Hey gang, this is my first game. Complete and utter beginner here so go easy on me lol.
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CASTLE DEFENSE
Tower defense game for PICO-8 by Milena Sorokina
The earth has split open beyond the hills, and monsters are marching on the
castle. Build towers along the road, stop every wave, defeat five bosses and
save the kingdom.
CONTROLS
D-pad ......... move the cursor
B ............. confirm: build, choose, start a wave, next text
A ............. cancel / back
Start ......... PICO-8 pause menu
Tip: on the title screen, the button you press to start becomes the
confirm button for the whole game.
HOW A GAME GOES
5 rounds, each with its own map, music and boss.
Every round has 5 waves. Wave 5 brings the boss.
The castle has 20 hearts. Every monster that reaches the gate takes some.
A boss that reaches the gate takes all of them.
Between waves there is no timer. Take your time, then go up to the GO!
button in the top right corner and press B.
If the castle falls, the game is not over: the round starts again with the
gold you had at its start. From round 2 on you first get back to the shop,
so you can spend your upgrades differently.
After a boss is defeated all towers are removed, and you get back every
coin you paid for them plus a bonus. Then the shop opens.
BUILDING
Put the cursor on grass and press B to open the tower menu.
Press B on a tower you already built to MOVE it or SELL it.
Selling and moving never lose money: you get back exactly what you paid.
Every tower on the map makes the next one 15% more expensive.
Cannon ......... 50 hits one monster at a time, the main damage dealer
Ice tower ...... 60 slows monsters down
Fire bowl ...... 80 throws fire on the road, the puddle burns everyone in it
Lightning ..... 100 jumps between up to 3 monsters (buy it in the shop)
SPEED
While a wave is running, the GO! button turns into >>.
Hold B on it and the game runs twice as fast. Let go to slow down again.
SPELLS
Spells sit in the top left corner, under the hearts and gold.
From the top row of the map press UP to get to them, LEFT/RIGHT to pick one,
B to cast. Press UP once more to reach GO! / >>, DOWN to go back to the map.
Spells only work during a wave and need time to recharge.
Boulder (round 2+) ...... pick a road tile. The boulder rolls straight back
against the march until it hits grass and crushes
every monster it touches. Bosses only take a hit.
Poison (round 3+) ....... hurts every monster on the map at once.
Pentagram (round 4+) .... pick a road tile. Monsters inside the circle switch
sides and fight their own kind. Bosses resist it.
MONSTERS
Slime ......... slow and weak
Ghost ......... fast; the first two hits go straight through it,
but fire burns it right away
Skeleton ...... slow and tough
Small orc ..... the toughest regular monster
BOSSES
Round 1 Slime King ......... splits into four slimes when it dies
Round 2 Ghost King ......... becomes untouchable for a moment every few seconds
Round 3 Skeleton Rider ..... fast
Round 4 Orc ................ charges forward every few seconds
Round 5 Demon .............. summons skeletons, fire only does half damage
SHOP
Damage .... +20% damage for all towers (5 levels)
Speed ..... +15% firing speed for all towers (5 levels)
Greed ..... +25% gold from every monster (5 levels)
Lightning . unlocks the lightning tower
Money spent in the shop is not available for towers in the next round,
so choose carefully.
SETTINGS
Difficulty:
easy ..... all monsters and bosses are 20% weaker
normal ... the classic game
hard ..... bosses give no bonus gold, towers hit a little softer
Sound: on / off
DEVELOPER MODE
Open CREDITS and press B B B A A A.
"dev: round 1 2 3 4 5" appears at the bottom.
Pick a round with LEFT/RIGHT and press B to jump straight into it,
with some gold and upgrades as if you got there yourself.
Press A to leave the credits.
TIPS-SPOILERS
[hidden]Start round 1 with cannons, ice and fire are helpers.
Place towers where the road bends, so they reach it twice.
Maps 4 and 5 have several roads: don't leave any of them uncovered.
Keep the boulder for the boss wave.
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[Note: full screen recommended when using touch mode]
This game is an adaptation based on several excellent pico-8 Solitaire carts:
Main game and engine sourced from "Solitaire" by Frost_byte
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=147661
End-game card cascade sourced from "Klondike" by Supernova3339
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=159372
This game has some modifications based on my preferred playing style and memories of Windows 98 Solitaire (minus scoring/statistics tracking which I purposely excluded). Deck has been re-designed with original tribute to Windows 98 palm tree deck.
