In 7 days, I tried to make a game with the weirdest game engine: PICO8, a fantasy console that tries to emulate hardware restrictions of 1980s video game consoles like the NES (1985) and SNES (1991). I teamed up with the insanely talented, professional, fulltime game dev and pixel artist ‪@ReeceGeofroy‬, who created the game’s art, and in one week we were able to put together "String Quest," a retro dungeon crawler game where you navigate two players connected by a string. This was also our entry to the Brackeys Game Jam 2021.1, which had a theme of “Stronger Together,” and the mechanics were inspired by Murphy's Walk, a game I made for the Extra Credits Game Jam #4 in 2019.

Check out String Quest here: https://polymars.itch.io/stringquest
→ Reece Geofroy’s Video (I'M IN IT):    • Creating A Retro 8Bit Dungeon Crawle...  

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Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:42 friendly chat
1:11 What is PICO8?
1:51 Core
2:51 Game Idea
3:18 Lua Programming
3:52 Creating Basic Gameplay
4:08 Collisions
4:28 Animation System
4:37 Hazards
4:55 Enemy Showcase
5:36 Enemy Code
6:45 Designing Levels
6:54 Level Loading (who cares?)
7:15 End Flag
7:28 Heart Collectible
7:34 Breakable Walls
7:45 Chests
8:04 Implenting Levels
8:23 Finishing Touches
8:45 Conclusion

Music

"Swing" PolarChips (   • Nocturnal (8 Bit Jazz)  )
"Breeze" PolarChips (   • Breeze  )
"Rocket" Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
"Glider" INTL CMD (  / intlcmd  )
"Operatic 3" Vibe Mountain (   •  Operatic 3  Vibe Mountain  No Cop...  )
"Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
"il vento doro" JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
"Getting It Done" Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

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