Made couple bug fixes and uploaded to Lexaloffle so feel free to check out my tiny librarian sim! www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151... Also thanks all who voted in the jam! #pico8 #pixelart #gamedev
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Made couple bug fixes and uploaded to Lexaloffle so feel free to check out my tiny librarian sim! www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151... Also thanks all who voted in the jam! #pico8 #pixelart #gamedev
"From Rust to Ash" is out! Roguelike Auto-battler made in #pico8. Go check it out at lokistriker.itch.io/rust #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
Does it have a fixed turret section?
Will after some post-jam updates, need to fill out the book name generation system some more.
My submission to #lowrezjam is out now! Organize a library and help your fellow denizens find books in this dungeon crawling librarian simulator: LIBRYINTH. Play it now: munro.itch.io/libryinth #pico8 #gamedev #pixelart
Must be taking beginner classes, itโs the vinyasa of the month in spicy hot yoga.
Libryinth: ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ.
Added a checkout stamp to catalog cards, a concession to avoid walking all the way over just to find an empty gap where a book should be! Also polished up the animation so you can now flip to your heart's content. #pico8 #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ. Working on the request system, and added more denizens of the Libryinth. #pico8 #pixelart #lowrezjam #indiedev
Made a title screen while work on the data for the random book title generator. #pico8 #indiedev #pixelart #gamedev
Worked on an info screen today with a catalog card for target book and see the cover of currently carried book. Also added a friendly skeleton patron since a drop-off box seemed a bit impersonal! #pico8 #pixelart #indiedev #lowrezjam
(In all seriousness, super neat, might do some post-jam shenanigans with the knowledge.)
Begone space wizard and let us mortals have our fun!
Thanks! The jam makes for an interesting design space being so limited on screen real estate (ofc I choose a text focused game๐คท).
Here's behind the scenes: Whenever raycaster draws a wall, it constructs it in the out of view corner, then memcpy to the sprite sheet to be rendered. Similar hack for the mixed vertical type on books. Fun taking advantage of the reduced screen size rather than it just being a limitation.
Started on a raycast game for #lowrezjam over weekend. Got a special rendering system working. Shelf sprites are generated on the fly in unused space, so each is unique. Started making the basic retrieval task system, moving towards a tiny library sim. #pico8 #pixelart #gamedev
The head popping back on is perfect.
Yay! Been waiting for update on this, exciting!
Sublime game instructions.
Messing around with parallax pseudo 3D. Tiny konbini shop sim anyone? #pico8 #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
Time to remake my console log first person raycast engine.
So you made a hand made hand?
This is cool! I was wondering what happened to bitplanes: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=54215
The question of day: is this too many grenades? The resounding answer: "n o".
Visiting Toronto then so hope to say hi!
The Lego school of weapon modding.
And yes, the C96 stock can be used to store the gun itself. Because why not.
Fixed up the modding system so it can detach stuff and works with rotation correctly. Now you can add a billion attachments to a pistol and turn into an oversized behemoth. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #picotron
Basic combat! Starting with active time battle system this time. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev
Added a quick reload system. Might keep some of the process manual though. Art break: added unloaded weapon sprites, liking the extra mechanical detail each adds. #pico8 #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
"Accessories. Games. Tools. Toys. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the System kept balance between the Accessory Tribes, Game Kingdom, Tool Nation, and Toy Nomads. But that all changed when the Tool Nation attacked..."
The abbreviations are making fun of me again.
Yep! Transitioned to using picotronโs GUI library with the rest of functionality stapled on top.
Had a bad idea: weapons also have an inventory for ammo. Inventories all the way down! Bug of the day: can fire empty casings as well. Use the whole bullet! Does open up to non ejecting guns like break action shotguns. #gamedev
Oscillating between combat or merchant sim. Jack and Casie is the guiding star for combat, though fear ripping it off. I should focus on a playtest build, and stop tracing more weapons/adding bespoke inventory interactions, but ahh I want reimplement Tetris shape collision boxes. Such is life.
Playing a lot of Deepspace Emporium, which has such a great core loop that made me straight up jealous enough to pick up development again. Decided need to hone in on inventory as sole mode of interaction, then build the game loop around it. #pixelart #picotron #indiedev #gamedev
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The Dead Ring. munro.itch.io/thedeadring The dame left before you could offer a drink. The gesture was as empty as the bottles under your desk. All that lingered was a thick haze of perfume, smoke, and a note with a scrawled number. #tweettweetjam #tweetcart #pico8 #pixelart Code in replies:
My first tweetcart with sound! PSCII is an arcane art I barely fathom but it does make cheap beeps and boops.
