despite coming with PICO-8 -- a game hub -- playing games was very unsatisfying. I needed a new bezel with a built in d-pad just to make playing games tolerable. I even had to put nail polish on keys to know what did what. In short, it was not fun to play on. But it did lead me to PICO-8 and for that I'm thankful.
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So I have an issue where the player object can clip through about half a collision tile, but only when moving to the left. As I type that I realize how weird and niche this problem is. Anyways, here's my move function:
function control_player() newx=p.x newy=p.y if (btn(⬅️)) then newx-=.1 p.sprite=d.left elseif (btn(➡️)) then newx+=.1 p.sprite=d.right elseif (btn(⬆️)) then newy-=.1 p.sprite=d.up elseif (btn(⬇️)) then newy+=.1 p.sprite=d.down end if (can_move(newx,newy)) then p.x=mid(0,newx,127) p.y=mid(0,newy,63) end if (door_tile(newx,newy)) then scene="room1" p.x=6 p.y=10 end end |
and here's my collision function:
function is_tile(tile_type,x,y) local tile_x=newx+pixeloffset_x local tile_y=newy+pixeloffset_y tile=mget(tile_x,tile_y) has_flag=fget(tile,tile_type) return has_flag end function can_move(x,y) return not is_tile(wall,x,y) end function door_tile(x,y) return is_tile(door,x,y) end |
pixel_offset is initially 0, and changes based on scene to account for the map change.
Any idea what is causing this?
side note: Everyone on this forum has been so helpful and I just want to say thanks for all the help! This is my first coding project outside of html and I really appreciate it :]
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PICOhaven is a tactical card-based dungeon crawler / light solo RPG for PICO-8, inspired by the board game Gloomhaven. It adopts a modified & simplified version of the mechanics used in that game, to fit within constraints of the PICO-8 environment (code size, resolution, etc), and to streamline solo play.
The story includes 16 playable scenarios (some are optional side quests), 8 levels of ability upgrade choices, and multiple items that also affect gameplay.
Note: This is just a free, solo-fan-made project and has no affiliation with Gloomhaven. If you like this type of game I recommend checking out Gloomhaven (and its official video game adaptation) for a game with a lot of tactical depth from multi-character cooperative play!
Play PICOhaven here: (desktop or mobile)
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Alright, so say I have 2 128x128 images, and I've got one saved to the spritesheet and one saved on the cart's label image. Is there any way to do something like use reload() to take the data from the label image and put it on the spritesheet?
Other solutions are welcome too. The final goal is to have a cutscene cart (for a multicart game) of 2 animated images (one character breathing heavily which cuts to the other trailing blood as he slides down a wall). I have successfully used reload from another cart, but I worry this would cause it to freeze/load in between the cuts of the cutscene.
One other thing I've attempted is pasting the whole image in a string and poking it to memory in a for() loop, which almost works (and it would be nice if I could get this to work, cos it could allow me to animate a character's mouth or something).
The images:
My attempt at using poke() to overwrite the second image onto the spritesheet:
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this is deku from My Hero Academia in pixel version!
i don't know how to create a game :( but i hope someone will
make a game using this avatar instead its only a dream! :)
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Oh hi everyone!
this is my first time posting at PICO-8!
you guys can like if you guys want! :)
(this is deku from My Hero Academia)
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This game is a remix of the adventure game tutorial by @Dylan
about my game : Don't touch lava tile . If it cool down , you can walk on them . You need take skull key and open the rotten treasure chest . After that you open the door and escape from the lava lake
Thank you for playing
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This game is tutorial's base of bases by @MBoffin.
About my game
this game can move character, get and stack keys, and be clear , gameover and music. If I had enough time,
I want to add the walk animation and the gameclear SE.
Thank you for playing.
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