There are many additions and changes from the Frost_byte version; the current feature set is described below:
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Presenting ZPPPP (Zero-Player Procgen Plant Plaything), another input-free PICO-8 toy for your enjoyment.
Watch a bunch of randomized vines grow inside your square-shaped greenhouse, then pause to admire them for a bit when they're finished. In a few moments, they'll clear away, and a new set of vines will start growing.
Press (X)/X to start the game, and (O)/Z to toggle the glare.
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Alright, so I've been trying to get some animated sprites to work using tables, using a tutorial for guidance. However, upon trying to run the following, I am hit with a Syntax error about an unclosed { on enemy1 and a runtime where it's trying to call upon a string value? I'm not sure where the mistakes are here, so I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas?
This bit of code is on it's own tab, with the other tab's contents working totally fine, if that affects anything.
I feel like it's something really obvious I'm just not seeing.
Anyways, thanks.
function _init()
enemies ={}
enemy1= {
e_sprite=16,
x=-20,
y=5,
timing=0.1,
speed=1.25
first=16,
last=19
}
enemy2= {
e_sprite=20,
x=-14,
y=30,
timing=0.2,
speed=0.4,
first=20,
last=23
}
add (enemies,enemy1)
add (enemies,enemy2)
end
function _update()
for enemy in all (enemies) do
enemy.e_sprite+=enemy.timing
if enemy.e_sprite > enemy.last then
enemy.e_sprite=enemy.first
end
end
enemy.x+=enemy.speed
if enemy.x >127 then
enemy.x=-8
end
end
function _draw()
for enemy in all (enemies) do
spr (enemy.e_sprite,enemy.x,enemy.y)
end
end
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Controls
Arrows: move
X: roll/dash
Z: (hold, then release): charge and throw your boomerang. Release to throw. Boomerang can be caught again mid-flight, or picked up once it falls
Goal
Survive as many waves as you can
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I'm doing a breakout project for a class, and I'm currently trying to figure out how to get rid of breakout bricks that have collided with a ball.
The collision works just fine (kind of, my collision function has a thing where the object can go inside another object and just bounce repeatedly until it's no longer inside said object), but what I'm currently struggling with is making sure the brick object gets removed from the screen.
Theoretically, if the ball where to hit a brick, the del() should work and remove said brick object, but that isn't the case.
Am I missing something?
-- objects of relevance
function make_ball()
--ball table
ball = {}
ball.x = 60
ball.y = 50
ball.w = 8 --ball width
ball.h = 8 --ball height
ball.yspd = 2.5 --ball yspeed
ball.xspd = 0 --ball xspeed
end -- end make_ball
function make_brick()
-- brick table
brick = {}
brick.sprite = 4
brick.x = 16
brick.y = 16
brick.w = 16 -- brick width
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I'm using Pico-8 made sound effects for my game (not made in Pico-8), and have been using export .wav to export the raw music files for it.
I've noticed that for a sound effect that is 1 tick long, and is set to be only a length of 1, lasts the full time. A very minor issue but especially with .wav can cause size issues (will end up converting to .ogg and manually cutting down myself, just a bit of a pain to do for a bunch)
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This game is available in both french and english!
Quebec Mortis
Description
Quebec Mortis is a top-down adventure game.
This here is the full second episode. Have fun and thanks for playing!
Synopsis
Serge finds himself involuntarily in the midst of a dispute at the heart of the Western festival. Someone put Serge up to this and was able to convince him. But how? All he wanted was to buy a simple hat!
Controls
D-PAD : 8 direction movement, select item in inventory if it is opened
Hold O : Open inventory
X : Use an item
You need to be in proximity of certain zones to use items on them or simply interact with them just like a point and click game.
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I am trying to loop music pattern 0 when current_time is between 9*60 and 10*60. After that the music should stop. But after each loop, I would also like to add a short pause of two seconds.
This is my code so far:
function init()
music_opening_started = false
end
function update(60)
music_opening()
end
function music_opening()
if current_time >= 9*60 and current_time < 10*60 then
if not music_opening_started then
music(0)
music_opening_started = true
end
elseif music_opening_started then
music(-1)
music_opening_started = false
end
end |
I can loop the music in PICO-8 with the loop icon, but I would like to do it via code so I can also add in that pause.
Could anyone here help me out?
Thanks in advance!
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[#horserace-
0#]
Day at the Races
The Game
The Sport of Kings. Spend a day at the races, bet your way through 6 races
without losing your money and become the Top Punter!
Betting Phase
Up and Down to Select Horse
X to Pick Horse
UP to Bet 10$
Down to Remove 10$
Right to Bet 100$
Left to Remove 100$
The Credits
A delicious DEFiANT WARCRY morcel
By WDi 2026
ENjOY!!!
