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OK, this is pretty wild. Just learned about a Chromium-based terminal browser called Carbonyl (https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl), so I...

OK, this is pretty wild. Just learned about a Chromium-based terminal browser called Carbonyl (https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl), so I fired it up in Cool Retro Term with a sweet old-timey amber color scheme (and scan lines which you can't see in the still shot) and went to one of my games on the #pico8 BBS. You can start the game, but the keyboard controls don't work. Still, this is so pretty I could stare at it all day. 😂

Content warning:Self-promotionI have been super sick (not Covid, but whatever it is truly sucks) so I decided to participate in a pretend...

Content warning:Self-promotion

I have been super sick (not Covid, but whatever it is truly sucks) so I decided to participate in a pretend one day game jam of my own making, and the result is my new #pico8 game The Blocky Dead! How long can you survive the swarms of dead pixels in your town square? Play on the Lexaloffle BBS here: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=51410

Found an enjoyable, new to me #pico8 #gamedev tutorial series on Youtube: Building a Zelda-style Dungeon by Radical Slice. I'd call it...

Found an enjoyable, new to me #pico8 #gamedev tutorial series on Youtube: Building a Zelda-style Dungeon by Radical Slice. I'd call it beginner-intermediate level - it gets into the usual basics like movement & bounding box collision detection, but also gets into entity management & using message queues to spawn actions. Plus he codes in vim which is bonus points from me 😂. Anyway, I'm a fan! Check out the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5wBFTTkJBM&list=PL5o_boFdYiCrjyC5lKano6R5qA-Zzswcz

OK, I still can't even get past the first screen, LOL. Time to accept that I am just terrible at this beloved game!

OK, I still can't even get past the first screen, LOL. Time to accept that I am just terrible at this beloved game!

Playing #pico8 games with an actual controller instead of my laptop keys has been a real revelation. I might even give Celeste Classic...

Playing #pico8 games with an actual controller instead of my laptop keys has been a real revelation. I might even give Celeste Classic another go! 😂

If you were having trouble with the #raspberrypi build of #pico8 0.2.5e on your Pi or supported handheld gaming device, @zep has a new build...

If you were having trouble with the #raspberrypi build of #pico8 0.2.5e on your Pi or supported handheld gaming device, @zep has a new build for you to try, which does work for me on my #gameforce. See here for details - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=124491#p

I got myself an 8Bitdo Lite controller specifically to play #pico8 on my laptop and it's suuuuper smooth and wonderful to use,...

I got myself an 8Bitdo Lite controller specifically to play #pico8 on my laptop and it's suuuuper smooth and wonderful to use, especially coming from the tiny laptop arrow keys I've been using. Worth every penny!

It also works with my WIP #pyxel game, but Pyxel seems to use the buttons below the d-pad as the d-pad (using pyxel.GAMEPAD1_BUTTON_DPAD_LEFT, etc), which is a little weird but maybe remappable?

As I was playing it just now, I happened to notice that the current version of lovely #pico8 puzzle platformer "To a Starling" was...

As I was playing it just now, I happened to notice that the current version of lovely #pico8 puzzle platformer "To a Starling" was released one year ago today. I am notoriously shite at platformers, but I keep going back to this game just because it's so pretty & the music by @Gruber_Music is so good.

Kinda on a whim but also kinda related to the goal of doing more #gamedev things this year, I spent a few hours today porting a long time...

Kinda on a whim but also kinda related to the goal of doing more #gamedev things this year, I spent a few hours today porting a long time work-in-progress from #pico8 (largely #Lua) to #pyxel (#Python), and now the two versions are functionally equivalent. Not super difficult, just lots of switching between 1-indexed tables and 0-indexed lists and plenty of "self" loathing (the word "self" had to be added 369 times to the Python version 😩).

Content warning:Self-promotionMy 2022 in #pico8 games! I released 3 games in 2022, all labors of love. 🕹️ ❤️ - Unibomber: Try to...

Content warning:Self-promotion

My 2022 in #pico8 games! I released 3 games in 2022, all labors of love. 🕹️ ❤️

- Unibomber: Try to blow up some trash-talking tanks while riding a unicycle on a high wire and trying to avoid getting blow'd up by said tanks! https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=113931#p
- Yacht Rocks: Single player 64x64 dice game. https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=114451#p
- PopeyE.T.: "Delightful" remake of the Atari classic about a simple sailor man trying to get back to his home planet. https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=123244#p

Content warning:2023 resolution stuffI always wish I could do everything I do better. Make more & better games, do better at my job or...

