#picotron 0.3.0d is up. Faster scoresub(), batch scaled sprites, and a whole bunch of little improvements. www.picotron.net
Changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docโฆ.
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Arkanoid - Picotron version
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#picotron is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 12 people shared 121 posts with it โ around 4 a day. Activity is up 13% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 12 with 40 posts.
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Heads up, the Lexaloffle terms of use will change later this week to disallow genAI content. The proposed update aims to protect the current BBS culture without excluding usability. Any comments welcome (here or hey at lexaloffle dot com). Draft: pastebin.com/raw/v8cvrdgv
#pico8 #picotron
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Sometimes it's easier to visualize low-level #picotron runtime bugs using a renderer, but with the added risk of spending time playing with pretty glitches.
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More surreal rendering tests for #picotron 0.3.1, this time with tline3d textures x colour tables. Notes and gif:
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pโฆ.
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๐ itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
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๐จโ๐ป Make #Pico8 (or #Picotron) Games/Demos/Tools in โค 1KB
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SEP 1หขแต-30แตสฐ 2026
Hope to see you at #Pico1k jam! ๐ค
#GameJam #Demoscene #TweetCart #Sizecoding
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I know I said I wasn't going to work on this anymore but I had some ideas! I optimized the raycaster so it hits 60fps now. Also upgraded it to use 32x32 textures which really helps with detail. And I broke up the silhouette of blocky hallways with some stenciled doorway sprites #picotron
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More WIP #picotron quad rendering using batch ud:dot() and ud:cull_gt() for backface / nearplane culling. This wireframe sphere is drawing ~2k wireframe quads (of 4k) at ~70% cpu using a :take() call + batch line() call per quad.
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Iโve just published my first game made with Picotron! ๐ฎ
My remake of Taitoโs classic 1986 arcade game, Arkanoid. ๐งฑ
You can play it here:
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tโฆ.
#Picotron #Arkanoid #IndieGame #GameDev
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I just shipped a really silly game called "See it, Say it, Sorted".
You can play it on your #picotron machine or for free right here: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tโฆ.
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๐ itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
WHAT?
๐จโ๐ป Make #Pico8 (or #Picotron) Games/Demos/Tools in โค 1KB
WHEN?
๐
SEP 1หขแต-30แตสฐ 2026
Hope to see you at #Pico1k jam! ๐ค
#GameJam #Demoscene #TweetCart #Sizecoding
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More surreal rendering tests for #picotron 0.3.1, this time with tline3d textures x colour tables. Notes and gif:
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pโฆ.
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Checking that quad boundaries join up with no holes or overlaps. This one kind of reminds me of a colour plate from an 80s siggraph paper. #picotron
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Similar, using the additive colour table from /system/screensavers/dizzy.p64 (1400 polys)
A target mask of 0x3f + fill patterns still gives 6 pixels / cycle, so not much of the cpu work actually happens in the scanline filling stage.
#picotron
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More batch lerp() / line() tests for #picotron 0.3.1
The batch lerp can take a table of parameters that are each themselves an index into a quad definition. There's something like 3 layers of indirection going on there, but it enables a very tiny per-quad inner loop.
(1000 polys / 60fps / 55% cpu)
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