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This is my first cart in a while, programmed in the education edition in my free time after class after a very long time of no practice :)
i really hope you all enjoy and any/all feedback is appreciated! i tried my best to polish it thru and thru so anything that doesn't seem clean is something i'd rather here about, mhm!
controls are explained in the game ;)
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NOT FOR SMALL CHILDREN. i think this thing got shadowbanned lol. this is a social media simulator that gives you a realistic simulation of what it is like to look at Posts. if there are any words you don't know, trust me, they are NOT worth your time to look up. eventually i'll add some actual game mechanics to this but rn it's just a proof of concept
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Hello,
Another question about my current leaf blower game, as I'm having a strange issue.
I have various leaf piles dotted around the game world that the player can walk around and interact with. The player blows leaves to clear them off the path.
I'm currently testing two of these mini games and one of them is working just how I want it to for now (sends the player back to the overworld once all the path tiles are uncovered), but the other one only sends the player back once a much larger area is uncovered around the path tiles, if at all.
My theory is that it's still comparing the leaves to the information from the previous map, but I can't figure out why this would be happening.
Below is all the code I think could be relevant, huge thanks in advance to anyone who has a look.
function initleafpiles()
leafpile1={
x=60,
y=70,
interact=false,
mapcelx=0,
mapcely=0,
pathcomplete=false,
objectcomplete=false,
leavesadded=false,
leaves={}
}
leafpile2={
x=60,
y=70,
interact=false,
complete=false,
mapcelx=32,
mapcely=0,
pathcomplete=false,
objectcomplete=false,
leavesadded=false,
leaves={}
}
end
function updateleafpile(o)
--when the player is close to a leaf pile and interacts with it
--the currentpile is set to the name of the leaf pile interacted with
--and the player enters the leafblower mini game
if o.interact==true then
if btnp(❎) then
o.interacting=true
currentpile=o.name
gamestate="leafblower"
end end
end
function updateallleaflevels()
if currentpile=="pile 1" then
updateleafblower(leafpile1)
elseif currentpile=="pile 2" then
updateleafblower(leafpile2)
end end
function drawallleaflevels()
if currentpile=="pile 1" then
drawleafblower(leafpile1)
elseif currentpile=="pile 2" then
drawleafblower(leafpile2)
end end
function addleaves(o)
--adds leaves for the mini game
--is called when the player is
--in the area where the leaf pile is
if o.leavesadded==false then
for i=0,1000 do
add(o.leaves,{
x=rnd(120),
y=rnd(120),
m=0,--momentum
sp=rnd(leafsprites),
position=0,
point=false,
testposition=function(self)
self.xpostest=(self.x+4)/8
self.ypostest=(self.y+4)/8
self.position=(fget(mget(flr(self.xpostest),flr(self.ypostest))))
end,
draw=function(self)
spr(self.sp,self.x,self.y)
end
})
end
o.leavesadded=true
end
end
function updateleafblower(o)
o.pathcomplete=true
for leaf in all(o.leaves) do
leaf:testposition()
if leaf.position==1 then
o.pathcomplete=false
break
end
end
end
if o.pathcomplete==true then
o.interacting=false
gamestate="park" end
for leaf in all(o.leaves) do
--all code for blowing leaves,
--removed because I don't think it's
--relevant
end
end
function drawleafblower(o)
cls(3)
map(o.mapcelx,o.mapcely,0,0)
for leaf in all(o.leaves) do
leaf:draw()
end
end
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In HTML and binary exports, load()ing a bundled cart whose code is the last thing in it (no gfx, map, sfx or music data after it) delivers that code with its last character(s) missing. A final "end" arrives as "en", and the cart fails with:
SYNTAX ERROR LINE 4 (TAB 0)
EN
ATTEMPT TO CALL A STRING VALUE
The line number is always the last line of the cart being loaded. The same carts work fine in desktop PICO-8 and on a Linux handheld running PICO-8 natively.
Version: PICO-8 0.2.7 on macOS. Seen in the HTML export (Chrome, both from a local file and on an itch.io page) and in the Mac binary export.
To reproduce, put three carts in one folder.
repro_main.p8 (the export's entry cart):
function _update()
if btnp(5) then load("target_bad.p8") end
if btnp(4) then load("target_ok.p8") end
end
function _draw()
cls()
print("\151 load target_bad.p8",8,8,7)
print("\142 load target_ok.p8",8,16,7)
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