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Erster Göttinger Gamejam! A game jam from 2026-05-09 to 2026-05-12 hosted by taxicomics. Erster Göttinger Gamejam Der Gamejam ist ein Wettbewerb von digitalen Spielemacher*Innen und soll den Austausch, die Vermetzung und das L...

Dear gamedevs!
I'm hosting an in-person #gamejam for the "Play Forward" festival (7.-10. of may 2026) in Germany!
I'd love to meet you there.
I'd kindly ask you to boost this if you feel like you know people who would enjoy this :)
#playforward

2 days ago 0 0 0 0

There IS a great portal demake in TIC-80 though, it`s great!

6 days ago 0 0 1 0

Okay,that is a relief :D i thought wizardry was at play here ^^

1 week ago 2 0 0 0

This looks so mesmerizing - the shimmer of the big thing at the end really does look far fancier than what PICO-8 usually looks like

1 week ago 0 0 1 0

Damn, what do you have planned? That is a lot of baddies(?)

3 weeks ago 0 0 1 0

Really cool and unique style! Just had a look at all of your posts, thx for giving us a look behind the curtain :)

Sprite stacking is really neat, and this game looks amazing.

3 weeks ago 1 0 1 0

Really pretty! I like that name :)

3 weeks ago 0 0 0 0
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SNAKE 3310

369px made a great #Picotron Snake clone in the style of everybody's favorite phone - the 3310.
Go play it and try beating my score :P!
#gamedev #scoresub

4 weeks ago 14 4 0 0
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That is a great new feature! I accidentally played old versions of my own cart, so I really appreciate the little notification.

And your score seems unbeatable - but I will keep trying! Did you know there are more game modes in the hamburger menu? I really need to add a little tutorial thingy ^^

4 weeks ago 1 0 1 0
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Picotron Scoresub Tutorial taxicomics published a post on Ko-fi

I wrote a little guide on the new scoresub system in #picotron to hopefully inspire more games to get highscores in!

It is a brilliant new feature, coming back to my games to see new names on the highscore board makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Thank you to all those who played them!
#gamedev

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Three games by taxicomics are on sale for the Steam Spring Sale

Three games by taxicomics are on sale for the Steam Spring Sale

It's finally spring!

That means my games are back in season! Buying them to #support the creation of more nonsense is a great activity for the whole family!

#sale #steam #gamedev

4 weeks ago 7 3 0 1

I've seen your icon and thought it was really adorable.

1 month ago 1 0 2 0

That is a crazy amount of opportunities, really impressive stuff. Thank you for your work!

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Screenshot of the highscore board of "TenSum"

Screenshot of the highscore board of "TenSum"

Scoresub for #picotron is out!

Getting it to work with my MAKETEN clone "TenSum" was surprisingly easy. Really great design by Zep!

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

1 month ago 30 3 0 0

Great update! I'm really enjoying the scoresub workflow, implementing highscores for different gamemodes within the same game was surprisingly easy.
Can't wait to see everybody updating their old carts to include scoresub.

1 month ago 1 0 1 0
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I think that is a great trait :) Here is a first draft. Their kid Yona is the one taking care of the chicken in the pen.
Thank you for your suggestions!

1 month ago 3 1 0 0

These are gorgeous! Especially the tree and animal pen look great.

1 month ago 1 0 1 0
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Sounds like a potential partner/roommate for the player!
Thank you for your input, it's been fun! I'll get right to it and I'll post an update once it is in the game.

1 month ago 2 0 1 0

Is her wife involved with the business or does she oppose it? Is she doing her own thing? Or do they both want potential kids to continue the family business?

1 month ago 1 1 1 0

Sounds good, what is her story?

1 month ago 1 0 1 0

That is purrfect. I thought of cats as adoptable strays, but this beats that. I'll need all the farm animal puns I can get

1 month ago 2 0 1 0
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Designing a whole world is a privilege, but I still need somebody to work at this animal shop. Does anybody have an idea for a character they'd like to see in this game?
Rosemary Peaks is supposed to be a place for everybody and I want it's inhabitants to reflect that
#picotron #gamedev #helpwanted

1 month ago 33 5 2 0

This looks very cute, and I love that the two of you can share that :)

1 month ago 1 0 0 0

Really cute style. I'm a huge fan of this style of walking animations :)

1 month ago 1 0 1 0

Right? I've seen great examples from the Picotron community. Somebody used them for a riddle to make invisible paths you could only see with a torch, which I found very cool.

1 month ago 0 0 0 0
COLOR TABLE Tutorial - How to get transparency, light and shadows in Picotron
COLOR TABLE Tutorial - How to get transparency, light and shadows in Picotron YouTube video by taxicomics Gamedev Cave

Take 5 was the one (Dave Brubeck would be proud).

I finally recorded a version of the video that I am happy with.
Color tables in #picotron are incredibly powerful and useful - and surprisingly easy to use.
This video is my attempt at explaining them.

#gamedev #indiedev #shaders

1 month ago 1 0 1 0
Transparency, Light and Shadow in PICOTRON - The magic of color tables taxicomics published a post on Ko-fi

I tried creating a video about this topic and I will keep trying, but in the meantime enjoy this little write-up on color tables.
ko-fi.com/post/Transpa...
They are a great, cheap way to add effects to your #Picotron projects.
#gamedev #tutorial

1 month ago 6 3 0 0
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I find the difference in a resolution a bit too much. Maybe a few pixelart elements would help to tie them together

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Your first PICOTRON cartridge in 10 minutes
Your first PICOTRON cartridge in 10 minutes YouTube video by taxicomics Gamedev Cave

#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.

#lexaloffle #tutorial #gamedev

youtu.be/iV6Ky3MOFT4

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Devlog #3: A name, a ton of features and future plans taxicomics published a post on Ko-fi

For anybody interested in the Rosemary Peaks:
I wrote a blog post on my Ko-Fi (free) to bring order to the chaos that is gamedev. I might also try turning that into a video, but I've gotten a bit too self-conscious about my voice and accent lately.
ko-fi.com/post/Devlog-...
#gamedev #devlog

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