zep.p8
@lexaloffle.bsky.social
At @picopicocafe.bsky.social Making fantasy consoles and trying to make my way back to userland. #pico8 #voxatron #picotron
🦣 mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@zep
🦣 mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@zep
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Gamers rejoice! I've published a new game on my itch.io page, Growth Spurt!
Made in less than 48 hours for a game jam, control a plant and grow upwards towards the sun!
Hope you enjoy!
thelxinoe5.itch.io/growth-spurt
#gamedev #picotorn #gamejam
Made in less than 48 hours for a game jam, control a plant and grow upwards towards the sun!
Hope you enjoy!
thelxinoe5.itch.io/growth-spurt
#gamedev #picotorn #gamejam
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Gamers rejoice! I've published a new game on my itch.io page, Growth Spurt!
Made in less than 48 hours for a game jam, control a plant and grow upwards towards the sun!
Hope you enjoy!
thelxinoe5.itch.io/growth-spurt
#gamedev #picotorn #gamejam
Made in less than 48 hours for a game jam, control a plant and grow upwards towards the sun!
Hope you enjoy!
thelxinoe5.itch.io/growth-spurt
#gamedev #picotorn #gamejam
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I'm anticipating another weird niche game made in a weekend dropping soon.
#fargogamejam #indiedev #lowpoly #indiegame #customengine #screenshotsaturday #picotron
#fargogamejam #indiedev #lowpoly #indiegame #customengine #screenshotsaturday #picotron
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'm anticipating another weird niche game made in a weekend dropping soon.
#fargogamejam #indiedev #lowpoly #indiegame #customengine #screenshotsaturday #picotron
#fargogamejam #indiedev #lowpoly #indiegame #customengine #screenshotsaturday #picotron
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We're now accepting submissions for our Pico-8 Arcade Cabinet residency until November 23! The selected game will be featured from Dec 1 - March 1 on a custom 2P cabinet. Apply here!
www.wonderville.nyc/pico8-cabine...
Here's a list of past Pico-8 residents:
wondervilleprojects.org/programs/res...
www.wonderville.nyc/pico8-cabine...
Here's a list of past Pico-8 residents:
wondervilleprojects.org/programs/res...
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We're now accepting submissions for our Pico-8 Arcade Cabinet residency until November 23! The selected game will be featured from Dec 1 - March 1 on a custom 2P cabinet. Apply here!
www.wonderville.nyc/pico8-cabine...
Here's a list of past Pico-8 residents:
wondervilleprojects.org/programs/res...
www.wonderville.nyc/pico8-cabine...
Here's a list of past Pico-8 residents:
wondervilleprojects.org/programs/res...
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last one today, I promise. Here's a bit more polish on the enemy movement and animation
November 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
last one today, I promise. Here's a bit more polish on the enemy movement and animation
#picotron demo showing how to handle overlapping shadows using stencil bits (vs. without, causing additive blending).
> load bbs://shadows_demo.p64
Extra notes: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
> load bbs://shadows_demo.p64
Extra notes: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#picotron demo showing how to handle overlapping shadows using stencil bits (vs. without, causing additive blending).
> load bbs://shadows_demo.p64
Extra notes: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
> load bbs://shadows_demo.p64
Extra notes: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
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As we come out of spooky season, it's time to start looking ahead to the winter holidays, and the #pico8 advent calendar! The elves are already hard at work on a collection of games for this year's calendar, but we could still use your help.
itch.io/jam/pico-8-a...
itch.io/jam/pico-8-a...
PICO-8 Advent Calendar 2025
A game jam from 2025-10-04 to 2025-12-01 hosted by Kevin™ & Jenny Schmidt (bikibird). Every year, the PICO-8 community comes together to make games that reflect the joys and anxieties of the winter ho...
itch.io
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As we come out of spooky season, it's time to start looking ahead to the winter holidays, and the #pico8 advent calendar! The elves are already hard at work on a collection of games for this year's calendar, but we could still use your help.
itch.io/jam/pico-8-a...
itch.io/jam/pico-8-a...
