Pico8 Experiments

Touch Test

Automatic touch screen detection. This code uses mico8's mouse input functions to discern the type of input being given. If the mouse moves with the button not pressed, it is a physical mouse, not a touch screen, therefore a cursor must be drawn. If not, no cursor is needed and the mouse coords need to be placed offscreen when not touched. This has a variably sensitivty factor, because rapid multitouch inputs can trick it into thinking there is a mouse on a touchscreen.

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Professor Timesync

An experiment in time signatures in the music editor. Contains some music in 3/4 time, an explainer for how it works, and a bit of fun with a sweary famous doctor. Keep in mind that I porbably havent breached any copyright here because I got the music so wrong. Just so so wrong.

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DropKick

An experiment in file loading via drag and drop. This one also contains a special feature where it can copy the important relevant code straight to your clipboard, so if you want to just grab the code snippet. scroll down to learn how.

Try it out! - Windows - Mac OSX - Linux

Note: although you can scroll around on the text, the drag drop function on the web version does not work, as the drag/drop is captured by your browser and loads the file there instead. Also the bit that copies the text doesn't work. Honestly I'm not sure why I bothered with a web version.

Transperiment

A test of doing a rotozoom transition between two maps. Originally written for TDOV but ended up taking a little longer than I'd hoped. Click anywhere to open a wormhole into a whole new identity!

Mouse/touch controls only

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Hilariously Inefficient Sorting Algorithms.

An implementation of some bad sorting algorithms, designed to mimic shaking a cereal box and combing knotty hair. But with data.

Keyboard and touch controls.

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Sand Fun

A sand simulator in pico-8 with code short enough to fit in a tweet.

Do it live!