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function c(k,l,u)for e in all(f)do if(e!=k and e.x==(k.x+l)%12and e.y==(k.y+u)%18)return e end end f={}for k=1,4do for i=1,2^k do repeat j={x=rnd(12)\1,y=rnd(18)\1,t=5-k}until not c(j,0,0)add(f,j)end end
The world has been fragmented, reunite it one merge at a time! munro.itch.io/lucky-7 #tweettweetjam #indiedev #pico8 Code in replies:
Agree, temp for the animation. Have an ancient p8 project to port over at some point.
I got stuck doing commands in the console like p8 rather than using the desktop. And the ram vs disk confused for a while. Needed to setup to have it really work as wanted, downloading tools off the forum for extra functionality and modding the editor a bit. Comfy now but took longer setup than p8.
Messing around with a control panel thing. I wish Steam had a tag for diegetic/tactile interfaces, so many good ones out there (PVKK my newest wishlist). And virtual desktop tag. And little guy piloting big machines. Sigh... simulation tag they remain. #picotron #pixelart #gamedev
Although originally released in the Japanese and European markets, Sushi Belt had a less well known North American release called Burger Belt. It sold terribly. (added a third language mode called USA. kind of hard mode cause recipes make no sense.) #pico8 #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
Doing stress testing to track down bugs on duplication and placement. Since cig packs currently cycle between open and closed when destroyed, they overtake the other items.
Working on the save system for longform testing and avoid later headaches with structure. Since can only save trees, on save I prune the data, then on load feed the data back into same init functions and regen the non-persistent values with default values. #picotron #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
Default Picotron's, can be found at /system/fonts/lil.font if have it. The small stack numbers are pico8's default font.
Tightening up store interactions and item transfer logic. Under the hood, switching to Picotron's gui.lua for the UI. Debating converting inventory itself to gui. I want it to be scrollable for the ground/stores and gui has a lot of that logic built in. #picotron #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev
all three stages of life.
Implementing shops and loot tables. Also terrible knockoff firearm names. I like Stoneshard's loop of buy supplies->dungeon delve->loot valuables->sell for upgrades and resupply. The way supplies gets used up opens up space for vendor trash works very well. #picotron #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev
Testing out palette swapping for day/night cycle. Seems intrusive so might go for a custom dark draw palette and/or fading the colors more gradually. Enjoying having more purple shades by default, Pico-8's palette is very limited in that department. #picotron #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
Goofy bug from testing: the bandit rave.
WIP title screen. Got combat transition from the overworld down and did rebalancing on the survival stats today. Having a keyboard for hotkeys makes actions real quick to preform! Noticed M1911 is oversized to other weapons so made accurate Glock to compare. #picotron #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
Chief, among many others! UI is dead giveaway lol. Reading Daniel Fedor's blog posts on Neo, I find the design thought process fascinating. The game itself is deliberately opaque about mechanics, so reading about the playtesting and revisions that went into that balance is quite illuminating.
Basic combat encounter prototyped! Tiny detail: firing guns produces shell casing you can pick up. Eventually thinking will use them to craft new ones or sell to a merchant who collects them.๐ค #picotron #pixelart #gamdev #indiedev
Starting to prototype combat, decided to make it turn based, was debating between menu-based or full on tactical movement. I figure combat serves the survival and inventory management, so decided to go with quicker menu-based. Happy new year! #picotron #indiedev #pixelart #gamedev
now need stretchy windows
Thanks, its come a long way from the jam version!
Finishing edits to Sushi Belt to send off to Magfest usb compilation. Added an attract screen. Since its pico8, I can't fit a whole video so did the next best thing: record inputs and then play back them back with same srand seed. Perfect replication! #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
Implemented basic scavenging, random walk npcs and an equipment panel. Also a minimap! Picotron's map tile scale option makes them super easy. #picotron #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev
I do to! Inventory tetris is the best.
Realized I uploaded the gif as a static image, here's the video:
Improving UX for the inventory and doing a mini stress test with a bunch of items. Turned out quick sort was hogging CPU so switched to insertion sorting. Works great now, tackling the equipment system next! #picotron #gamedev #pixelart #retrogaming
Messing around with Picotron over winter break. Making a Neo-Scavenger style survival sim. Pro tip: always eat a balanced diet, such as cans of tuna and chugged water! #picotron #gamedev #pixelart #screenshotsaturday
