Please enjoy this very necessary desktop wallpaper.
This is 0.1 and not 1.0 because performance is a major issue: this will run at 60fps if you have no windows open, but will drop to 30fps or possibly lower if anything at all is running on top of it. When that happens, (WARNING) you may get some flickering, especially if some windows overlap desktop icons.
Despite the fact that this is basically just a reskin of the other wave sim I posted - using a different rendering effect to keep it compatible with the default palette - I still think it's kind of neat. Hopefully I'll find ways to get this running more smoothly over time. Or, failing that, maybe just ways to pause it if anything else is open.
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A two player TRON lightcycle game. Try not to crash before the other player does!
From picotron, type "load #picotrontron-0" to load the game
On a PC, Player 1 controls are the arrow keys. Player 2 controls are WASD. The second player doesn't seem to work on the web for some reason, but should work when run within picotron itself.
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How To Play
Click on white carrots! (don't ask me to elaborate)
Behind The Scenes
I'm really enjoying PICOTRON, and here's a little interactable demo I made in abt an hour, seeing what I can do in PICOTRON! Enjoy!
Version History
V0.7 (3/26/2024)-
-Added a new scoring system
-Added hungry bunny (top-left)
-Added icon + info
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The Picotron Wiki
This is a viewer for the online Picotron wiki
(https://github.com/Picotron-Software-Developers/Picotron-Wiki)
If you'd like to contribute to the Wiki please make a pull request on the GitHub. The interface and capabilities will be updating soon!
(Just wanted to get this cart out today)
Here's a guide on how to contribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8zS45cHeRA
Warning: This cartridge may not work in the web player
You can run load #picotron_wiki to use it inside Picotron
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- is this game a runner? YES
- is it easy? YES
- is it a good game? NO
- IS OVERLY EVEN A WORD!?!?!? NO!
idk this is literally my first game and I didn't really use any instructions.
enjoy (kinda)
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Just checking web player timings. Please ignore.
(Just to note, this uses really crappy math for getting the seconds, so if it overlaps the current minute's seconds, the numbers will be overlap incorrectly. Just start it again near the beginning of a minute.)
But @zep, check these timings. The web player is running super fast.
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This is a fun, simple wallpaper. I was trying to keep it from being too annoying, but also still look cool. At some point I may have it follow the current theme colors. But for now it just uses the spritesheet. It runs idle at around 0.3% CPU and maxes out around 4% or 5% CPU.
You can add this to your Picotron wallpapers by typing this in Terminal (which assumes you've already created a /appdata/system/wallpapers folder):
load #hexpop save /appdata/system/wallpapers/hexpop.p64.png |
If you want them, I also made three other variations: Fire, Rainbow, and one that follows your theme.
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userdata continues to brrrrr
updated to use additional userdata operation, userdata:abs()
I don't think I can improve this further, but I welcome input.
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Shunting Master!
Congratulation, you got a new job and it is your first day at the shunting yard. Your first task is to collect 100 rail skids.
After collecting 5 skids you have to hang them at the skidrack(press x).
But don't be lazy, time is tickin' and you will get tired soon...
The game is almost done now, I guess at the end it is quiet difficult and you need some luck to avoid long distances.
Diagonal movement is adjusted and jittery movement is eliminated for almost 98%.
last update
-bunnies added
-locomotive added
previous update:
-npc coworker
next:
-fix screenshake
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Controls
◀ ▲ ▼ ▶: move player/make choices
z/o: interact with world
x/x: show/hide minimap
Story
It has been 3 years since darkness has left the land. Your brother has been missing since the darkness was lifted. Many rumored he defeated the four evils and brought peace back to the land. Now darkness is returning. You have the hero's blood, so you are the next hope.
Explore the 64x64 resolution world with a cozy 63 screens map.
Discover the secrets to your brother's disappearance. Learn more about yourself and gain insights.
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Initial Inspiration
My inspirations for this game are games like Zelda and Undertale. I wanted to include dating sim style gameplay as well because I think it is fun. I was interested in the idea of this being the second time the boss monsters have interacted with heroes. I thought this gave a cool dynamic to the bosses and gave them the opportunity to give their perspective of heroes running in and breaking stuff.
A portion of my notebook is dedicated to 1-2 page game drafts. These can be as short as a name and a couple of sentences of ideas or filling the entire space. I really enjoy making rapid fire game concepts. The 2 pager for this game had the viewscreen being 64x64. After I saw the game SokoBird, I knew I wanted to try something low-rez. After deciding on a game idea I want to pursue, I'll move to the section in my notebook where I can write multiple pages and have room to blog my progress. I enjoy looking back at the draft page to see what ended up being altered or abandoned.
