A minimalist grid-based puzzle game where you score is the number of times you had to restart on your way through the ten progressively more difficult puzzles.
I used the simple puzzle "engine" from my other, kid-friendly, puzzle game "TED" to create a more interesting version for adults. It's still relatively simple in scope, and is fairly short. The last few puzzles should at least get you scratching your head a few times though!
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A really simple puzzle game I made for my kids, they're both under 5 and are just getting into games so I decided to make a game starring their stuffed toys.
You play as a Green Teddy trying to find his pal the Red Teddy - navigate the house collecting candy, unlocking baby gates, and more!
The game really only had two design goals:
-
Be playable by the least dextrous human beings I've ever met (there should be no need for any sort of timing or precision to play because they have neither!)
- Not allow for any unwinnable situations - all the puzzles can be solved either by thinking through or just trial and error as you work through it, but there's never any "mistakes".
From that perspective it was a huge success. My target audience loved the game and play it all the time.
For most people it's not really a "game", but if you have kids and want something super simple for them to have a try at then here you go :-)
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So I've created this code to make walking animations:
if plr.walking then
if time()-plr.anim>.1 then
plr.anim=time()
plr.sp+=1
if plr.sp>5 then
plr.sp=2 |
also added this for idle sprite:
if not plr.walking then plr.sp=1 |
However I can't figure out a way to change the sprite to the upward/downward movement sprites (spr 6-9, sprite 10-13) without having the code overwirte the plr.sp eachframe
if plr.upmove then plr.sp=6 #Do anim function |
as far as I've gotten is making the sprite change to the correct movement sprite and then have it iterate back to the idle animation or animate to the very next frame and revert back to the first forward sprite
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JET PIG ADVENTURE
A game about a Pig and his Rocket. Refuel your spaceship, avoid enemies and collect the four space stars in each quadrant of the pig universe. This is a sequel to the original Jet Pig game.
Features
- Galaxy map
- Over 50 planets
- Generated planet and mission names
Controls
- Move: Cursor keys
- X: Accept/Use Jet Pack
Credits
- Code & Music: Mani
- Gfx: Mani,Romeo
- Playtesting: Stella, Romeo
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First of all, I'm a pico 8 noob so don't judge. If anyone wants to help out I'd love it and I thought I'd just share what I have so far. In case the title wasn't obvious I'm trying to recreate the ruins of undertake.
UPDATE#1
I added more to the ruins, signs that you can interact with by pressing x to open and z to close, and added flowies theme to his little fight.
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this is my first attempt at using pico-8, just made this as a test and uploaded to see how this system works.
random name generator was accidentally used cos it said my cart was invalid and stuff
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Add an instant replay to your game!
(Shown here: OMEGA ZONE by @kometbomb)
New from the mind that brought you Instant 3D! and still hasn't apologized, Instant Replays!
Paste this snippet into the end of your game and be amazed at your new replay capabilities!!! Or it could fail completely! That's the mystery of it!!!
do
local prev={
_update=_update,
_update60=_update60,
_draw=_draw,
btn=btn,
btnp=btnp
}
local bstate,pstate,addr,isplay={},{},0x8000,false
local function updatebtns()
for i=0,5 do
pstate[i]=bstate[i]
end
if isplay then
local mask=peek(addr) addr+=1
if(mask==0xff)run()
for i=0,5 do
bstate[i]=mask&(1<<i)~=0
end
else
local mask=0
for i=0,5 do
bstate[i]=prev.btn(i)
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I've written some functions based on Dylan Bennet's tutorial "PICO-8 Top-Down Adventure Game Tutorial - Bonus Step - Text". I tried to adapt it to taking gold out of chests (I know the next video in the series partly covers that, but that solution assumes every chest in the game gives the same amount). Ideally they should output a certain number based on an x,y coordinate, which other functions could use.
'''
function set_chests()
chests={}
add_chest(7,3,9)
end
function add_chest(x,y,num)
chests[x+y*128]=num
end
function get_chest(x,y)
return chests[x+y*128]
end
'''
get_chest should return 9 when the coordinates (7,3) are put in, which could then be added to another variable. Instead touching the chest at (7,3) does this:
RUNTIME ERROR LINE 13 TAB 6
return values[x+y*128]
attempt to index global 'values' (a nil value)
I'm not in any rush to fix this, but the fact I have no idea why it's happening bothers me. Advice would be very appreciated.
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A game about Mother Nature defending her last tree from an army of sweaty lumberjacks who simply want some wood.
This game was made for 'My First Game Jam: Winter 2022', and is my second game that I've created for the Pico-8 console.
I cut (hehe) quite a few planned features to finish the game by the end of the game-jam, I might add these features in the future.
Please comment your high scores and any feedback you may have if possible. Much appreciated, enjoy.
