The idea of a game console has fascinated me since Quake, and for some reason I keep pushing more and more logic into these simple string-parsing functions. Today, I added SQL-like SELECT/UPDATE/DELETE.

#indiegame #indiedev #pico8 #picolove #love2d #schifahren

pixel art, winter, people talking at the playground

the story in #schifahren is sad enough. traumatizing players even more with nvidia's DSLL 5 would be utter cruelty

#indiegame #indiedev #pico8 #picolove #love2d

"does yours eat over the sink too?"
Schifahren #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #indie #pico8 #picolove #love2d #screenshotsunday

Redux Redux (2025) McManus brothers
#loop #gif #movies

s=sin::_::?"\^1\^c0\^!5f11█░49:♥77"
spr(0,0,0,16,16)w=t()for i=1,7do
x=64+s(w/(4+i)+i/8)*32y=32+i*3+cos(w/(5+i)-i/7)*8+s(w*4+i/8)for j=-2,99do
x+=(x-64)/99y+=(y+32)/99pset(x,y,max(pget(x,y)-8/j))p=rnd(64)+32k=s(w/4)/4+(atan2(-32-j,64-p)*40-20)^2+j*j/1600+(p%2+j%2)%2/2sset(p,j,max(8-k))end
end
goto _

"The Thief's Journal"
My fellow prisoners were moths. They danced frantically beneath the light, blinded by that dangerous urge to disregard the risks. Stupid bastards.

source in a post below

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

@2darray.bsky.social's Palette-Maker is my friend

if(l.p>1)l.s=l.d if(abs(l.s%16-f%16)+abs(l.s\16-f\16)<2)l.p=-(t()*f%2)l.d,f=f,l.s
end
goto _

a={}f=0
::_::
?"\^1\^c0\^!5f11▒1⬇️3⬅️;⌂"
for i=0,1536do
if(#a<256)a[i]={s=i,d=i,p=1}
l=a[i%256]
p=l.s%16*8
q=l.s\16*8
e=mid(1,l.p)
r=3+sin(e/2)*1.5
x=3+p+e*(l.d%16*8-p)
y=3+q+e*(l.d\16*8-q)
if(r\1==i\256)l.p+=.05rectfill(x-r,y-r,x+r,y+r,r*2.6)

"Pattern Recognition"

She’s at the screen and won’t let it go.
"We have to split, kid. Now!"
"Almost got it. It’s not random."
"They'll lock down the zone any moment."
"But I can see the pattern."
"THIS ZONE IS OFF LIMITS!"

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding #postpostcart

tiled posters of movies The Things you kill (2025) O Som ao Redor / Neighboring Sounds (2013) Pigen med nålen / The Girl with a needle (2024) Los Colonos / The Settlers (2023) Sirat (2025) Trenque Lauquen (2022) Sirocco et le royaume des courants d'air (2023) The Paragon (2023) Only the River Flows / He Bian De Cuo Wu (2024) The kingdom / La Royaume (2024) The seed of the sacred fig (2024) Misericorde (2024) Central Station / Central do Brasil (1998) Asura (2025) Common Side Effects (2025)

#movies

A simple little things as I experiment with some stuff. Tall grass catching the wind and passing it on. #pico8 #postcart

Code in the follow up (not even remotely optimized for size)

𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗢⬩𝟭𝗞 𝗝𝗔𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 has now finished 🏁
We had 75 awesome entries! 👨‍💻
Please check them out:
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
A mix of 🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools.
All done in #Pico8 (or #Picotron), using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
Congrats everyone! 👏🤓
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding

Thanks. For now you can't as it is still in development. But only 1 area remains

thanks

this is pico8 fantasy console, with 16 colors, 128x128 res and limited cpu cycles. game is fully playable in browser on itchio page or, if you feel hacky you can grab and paste the source code into educational version of pico8.

yes

Caverns of the Souleater by rostok was the path you took the right one?

Caverns of the Souleater is my entry for Pico1k 2025 game jam itch.io/jam/pico-1k-... Play here rostok.itch.io/souleater 2/2

#indiegame #artgame #generative #sizecoding

"Caverns of the Souleater"
Father told you these caverns hold a great treasure. But all you've found are endless tunnels and venomous snakes. As your torch burns low, you wonder if the gold was ever real. And why he didn't share this with your brother?!

#pico8 #indie #pico1k #sizecoding 1/2

made a game for #pico1k jam but i'm not so sure about it so i'm making another one

Download the latest indie games itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you covered.

what the hell is going on at itch.io? every time i go there it seems down. starting to worry about #pico1k jam

Central Station (1998) Walter Salles
#loop #gif #movies

i just found out that 'do' acts like 'then' in #pico8
that might get you some extra bytes in #tweetcart's/#postcart's or in #pico1k jam

yes, as much as i loved and got addicted to 868 and Cinco, i never really got far in Zaga

Grandpa didn't say. Probably waited for the bots to run out of energy.

local v,r,s,t,c,k=0::_::l=line?"\^1\^c7\^!5f11██🐱░49:♥7"
v+=.03for y=0,176do
srand(y)--v\.1333)
c=rnd(160)r=rnd(32)+16s=abs(sin(v+r))/19+.9for j=0,r do
if(j<9)k=y-j-r+5t=9-abs(j+j-9)l(c-t,k,c+t+1,k,0)
l(c-9,y-j,c,y-j+4,max(8-j/4*s))l(c+9,y-j)end
l(c,y-r,c,y-r-8,0)end
goto _

"Dark Ages"
The first couple of nights after they cut the power were just scary. Then the looting and burning began. Streets in flames. And that smell. You didn’t have to die to go to hell.

source in a post below

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

sometimes, instead of moving forward with Schifahren's story, I procrastinate and work on things like camels and cell towers
#schifahren game #picolove #pico8 #love2d #gamedev #screenshotmonday

[Tokyo] #picotachi is back on Friday (June 6th) with vol.74 at @picopicocafe.bsky.social!

Starts 7pm / talks from 8pm / free entry / cafe is open from 5pm. DM me if you'd like to show something you're working on or thinking about. More info: www.picopicocafe.com/index_en.htm...

switch 2 anti-piracy screen leaked