Development
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Controls
Use ◀️ and ▶️ to walk, 🅾️ to jump and ❎ to shoot. The longer you press on the jump button the higher you will jump. You are also able to walljump by pressing the jump button close to a wall. You can kill enemies by shooting at them. Hold 🔼 or 🔽 to move the camera and see your suroundings. You can shoot diagonally by pressing ❎ wile holding 🔼.
Goal
The goal is to reach the end of each level. To get a perfect score you will need to collect every coin of the level and never die.
Finishing a level will unlock access to the next one.
Story
You are making your way towards the source of EVIL that ravaged these now cursed lands. Fortunately you are not from this age and with you came the tools you will need to fight not only to survive but to save this world from the biggest threat it has ever faced. Unleash the fire power, make your skills talk and maybe you will be able to banish evil back to the dark realm where it belongs.
Secret
Somewhere in the lands there is a message from a greater power, this message will grant you access to each and every locations this world has to offer.
Making of
This is the first game I'm releasing on Pico-8 and the first time I give a try at level design. There is alot I would like to improve in the game but I have been working on it for a long time and it had to come out at some point.
Feel free to share feedbacks and I hope you'll enjoy the game !
Changelog
Version 4
- Added the "Invoker", a new monster that act as the boss of the 5th level
- Added the possibility to shoot diagonally holding the 🔼 key
- Code factorization to improve the token count
Version 3
- Improved camera to look forward when moving and up and down using 🔼 and 🔽 keys
- Added wall friction that slows your fall when close to a wall
- Added post signs to give tips and help telling the story
- Code has been factorised and every level uses most of the same code from
#includes
TODOs
These are the things I intend to do in the future:
- Add musics to each levels and to to the title screen
- Make the roar of the cerberus more distinguishable from other sfx
- Make a special animation when collecting a weapon to make it look more important
- Add the Survival mode to be unlocked when all levels are completed. The Survival mode would consist of surviving the most amont of enemy wave in maps inspired from the differents levels. There would be multiple weaponds, power-ups to boost damage or increase armor...
- Make a cartrige illustration that represents more the game mood (with the hero killing a zombie)
- Maybe add a bloody medal for when you kill all enemies in a level
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A REPL for PARENS-8 v3 by Siapran. Uses PicoTerm v1.10 by me for the UI.
For information on using PARENS-8 see the Github repository, all extensions and builtins are enabled.
To clear the screen run the clear function or press ctrl-l. To print to the terminal use the echo function. To clear the current line press ctrl-u.
Special thanks to @Siapran for making a special PARENS-8 version for this project.
PARENS-8 is licensed under the MIT license.
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I made a pipes screensaver, inspired by the classic 3D Pipes Screensaver.
A pipe of a random color is created on the somewhere on the edge of the screen. It will expand outwards from its starting point, choosing to go straight, left, or right. The pipe will stop when it goes out of bounds, and a new pipe will be created.
I am not saving information about the pipes manually. I just draw the current pipe, and never cls. All the old pipes stay on screen and the new ones are drawn above. Previously, I saved all of the pipe connections and colors in a 30*17*6 table which was redrawn every frame, but then I realized that I could get rid of that by just removing cls. So instead of storing and drawing up to 3060 sprites every frame, instead I only store and draw one.
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Solitron is a Windows 95 style Solitaire. Sounds and leaderboards (when BBS highscores is available) are coming.
In the window menu at the top left, you can deal a new game in normal mode (one-card draw), hard mode (three-card draw) or view highscores. The game starts in normal mode, so to switch to hard mode you must start a new game in hard mode using this menu.
Installation
load #solitron |
Licence:
- Deck card assets come from: https://drawsgood.itch.io/8bit-deck-card-assets
You don't have the right to reuse / remix / transform it without paying a licence - The rest of the game is under CC4-BY-NC-SA
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Basically what asked in the title. Is it possible to define a variable name in Lua without defining a value just yet?
For example, would
local tick
work as a way to define, in a function, a local variable named "tick" as a "nil" value automatically?
Sorry for the dumb question
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A scrolling purple grid wallpaper, designed to fit with the built-in Moonlight theme.
By default, the grid scrolls to the left, shifts slightly in response to mouse movement, and has a clock in the lower-left corner.
It has various settings that can be adjusted in the pod file located here after first start:
/appdata/cubee/wallpaper/gridSettings.pod |
Including:
- Start Time - How long the initial fade-in should take.
- Boot Wait Time - How long to wait before starting to fade in, to ensure the boot splash has completed before starting.
- Show Time - Adds a clock showing the date and time in the lower-left corner when you move the cursor there.
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