Who made Yume Nikki, and why? This is a question I’ve wondered several times after playing through the game a couple years back. This question evades a clear answer, for no concrete explanations seem to exist online. The game is polished and well thought out, and yet answers to its…
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Based on the Taste of Power trope. Let’s face it, it can take quite a while before a player in a game gets to the really cool content. That’s what people who defend Final Fantasy 13 tell me at least: just play the game for 20 hours, then the real…
This is a 6-in-1 multicart of all my Pico-8 titles using a handy menu system. Multicart currently contains these titles: Cathode Ray Sunshine Gem Hunter (Work in Progress) Laser Blast! Laser Blast! 2: The Fight Laser Blast! 3: Fury of the Wizard Story of the Mirror Naturally, I will add…
GAME CONTAINS SOME FLASHING IMAGES AND DISTURBING CONTENT. Made in 2 weeks for #AdvJam2019 Night of the Crescent Moon is a text adventure game with some horror and puzzle elements. Traverse the moonlit wilderness in search of the spectral voice that calls out your name across the ether. Make use…
Today I’m beginning work on rebuilding Night of the Crescent Moon from scratch, using Love2d instead of Gamemaker Studio, for Adventure Jam 2019. At this point, I no longer utilize Gamemaker and instead fully embrace Love2d for game development purposes. I originally started this game way back in 2016 for…
This game is currently under development This is a demake of the classic genesis puzzle game Columns 3: Revenge of Columns. How to play Line up rows of 3 or more either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Activate the crush ability to push your opponents blocks up and try to fill…
Laser Blast! 3: Fury of the Wizard is a 2d 8bit rail shooter in the style of Space Harrier. Enemies will periodically fly towards you. Shoot them down while avoiding their attacks. When the sun sets, defeat the level boss to win the game. Controls:– Directional keys: Move around– Z…
Today we’ll be looking at more programming concepts which are a bit more advanced. After learning these concepts, you’ll be one step closer towards game development. Flow Control Flow control is similar to a flow chart and is at the heart of nearly all programming. You can think of it…
Now that we have covered each menu of Pico-8, we’re ready to begin game development! There are different ways to start a project, such as coding, drawing sprites and writing music. For this tutorial, I’ll be focusing on the coding aspects since that is my area of expertise. The Game…
Pico-8 is a fantastic little program for designing tiny 2d sprite-based games. It uses the Lua programming language, which is a dynamically-typed scripting programming language. Lua is a popular language in building mods for video games since it’s very simple and lightweight. Lua is an easy, user-friendly language to learn,…