function _update()
t=time()
for y=0,127 do
o=sin(y/128+t) p=sin(t+y/24)
for x=0,127 do
v=x/24+o c=(flr(v+p)%3+13)
pset(x,y,c)
end
end
end
#pico8 #tweetcart

"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

"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

Finished up my entry for this year's #pico1K Jam!

Pivop1K is a demake of an older game of mine squished all the way down to a single kilobyte of compressed source code!

Wow! That's so small for all this head-swinging action!

andymakes.itch.io/picop-1k

#pico8 #indie #sizecoding #tweetcart

The 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗢⬩𝟭𝗞 𝗝𝗔𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 has now started! 🥳
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
You have until end of Sep to create:
🕹️ Games
📺 Demos
🛠️ Tools
...in #Pico8 (or #Picotron) using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
( #Tweetcart, see code in ALT tag)
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding

Animation of the space-time diagram of the current BB6 champion Turing Machine.

Remix it on www.pico-8-edu.com?c=AHB4YQGtAU...

#postcart #pico8 #tweetcart

"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

a=abs::_::cls()e=t()for r=0,46do
for p=0,1,.025do
j=sin(e)*20k=cos(e)*5f=1-p
h=a(17-p*34)v=a(23-r)c=1+min(23-v,17-h)%5/3\1*6u=(r-1)/80z=a(p-.2)if(e%1<.5)c=a(r-5)<5and z<u+.03and(r==5or z>u)and 8or 8-sgn(h+v-9)/2
g=r+39pset((64+j)*p+(64-j)*f,(g+k)*p+(g-k)*f,c)end
end
flip()goto _

#pico8 #tweetcart

A pixelated picture of the Mandelbrot set, generated with the Pico-8 fantasy console

function f()
t=a
a=a*a-b*b
b=2*t*b
a+=c
b+=d
end
for x=-99,48 do
for y=-64,64 do
a=0
b=0
e=10
c=x/50
d=y/50
for k=1,93 do
f()
if(a*a+b*b>4)break
e+=1
end
pset(x+99,y+64,e)
end
end
#pico8 #tweetcart

?"⁶!5f101😐<"
r=sin::o::for o=rnd(3)\1,128,3do for d=rnd(3)\1,128,3do pset(o,d,0)e=o-10n=d+21for f=0,1do i=t()-f/2if((4*r(i/2)+16*r(sqrt(e^2+n^2)/70-i/8)+3*r(e/(100+10*cos(n/9)))+cos(n/(31+6*r(e/10))))\3==0)pset(o,d,2-f)
end end end flip()goto o

#pico8 #tweetcart

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:

"Spring"
The problem with synthoids was that they simply thought too much, overly fixated on optimization. The organics played the long game, dancing patiently since the dawn of time.

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

#genuary25 One line that may or may not intersect itself

source below

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

"Inifinite Scroll"
The altar was surrounded by countless skeletons. Above it, the scroll of immortality floated silently. What does it say? "Thou shall die if ye cease reading!"
Oh, no!

full source below

#genuary #genuary28 #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

"Symmetry"
You can hear the pagans across the river, yelling like demons around their bonfires. Oh, how you wish you could join them. Their euphoria is as vast as your dogmatic sorrow.

full source below

#genuary #genuary26 #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

#genuary19 Op Art
full source below
#genuary #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

What does wind look like?
#genuary #genuary18
#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

full source below

"Neo-Tokyo Circular Route"
He could hear the highway, but his visor was cracked, and all he could see was a kaleidoscope of lights and the shadows of passing cars.

#genuary Pure black and white. No gray.

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

source below

"Visual Calculus"
"In the photo of your missing brother... this rug was on the wall, wasn’t it?"
"Yes, detective. But I’ve redecorated," he said - and used it to cover his blood, he thought.

#genuary design a rug

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

source in a post below

"Remuneration"
He delivered, so they paid him with gold as agreed. However, it was a four-dimensional gold nugget, and we didn’t have the technology to unpack it.

src below

#genuary vertical or horizontal lines only

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

"Curse"
The Seer knelt by the flowers, withered echoes of life lost. Struggling against the cold wind, just like the Warrior before. The Old Gods do not forgive easily.

(2024-01-13 #genuary wobbly function)

source below

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

"Seer"
You hunch your shoulders from the chilling wind, humiliated by the Old Gods once again. This damn seer better has some meal ready. If she doesn't, she's not a seer. Or you won't make it. (2023-01-30)

#genuary #minimalism #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding #tinycode

It was St Andrew's Day yesterday and I thought what better way to celebrate than to resurrect a tweetcart I made a few years ago, but then I lost the code and ran out of time to redo it yesterday.
Anyway, belated St Andrews Day wishes - code in reply.

#pico8
#tweetcart
#StAndrewsDay

Hello! I'm alexthescott I used to live on Twitter until ~2021, I've been without a compelling text based social media platform for a *while* trying out bluesky because I missed all of the wonderful #Pico-8 people out there.

This is a my first #tweetcart I wrote in 2021, hope to make a million more

Good Morning ~

Theme : Chef
Source in comments
#codeart #tweetcart #pico8

"Long live the New Flesh"
When Max Renn uttered his final words and shot himself, it wasn't an act of consecration or communion. It was merely content, played in an endless loop and fed to the hungry masses.

source below

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

"Ruin"
Even the slightest high-pitched sound triggered the attack. Doctors were helpless and unaware of the horrors the patient saw: the bizarre, ever-shifting nuclear chaos of pure evil. (2023-01-31)

280 char source below

#genuary
#pico8 #postcart #tweetcart #codeart #generative #pixelart

"Lesson learned"
It was being melted down, and these were the final moments of its existence. It didn't despair but, with futile diligence, analyzed the decision tree to understand its mistakes.

source below

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding #tinycode #generativeart

As we start all over again - it's time for the #pico8 #tweetcart tutorials!
The gen-art gifs must flow!

when I woke up we were half way there

// 2021 #tweetcart (278 chars ~ #pico8 src in reply) #postcart gif: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=145...