#picotron 0.2.1c is up on lexaloffle & humble: www.picotron.net
- tracker fx: fade, oscillate, fast arps
- batch matmul() // demo: treegen.p64
- fast tline3d / spr / sspr / map
- external .p64 change reloading
- trinkets wallpaper
full changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
- tracker fx: fade, oscillate, fast arps
- batch matmul() // demo: treegen.p64
- fast tline3d / spr / sspr / map
- external .p64 change reloading
- trinkets wallpaper
full changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
#picotron 0.2.1c is up on lexaloffle & humble: www.picotron.net
- tracker fx: fade, oscillate, fast arps
- batch matmul() // demo: treegen.p64
- fast tline3d / spr / sspr / map
- external .p64 change reloading
- trinkets wallpaper
full changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
- tracker fx: fade, oscillate, fast arps
- batch matmul() // demo: treegen.p64
- fast tline3d / spr / sspr / map
- external .p64 change reloading
- trinkets wallpaper
full changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
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hey it's Halloween time and i finally put up a web version of my friendly skeleton PICO-8 platformer, Tuck and Rolo 💀🐦 you can also download it, for free: runningjump.itch.io/tuck-and-rolo
Tuck and Rolo by running jump
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runningjump.itch.io
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
hey it's Halloween time and i finally put up a web version of my friendly skeleton PICO-8 platformer, Tuck and Rolo 💀🐦 you can also download it, for free: runningjump.itch.io/tuck-and-rolo
#picotron 0.2.1c candidate changelog for next week: pastebin.com/raw/5cUeRL0P
October 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
#picotron 0.2.1c candidate changelog for next week: pastebin.com/raw/5cUeRL0P
ornaments for #picotron 0.2.1c tracker: like arpeggios, but only two notes. The high nibble is the semitone offset (or 0 for silence), and the low nibble is the tick speed. It can be used for all kinds of articulation (rolls, grace notes etc), swung accents and of course filthy volume oscillation.
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
ornaments for #picotron 0.2.1c tracker: like arpeggios, but only two notes. The high nibble is the semitone offset (or 0 for silence), and the low nibble is the tick speed. It can be used for all kinds of articulation (rolls, grace notes etc), swung accents and of course filthy volume oscillation.
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The laser code had multiple bugs—some I knew about some I didn't. When I tried to make a small change it broke everything. x) So I rewrote the entire loop from scratch. It works a lot better now. Also added a little charge up delay so it takes a bit of planning to snipe with it ;>
October 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The laser code had multiple bugs—some I knew about some I didn't. When I tried to make a small change it broke everything. x) So I rewrote the entire loop from scratch. It works a lot better now. Also added a little charge up delay so it takes a bit of planning to snipe with it ;>
A faster tline3d() codepath for #picotron 0.2.1c // dividing by w every 8 pixels normally doesn't look too bad and is identical for affine things like sprite rotation, so I think it should be the default.
October 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A faster tline3d() codepath for #picotron 0.2.1c // dividing by w every 8 pixels normally doesn't look too bad and is identical for affine things like sprite rotation, so I think it should be the default.
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Its that time again. Lots of progress me thinks :) #ScreenShotSaturday #Pico8 #GameDev #Retro #Remake #StarQuake
October 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Its that time again. Lots of progress me thinks :) #ScreenShotSaturday #Pico8 #GameDev #Retro #Remake #StarQuake
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🗡🧛♂️ BE WARY 🕯👻
We're hosting our annual Spooky Games Marathon at the end of the month! Join us October 30th for live Let's Plays of scary games by community members and play awesome games in the Halloweenie halls of the Pacific Northwest College of Art!
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...
We're hosting our annual Spooky Games Marathon at the end of the month! Join us October 30th for live Let's Plays of scary games by community members and play awesome games in the Halloweenie halls of the Pacific Northwest College of Art!
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...
October 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🗡🧛♂️ BE WARY 🕯👻
We're hosting our annual Spooky Games Marathon at the end of the month! Join us October 30th for live Let's Plays of scary games by community members and play awesome games in the Halloweenie halls of the Pacific Northwest College of Art!
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...
We're hosting our annual Spooky Games Marathon at the end of the month! Join us October 30th for live Let's Plays of scary games by community members and play awesome games in the Halloweenie halls of the Pacific Northwest College of Art!
