On international Talk Like A Pirate Day 2019, I released a Pico 8 game that’s seen more attention than any of my previous projects, Pico Pirates.
In this post, I’ll be going through the development process from start to finish and touch on a few specific points, namely;
That’s right, my awesome open world pirate game for Pico 8 is finally out!
Come check it out on itch.io here!
This week I participated in Tweet Tweet Jam 2 on itch.io, a game jam which dictated the size games entered must not exceed 560 characters. Yes, you read that right reader, only 2 tweets worth of space to create your entry (or entries in many cases).
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Starting today you can visit CraigTinney.co.uk/carts and see dozens of my Pico 8 Cartirdges, all fully playable on Mobile and PC! The most up to date version of my on-going project/headache, Pico Pirates.
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Another year, another entry for Global Game Jam!
This years theme was “What home means to you” and pretty early on, I knew what I was going to make.
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Come and play my new video game made for Ludum Dare 42! https://gibletsofjesus.itch.io/craigs-ld42-entry Watch me talk about the video game! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcnLiBKb2_I&w=560&h=315]
Last weekend I had the pleasure of collaborating with Chris Mugridge and Nick Willsher to develop Hazmat Harry, our game for Global Game Jam 2018.
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At the end of last year I had an idea about a reverse breakout game where the player would attempt to beat an AI paddle by placing blocks around the screen for balls to ricochet off. On new years day I started putting together a prototype.
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I love Pico 8. It’s a fantasy games console that you can buy right now for only $15. This gives you access to hundreds of amazing open source games and more importantly, allows you to create your own programs, sprites, sound effects and music.
I’ve been getting to grips with Pico-8 in the last couple of weeks and also become quite evangelical about getting people to try it out for themselves (hence, this post). It’s a real treat to be able to iterate on tiny game ideas super fast and explore new ideas. Here’s a few things I’ve put together recently as examples;
LOTS OF GIFS AHEAD
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Last week I participated in #PROCJAM, an annual game jam hosted on itch.io now in it’s fourth year. The premise of Proc Jam is simple, make something that makes something. Most people make some for of procedural software but physical games and toys are also encouraged. If you haven’t tried procedural generation before as a part of game development I’d highly encourage it, and Proc Jam is an excellent time to do so.
Anyway, what do I do? Well, I made this racing game with procedurally generated racetracks and called it #PROCJAM Racer.
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