This is a pretty complicated one. If you want more information on how I did this, check out my post on Friday for how my layered sprites work. This example is kind of difficult to really show off with just the code, so you can download the whole cart and poke at it to take a look at what’s going on!
So when it comes to game development, PICO-8 isn’t the only engine/platform I’ve played with. I got my start with Game-Editor, a tiny little game engine I begged my mom to buy despite being 10 and on the edge of homeless. Looking back on it I’m very lucky to have that investment in my childhood.
Oh god, the game still works… is that… is that comic sans?
Today I tried out Picoh Mummy, by Road Software! It’s a grid capture game, based on a classic 1984 game called Oh Mummy, and it’s very true to the original.
Gotta be careful with magic, it’s dangerous.
Short hop! Trying to get the basics of platforming down here. Thanks to chillpenguin on the PICO-8 Discord for this simplistic idea of how to go about a smash-like jump!
if btn(2) then
if t.ground then
t.ground = false
t.vel_y= -3.5
t.short_hop = 3
else
if t.short_hop == 0 then
t.vel_y -= 1.5
end
end
end
Just a teaser of some simple stuff done in my spare time I’m sure p-type is taken as a pico-8 game but I’m too lazy to find out myself.
A while back I had described Ichor, a framework I’ve been using to handle state in my games. I’ve been using it fairly consistently however I’ve run into an issue design-wise that I want to overcome. This is basically a personal rant, nothing too in depth here.
I streamed development of this idea for a racer, I’ve gotta work on some mechanics and maps, but it’s actually pretty fun. Hopefully I’ll have a playable version sometime.
Just messing with a bit of a concept. Been busy lately with work and a hardware project. Hopefully I’ll have some information on that when I’m finished. In other news I’ve played a lot of r-type 3 on SNES recently. really exciting.
Anonymous asked:
Aha. Yes. That. Well you see what I did was I didn’t.
I am back! Sorry for the delays. I’ve been distracted but my level 63 Skyrim character is super cool. So it’s been a few months since I’ve last posted and I genuinely apologize.
I’ve been getting back into the grind though, so fret not, and hopefully you’ll see some of my rants on code in the soon to come PICOZINE #5! I’ve wrote an article on dungeon generation and I’ll likely hold of from throwing that on here until that’s available to the public.
As for my own projects, I have lost them all! I wiped my own system and forgot to back them up. So I’ve slowly been working back at recreating some things and trying some new stuff out so hopefully given a bit of time I’ll be able to have something interesting to show you guys.
I’ve got a game coming though, so expect some dev logs while I figure out what I’m going to do from here on out. If you’re interested in something specific about game design, please don’t be afraid to ask me! Literally begging for topics right now as I get back into the grind. Let’s get this party started!