Controls:
Z: Shoot
Arrow keys: Move
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Pillars
Made for Trijam
by Scruffysnake
I don't really know how to format this but anyway this is something I made
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I'm trying to make a rhthm-based game, and although the timing looks OK both on pico-8 and in my computer after exported in HTML, when running it through my cellphone everything has ~300ms delay, which ruins the experience.
I've done a very simple cartridge to test the timing - Try to press X to follow the rhythm. Again, on my desktop computer it's fine, but when running it on a cellphone the timing is definetly off.
I've debugged a bit, trying to see if it's some lag added by the browser on cellphones to detect gestures, but the same function that sets the button as on is triggered as soon as it's pressed down. It looks like the delay happens in between the buttons JS variable and pico-8 runtime.
Is there an alternative way of getting input with close to no lag or it's just the browser export? Any way to fix it?
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Bowser's Farm
This a reskin of "FARM PANIC" originally created by @NYLON_1919, with new graphics from the mario-universe. Have fun!
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According to documentation
PRINT returns the right-most x position that occurred while printing
One can make a valid case that certain print control codes may result in unusual return values, but this one doesn't feel right to me.
x = print('\^iabcde')
print(x)
y = print('\^d2abcde')
print(y) |
results in
The speed of the print output shouldn't affect our ability to receive the final x position, IMHO.
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Saw some unexpected behavior today with pset(x,y,c) when c negative and fractional.
cls(6) for i=0,127 do for j=0,127 do pset(i,j,(i-16)/32) end end |
If I add a floor command, then the funny stippling goes away. e.g. pset(i,j,flr((i-16)/32))
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Celeste, but I added the golden berry from the steam release of Celeste.
Credits to Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry for the original game, and to pancelor and Meep for some code I "adapted" (stole basically).
I decided to make this because of La Sal (by pancelor) which had a golden berry. But I also had the idea to make a golden berry mod before I played La Sal.
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I am finding another problem.
Try out this program:
cls() poke(0x8000,5) ?peek(0x8000) memset(0x8000,0,0x8000) ?peek(0x8000) |
You get back 5 each time, which is incorrect as we just cleared memory.
Apparently 0x8000 is being misread as zero when used as a hexadecimal argument for a command.
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As I'm discovering you can use variable names such as 🅾️ and ❎ I ran into this little snag when debugging in immediate mode. Try out this code:
function _init() end function _update() ⬅️=btn(0) ➡️=btn(1) ⬆️=btn(2) ⬇️=btn(3) 🅾️=btn(4) ❎=btn(5) cls() ?⬅️ ?➡️ ?⬆️ ?⬇️ ?🅾️ ?❎ end |
Now while running hold the DOWN ARROW key and press the ESC key.
Now type: print ⬇️ ENTER
Result is TRUE, which is correct.
Now type: print ⬆️ ENTER
Result is 2 which is INCORRECT. It just stated above it was FALSE.
I realize that these variables are initialized when you run your program to make it convenient for btn(⬆️) to see if it's TRUE or FALSE, however as they are not system variables and are free for the taking, this reinstating integer values into them without your say so should not be taking place unless you rerun your code again.
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About this game
This is a demake of DARIUS, TAITO. Boss rush mode is implemented and 11 bosses, all of the DARIUS bosses appear and you fight them continuously.
I made this game to feel "Wow, looks like 3 screen DARIUS when seen from a distance!".
I didn't make this as a perfect clone. There are many differences from the original game.
How to play
Start the game and enter select panel.
- Select mode: EASY or HARD.
- Select zone to start: A-Z.
When you select EASY, player doesn't get damaged. In this mode, you can enjoy a tour of all bosses of DARIUS and "EASY" is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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@zep: I Came across this. While it is known you can change the keyboard repeat speed of BTNP() making use of poking 0x5F5C and 0x5F5D it unfortunately carries over to SPLORE as you can see here:
Further, SPLORE does not seem to give you the same menus for each Favorited game. As you can see here comparing BIBI AND BEANS, RED-SHIRT-ALERT, and LOCKEY-ZANA'S TALE, where RED-SHIRT-ALERT is missing menu items when you press "P" and the other two carts are not:
I would also like to suggest that when you do press "P" for additional menus and information, that is shows the last date this particular cartridge was updated.
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About this game
This is a remake of SEICROSS, Nichibutsu. It is NES version of SECTOR ZONE.
Run to reach the rightmost goal of the road before fuel empty.
Bottom of the screen shows score, progress meter, and fuel meter.
When you clash objects, the fuel meter decreases. When you get red blinking items or heart marks, the fuel meter recovers.
You can shoot bullets and hit enemies.
When you reach the goal, got heart marks become bonus score.
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Controls
- D-Pad/Arrows: move player
- O/Z: shoot bullets
About the character
The playable character is Shimarin, a main character of Japanese comic and animation: YURU-CAMP.
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