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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Oct 18

I felt like throwing together a thread about my little projects.
Starting with #pico8 stuff.

Trial of the Sorcerer is a Wolf3D like FPS where you shoot monsters with a magic staff, in procgen levels.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 1d

This is frikn adorable 🙂

Munro @munrowyman.bsky.social · 1d

Working on a post jam update to my library sim Libryinth.

Now featuring: two player mode!

Testing out ideas for difficulty, such as a timer and complex requests.

#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev

tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 3d

It's quite possible that nobody uses this but me 🙃, but

MotC 1.3.3 has been released

Main changes were the ones necessary for Grand Prix (clip rectangles, set pitch on playing sfx)
Also fixes a startup bug in exported web apps

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MotC by Tom Mulgrew

Retro game development tool

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 5d

Mot's Grand Prix Remastered has been released.

This is a rewrite of the Pico-8 original version in MotC, with 320x240 graphics, analogue controller support and touch screen steering on mobile devices.

And it now has a qualification lap :-)

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Mot's Grand Prix Remastered by Tom Mulgrew

Retro pseudo-3D Formula 1 racing

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 5d

I've decided this is done enough to release.
Although I'm probably make a few more improvements (particularly to the title menu graphics).

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Mot's Grand Prix Remastered by Tom Mulgrew

Retro pseudo-3D Formula 1 racing

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Skyward Flight Media @skywardfm.com · 6d

Air Pico by @tommulgrew.itch.io is one of the latest flight games on the PICO-8 Fantasy Console. With 15 missions across a 16km x 16km map, it is an impressive feat for its small file size. #PICO8 #indiegame #flightsim

Air Pico: A Micro Flight Simulator

Air Pico by Mot is one of the latest flight games on a "fantasy" retro game console that never existed.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 10d

They should make an FPS where you can play as a 4-armed mutant, and quad wield.
That'd be swell.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 10d

Something I couldn't quite squeeze into the pico8 version was a qualification lap. Implemented as a single lap race where the cars can't see or collide with each other (you can't see them either in the proper version). This ensures realistic AI car qualification times.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 19d

It's disgusting the amount of advertising that is creeping into games these days..

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 20d

Updating the pixel art to take advantage of the extra resolution.
(Perhaps went a bit overboard with the aseprite dithered gradient fill :-)

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 24d

Thanks. It's using the Pico-8 colour palette (with a couple of "secret palette" colours).

tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 24d

Yes.
I'm kinda happy you can spot that, given the limitations of the renderer.

tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 26d

Analogue game controller input is one of the main new features, compared to the original Pico-8 version.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 28d

Doesn't show for me either, although I get the previous and next post.
Can't see any obvious reason..

tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 28d

I might do that. It's mostly just changing some variables and reallocating the screen buffer.
Although the text would be smaller (could scale it up i guess)

tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · 28d

The car AI and gameplay is pretty much all there now.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 15

MotC is my little C-language for making retro games. (Think low-res, colour index graphics etc).
It's bundled up as a Visual Studio Code extension.
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MotC by Tom Mulgrew

Retro game development tool

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 13

AI car rendering has been implemented. They just run on rails for now - reimplementing the AI driving code will be the next step.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 12

Sound, racing line and game controller input is working now.
I had to add a "setpitch" command to MotC to set the pitch of the looped engine sound effect without restarting it.
I think I'll stick with 320x240. It feels about right for this style of game.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 12

Looks awesome.
What sort of algorithm are you using to generate these?

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 12

The port looks very close to the original now.

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Javifugitivo | The Shadowed Rune | IndieDev @javifugitivo.bsky.social · Sep 10

After the @devinitive Showcase, we can finally reveal the big news: The Shadowed Rune will launch in Early Access on November 20.

Follow + Add it to your wishlist now and don’t miss any of the updates!

#indiedev #spaingamedev #actionroguelike

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 10

Ported the driving code.
Still deciding whether to target 320x240 or 640x480.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 8

The basic rendering logic has been ported.
I had to add support for clip regions to MotC - will release a new version soonish.
I think the approach will be to convert the game more-or-less as is, then look at enhancing the textures and any qol improvements.

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 8

Could the rumours be true?
A MotC port of Mot's Grand Prix?

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tommulgrew.itch.io @tommulgrew.itch.io · Sep 6

That smoothed edge effect works really well.