https://github.com/achie72/dragon_demo_platformer
PICO-8 Fooling and Learning
https://github.com/achie72/dragon_demo_platformer
2d-game 8bit game game-development gamedev hacktoberfest lua pico-8 pico8 pixel-art
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PICO-8 Fooling and Learning
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/achie72/dragon_demo_platformer
- Owner: Achie72
- Created: 2018-11-06T21:35:52.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-04-20T13:13:03.000Z (about 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-25T23:41:45.031Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: 2d-game, 8bit, game, game-development, gamedev, hacktoberfest, lua, pico-8, pico8, pixel-art
- Language: Lua
- Homepage:
- Size: 504 KB
- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
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README
# DragonDemo
PICO-8 Fooling and Learning
Generally this repository will contain my learning and experiments about the fantasy console named PICO-8 and platformers.
Don't forget to check the people i mentioned in the `Examples and credits` part.
## Dragondemo.p8
My first ever project, in which i try to implement a basic platformer, with movements, and collisions as usual. Still under development, and heavily WIP.
Currently i'm not concerned about token numbers, in this project i want to focus on readability.
### Current Features
* Tile based collision check
* Global, configurable animator
* Simple camera, that follows player
* Fully dynamic UI prints. Just add the element you want to the `ui` collection in `set_ui()` and watch the magic happen.
* Changeable player skins. Press `x` ingame to change your skin.
* Pickups in the form of flowers. Also pickup sounds.
* Proper health system. You start with three, indicated on the GUI, you lose one if you collide with enemies.
* GUI containing health, and picked up flowers, and missing ones.
* Two enemy AI. `knight` who just wanders, and turns if he can't go forward, and falls down on ledges. `spearman` who will guard the position, and won't fall of edges.
* Proper game loop. Now you can lose, and win, and restart the game if one or the other happens.
* Damage indication in the form of red flashing, invincibility frames, and health pickups in the form of the heart flowers.
* The ability for the player to stomp enemies upon landing on them, and gaining upward momentum from them.
* An OOP-like method for creating enemies, and animated grasses onto the game. `create_enemy` and `create_grass`
* The ability to breath fireballs and fireflowers to replenish this ability.
[Animator based on this cartridge](https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=3115 "Simple Animation Function")
[Collision based on this article](http://gamedev.docrobs.co.uk/first-steps-in-pico-8-easy-collisions-with-map-tiles "First Steps in PICO-8: Easy Collisions with Map Tiles")
## How to use this
* Open PICO-8 and type in `folder`. The OS will open the cartridge directory, with your dedicated file browser.
* Paste `dragondemo.p8` into the directory.
* Return to PICO-8 and press `ctrl+r` to reload.
* Type `load dragondemo.p8` and `run`.
Alternatively you can try it on [my](https://achie72.github.io/dragon_demo_platformer/) github page.
## Examples and credits
You can find them under `examples/`. Credit to all owners. You can find their name and original cartridge name in the .p8 files. Thanks for them for sharing them.
Credit to all examples:
* coin thief adventure! - dylan
* advanced micro platformer - matthughson
* pixel-perfect collision test - josh millard
* simple-collision-function - Scathe
Thanks for:
* enargy on Discord, for helping me with the collision system remake
* tobiasvl on Discord, for putting up with my shit with lua ternaries
The whole family on Pico-8 Discord
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