Content warning:2023 resolution stuff

I always wish I could do everything I do better. Make more & better games, do better at my job or at acquiring skills for a different one, saving money, taking better physical care of myself, etc. This year, I'd like to be able to be OK with not always having it in me to do any of those things. That's really the hardest resolution to keep!

Content warning:Self-promotionI created a #pico8 remake of the #Atari2600 classic "E.T. the Extraterrestrial". Except my version...

Content warning:Self-promotion

I created a #pico8 remake of the #Atari2600 classic "E.T. the Extraterrestrial". Except my version stars Popeye, and is somehow even jankier than the original (a game I adore, BTW). If this sounds like your bowl of spinach, go play it here: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=50884

Any #pico8 folks with a #gameforce willing to try the Raspberry Pi build of PICO-8 0.2.5e on the device? I wrote up an issue I encountered...

Any #pico8 folks with a #gameforce willing to try the Raspberry Pi build of PICO-8 0.2.5e on the device? I wrote up an issue I encountered here: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=50653. Just wondering if it's just me or if it's an actual issue.

Content warning:Long code blockfunction _init() cls() t={0,3,11} m=64 y=0 d={} dx=0 ox=0 b=false bd=trueendfunction...

Content warning:Long code block

function _init()
cls()
t={0,3,11}
m=64
y=0
d={}
dx=0
ox=0
b=false
bd=true
end

function _update60()
y+=2
if(y>=128 or ox>=64) then
b=true
m=64
ox=0
y=9
else
ox+=1
if #d<128 then
add(d,rnd{0,1})
end
end
if b then
y+=5
dx+=1
ox+=2
if(dx>=#d or y>127)bd=false
end
end

function _draw()
if not b then
for i=m-ox,m+ox,0.5 do
pset(i,y,rnd(t))
end
elseif b and bd then
circfill((rnd(2*ox)+(m-ox))\1,y,2,flr(rnd(15)))
end
?"★",61,1,10
end

#pico8 #tootcart Merry scanline Xmas! 487 characters I think? Code in next toot.

#pico8 #tootcart Merry scanline Xmas! 487 characters I think? Code in next toot.

Just tried #tic80 for the first time by porting a simple #pico8 angle toy I made by:* Replacing PICO-8 syntax shortcuts and trig functions...

Just tried #tic80 for the first time by porting a simple #pico8 angle toy I made by:

* Replacing PICO-8 syntax shortcuts and trig functions with standard #Lua
* Combining _update() and _draw() to make TIC()
* Changing PICO-8 0..1 angles to radians.

I didn't change any equivalently-interfaced functions (circ, line, print,btn) or color value numbers, and this is how it ended up. Kinda fun to experiment like this!

I still play #Atari2600 games a fair bit. They're fun, they're simple and now that I've gotten into #GameDev, I also find them...

I still play #Atari2600 games a fair bit. They're fun, they're simple and now that I've gotten into #GameDev, I also find them to be miraculous examples of (often) a single developer working within serious limitations. This is a favorite I play often, do you know what it is without Googling?

I'm kinda itching to finally do something with this stick figure skateboard thing I started a while back.

I'm kinda itching to finally do something with this stick figure skateboard thing I started a while back.

I found a graph paper notebook that has 16 squares across and 17 squares down, so if I ignore one row, it's a perfect #pico8 map/screen...

I found a graph paper notebook that has 16 squares across and 17 squares down, so if I ignore one row, it's a perfect #pico8 map/screen prototyping book.

Content warning:Mental healthSo much of the time I feel like a complete fraud at just about everything I do (you may notice I describe...

Content warning:Mental health

So much of the time I feel like a complete fraud at just about everything I do (you may notice I describe pretty much all of my games with some variant of "silly" or "stupid" even when I think they're fun), and this especially goes for Day Job (tm). But today I solved a particularly vexing problem we've been having and briefly felt like I know what I'm doing, and that was nice. I'd like to figure out how to bottle that feeling and order a six-pack of it. 😜