Working on a remake of Neko Puzzle in its most natural form: a #picotron desktop app. It also has a multiplayer mode (drop in anytime to a single shared game with endless 1-minute rounds) that will eventually be cross-playable with a #pico8 version.

Using Lobo's Hop, Potato! icon as a bookend for a stack of documents; 1. easy to see where the end is when shuffling through with the mousewheel, and 2. looks like a snake.
#picotron

I'm preparing to release #picotron 0.3.0c which includes web player logins for LXO accounts ("Lexaloffle Online") ~ any #pico8 and #voxatron users automatically have LXO and can also post highscores etc.

More Info: https://www.lexaloffle.com/lxo.php

Works fine. Let's see how it'll go from there.

#Picotron

So, I added the walk animations, collisions (with bump.lua) and an experimental transparency for objects way too close feature.

The latter is being extremely expensive on the CPU because Picotron shenanigans. I have to do something about that (and generally the whole overuse of sspr)

Addendum: I decided to only dither the biggest objects. No need for stuff like grass for now.

#Picotron

[WIP] #picotron 0.3.0c podnet running on the BBS. Watching the web app sync with changes made from the binary is pretty satisfying.

Added field of vision, some more graphics

... and HATS!

#picotron #gamedev #indiedev

RE: https://chaos.social/@carlton/116329256279704996

The #pico8 and #picotron community:

I am now COOKING. (GIF in reply)

#picotron

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Screneshot of Picotron showing a project. There is an island on a cylindrical island. A pond is surrounded with trees and grass.

And yes, I clip sprites to let the world occlude them. I am drunk with power.

#Picotron

#pixelart #mastoart #ipadart #retrogames #picotron #picotronpalette #indiegame

#pixelart #indiegame #gameart #picotronpalette #picotron #retrogaming

I'm still fighting over how to properly map the map on the cylinder. I believe the dots are well placed as they're just rotating over an axis projected with a perspective projection matrix. No view matrix.

Still, I don't know what I'm missing to make the cylinder mapping. I feel like I'm close but I can't figure it out.

#Picotron

WIP for family accounts; #picotron (and later #pico8 & #voxatron) owners will be able to add up 5 family members to their account, each with their own username & icon. Also handy for testing multiplayer games during development.

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picotron login.p64 showing a list of family members to choose from

#picotron 0.3.0b is up -- a few bug fixes + cartridge updates: when a newer version of a cart is detected, a popup offers to update the .loc / splore .list location. https://www.picotron.net

Changelog: https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/picotron_changelog.txt

I created a video about the new #scoresub function in #picotron - and how to quickly add online highscores to your existing games.

https://youtu.be/6HE14GUQK10

@369369369 made a great NOKIA3310 Snake clone within #picotron - with scoresub! Finally some cool titles! Try beating my score :P
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=186388#p

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The highscore list of 369px Snake clone

Optional cartridge version checking for #picotron 0.3.0b -- there is no "installing" so updating means rewriting the .loc or .list file's bbs:// location (works when launching from filenav or splore).

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Picotron desktop showing an older version of a cart, and a non-modal prompt at the bottom offering to update to the latest version

Made another little scoresub thingy for #picotron

DOODLE DUCK

I'm REALLY enjoying working with scoresub and I'll probably create a little scoresub quickstart guide soon-ish. Until then:
Can't wait to see you on the leaderboard!
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=155753

#gamdev

Scoresub for #picotron is out!

Getting it to work with my MAKETEN clone "TenSum" was surprisingly easy.

I wasn't able to claim the top spot on the highscore board yet, but I'll keep trying.

Can't wait to play around with scoresub some more to create all kinds of online-ish projects. Asynchronous multiplayer games, highscore hunts etc.

#gamedev

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A screenshot of a scorehunting game called TenSum featuring a highscore board

The pinnacle of multi-user entertainment: boink.p64

// still working through some gritty last-minute issues getting the backend online for #picotron 0.3 ~ thank you all for waiting
o( _ _ )o

Going over some of the finer points of #picotron accounts. podnet:// folders can only be listed by the owner, and so filenav reacts to that state change after switching accounts. podnet and scoresub() are arriving Monday-ish, along with PUT and POST fetch() requests. Get your 16x16 user icons ready!

#Picotron is my game engine of choice and my favorite computer. I'd love for more people to try it, and I hope that creating little tutorials will lower the boundary.

This video is about creating your very own desktop background, feel free to let me know what other stuff you'd like to see. Maybe I'll do a survivorslike next :)

#lexaloffle #tutorial #gamedev
https://youtu.be/iV6Ky3MOFT4

Publishing a webpage in #picotron 0.3 by dragging it into podnet ~ each user has write and listing permission for podnet://{userid}/*

#picotron #gopher

#picotron #gopher

that's probably why i'm so drawn to things like #picotron and #uvn

see also: space toy by jleyba92

#pico8 #picotron #pixelart

Learning raycasting. This feels like another one of those game dev milestones. #picotron as ever