Hello reddit!
It's been long,
It's been hard!
but I'm finally happy to say that I'm beginning to see the end of the tunnel, so strap yourselves in CAPTAINs for the most:
Locked In !! (hopefully?)
Chaotic !!!!! (but readable?)
Epic !!!!!!!!!! (relatively?)
SPACE ADVENTURE EVER (since last game played?)
I'll see if I can get a play test ready this month, stay tuned!
PAL8TRO is a little poker roguelike demake I built for the PICO-8. If you've played Balatro you already know the vibe: you play poker hands to score points, beat the target ("the blind"), cash out, buy weird modifiers in the shop, and try to break the game before the game breaks you.
- Pick up to 5 cards from your hand and play them. Only the cards that actually make the hand score, so kickers are just along for the ride.
- Your score is **chips × mult**. Blue box times red box. You'll be staring at those two numbers a lot.
- Beat the target before you run out of hands, then hit the shop with your winnings.
- Every third round is a **boss blind** with a nasty rule: hearts taxed, smaller hand, no gold payouts, that kind of thing.
- Clear 8 antes (24 rounds) and take down the final boss to win the run.
EDIT: Full game is posted to BBS now, you can play it directly :)
It took me a year, but my bullet-hell boss-fight game Death of Kairos is finally out.
Play it for free here:
BBS https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=159761
itch: https://voidgazerbon.itch.io/death-of-kairos
PicoDate 0.2 is out, and it brings the biggest optimization so far: a game can now run compiled to the Playdate's own machine code instead of being interpreted line by line.
The video is my Playdate playing Dark Streets by yaky with the same scripted button presses, in real time. Left is compiled, right is interpreted, each with its frame counter underneath.
- Corridors: 19-20 fps compiled, 11-13 interpreted
- The whole scripted walk: 81 seconds vs 129 seconds, about 1.6x
It is not 30 fps, but it turns a shooter you put up with into one you can play. How much a game gains depends on the game.
Compiled versions are downloaded over Wi-Fi from my server. I have only played a small fraction of them, so if one misbehaves PicoDate switches that game back to the interpreter by itself, and you can switch any game either way.
Free on itch.io: https://bitcalibergames.itch.io/picodateplaydate
If you try a game both ways, tell me its name and the two fps numbers.
Scopa is a traditional card game that my wife and I fell in love with when travelling through Italy.
It's an extremely fun game! The basics: you have a hand of 3 cards and there are also cards face-up on the table. You play one card to capture either a card of the same rank, or a group of cards that add up to it (ie: capture a 7 and 3 with a 10 from your hand). Clear the whole table in one go and that's a "scopa" (it means broom/sweep), which is worth an extra point. At the end of each hand you score for most cards overall, most coins suit, the 7 of coins, and the best "primiera" (which is essentially collecting 7s and 6s). First to 11 wins.
This game is great because it's a healthy mix between tactics/strategy and luck/skill. I found it super addictive when I first learned, and thought it would make a great fit for Pico-8!
In the game, you travel across 6 cities in Italy, each with a different opponent (I tried to make them unique rather than just "harder"). There are 3 challenges in each city, the first will always allow you to progress to the next city, then the second two unlock cosmetics for your deck and board! Try to beat the final opponent in Milan to become the Scopa champion of Italy, and beat all 18 challenges to 100% the little campaign.
I spent way too much time on the game feel and juice, so hopefully it paid off and more people learn about this amazing card game. It can be played with a normal deck of 52 cards, just remove the face cards, so please help me evangelize the greatness of Scopa!!!
Hi all! First time back on PICO-8 since Galactic Wars. Always wanted to make my own Road Fighter / Spy Hunter… but after the apocalypse. Mad Max vibes, arcade brain.
Also: the bikers are not your friends. ;P
Hey lovely PICO-8 Community,
Hexwood is a short horror maze game. Find your way through the haunted woods, outwit the creatures lurking within, and free a restless soul.
It`s something I call a coffee-break game: easy to pick up and play, with plenty of arcade fun and challenge. It takes only a coffee break to play. Like the good old once on the ATARI VCS.
This is the first game I’ve finished, and I’m excited (and a little nervous) to share it. I’d love to hear what you think—feedback is very welcome! And of cource we need to know: how long did it take you to find your way through Hexwood wanderer.
Play it for free here:
BBS: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=159760
itch.io: https://thorty.itch.io/hexwood
I have played Moss Moss, Lootslime and Ascend and I am searching for more highlights :)
Link to the game on https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=159640
Works great on a handheld to pass between 2 people
The classic snake game... now with violence!
First time posting a game here, thought some of you might like it
It's kinda just snake, but you can fight up to 3 other players or cpu with bombs and lasers
BBS: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=159430
Itch.io: https://augoeides.itch.io/snake-fighter
From what I can tell it's either muos or knulli?
Minui seems like it needs extra work and hasn't been updated in awhile?
Appreciate any advice around this!