Details here: pigsquad.com/events-list/...
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My partner and I will be at the Portland Retro Game Expo this Sunday showing off a little Archipelago supported Pico-8 bumpRPG we made last summer. Swing by to check out The Forged Curse at the @pigsquad.com booth!
chairodactyl.itch.io/the-forged-c...
chairodactyl.itch.io/the-forged-c...
THE FORGED CURSE by chairodactyl
Carve your way through a long-lost dwarven forge in this Rogue-inspired adventure!
chairodactyl.itch.io
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
My partner and I will be at the Portland Retro Game Expo this Sunday showing off a little Archipelago supported Pico-8 bumpRPG we made last summer. Swing by to check out The Forged Curse at the @pigsquad.com booth!
chairodactyl.itch.io/the-forged-c...
chairodactyl.itch.io/the-forged-c...
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Testing if can support widescreen.
Seem to be keeping silky smooth 30fps after:
1. Simplifying a costly palette function call for each book to a poke
2. Caching the shelf labels.
3. Making book sprites draw less blank space
So uh, widescreen co-op seems to be a go. woot
#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev
Seem to be keeping silky smooth 30fps after:
1. Simplifying a costly palette function call for each book to a poke
2. Caching the shelf labels.
3. Making book sprites draw less blank space
So uh, widescreen co-op seems to be a go. woot
#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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oh hey its saturday, and I'm experimenting with lighting on picorton. I think I could possibly take a hybrid approach to rendering characters with spooky lighting and static light maps
#indiedev #lowpoly #indiegame #customengine #picotron #screenshotsaturday #HauntedPS1
#indiedev #lowpoly #indiegame #customengine #picotron #screenshotsaturday #HauntedPS1
October 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
oh hey its saturday, and I'm experimenting with lighting on picorton. I think I could possibly take a hybrid approach to rendering characters with spooky lighting and static light maps
#indiedev #lowpoly #indiegame #customengine #picotron #screenshotsaturday #HauntedPS1
#indiedev #lowpoly #indiegame #customengine #picotron #screenshotsaturday #HauntedPS1
#Picotron Fantasy Workstation 0.2.1 is up: anywhen listings, .p8 spritesheet imports, batch line(), circ() and many QOL improvements. Changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
About Picotron: www.picotron.net
About Picotron: www.picotron.net
October 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#Picotron Fantasy Workstation 0.2.1 is up: anywhen listings, .p8 spritesheet imports, batch line(), circ() and many QOL improvements. Changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...
About Picotron: www.picotron.net
About Picotron: www.picotron.net
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I finished the #pico8 version of clockwise knight ! You can play it here : www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151...
#gamedev #indiedev How many days do you need to defeat Karnoth ?
#gamedev #indiedev How many days do you need to defeat Karnoth ?
October 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I finished the #pico8 version of clockwise knight ! You can play it here : www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151...
#gamedev #indiedev How many days do you need to defeat Karnoth ?
#gamedev #indiedev How many days do you need to defeat Karnoth ?
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Radar Rally, my take on games like #rallyx is now live!
pahammond.itch.io/radar-rally
Can be played online or downloaded to play locally.
A massive thank you to @gentspixelclub.bsky.social for all their help and input into the game.
#gamedev #retrogaming #picotron #arcade #pico8
pahammond.itch.io/radar-rally
Can be played online or downloaded to play locally.
A massive thank you to @gentspixelclub.bsky.social for all their help and input into the game.
#gamedev #retrogaming #picotron #arcade #pico8
Radar Rally by pahammond
1980's style arcade maze racing action
pahammond.itch.io
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Radar Rally, my take on games like #rallyx is now live!
pahammond.itch.io/radar-rally
Can be played online or downloaded to play locally.
A massive thank you to @gentspixelclub.bsky.social for all their help and input into the game.
#gamedev #retrogaming #picotron #arcade #pico8
pahammond.itch.io/radar-rally
Can be played online or downloaded to play locally.
A massive thank you to @gentspixelclub.bsky.social for all their help and input into the game.
#gamedev #retrogaming #picotron #arcade #pico8