Dee Culp

I've been at this since December, trying to figure out turn-based combat, how to fit a whole dialogue system into a Pico 8 cartridge and failing horribly. Changing engines, changing scope, battling burnout... One step forward, two steps back, etc.

I mean, fuck. I just want to make something fun.

Working on monthly bite-sized RPG adventures using a "5 room dungeon" format. Quick, little turn-based games with puzzles to solve, secrets to uncover, NPCs to talk to, hidden objects/treasure to search for. Very brief, light on combat.
Here's the first challenge of this first dungeon being solved.

A black cat barely fitting into a harness to sit outside and touch grass. Darth Chungus

Brown and white cat sitting in the grass.

Jack and Jones finally getting to enjoy the outside and touch grass again. #caturday

The Democrats being completely useless is one thing; actively making things worse is another.

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Trying out Dawnsbury Days from @dawnsbury.bsky.social to get my Pathfinder 2e fix.

It's great! I survived my first two encounters to get soundly trounced by an orc and his gang of kobolds after missing every attack. Getting Shadowheart BG3 vibes. #igMISS

Here he is, the worst Belmont:

From the Pennsylvania community on Reddit: John Fetterman Rips Dems Planning To Protest State Of The Union: ‘You Really Need To Respect The Office’ Explore this post and more from the Pennsylvania community

Fetterman needs to respect deez nuts. What a sorry sack of shit. STFU.

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The answer to the FCC/Colbert thing should be simple...
Invite a Republican onto the show and then just eviscerate him. No lowball questions, no human interest angle. Just roast them live and watch them squirm over questions about Epstein, etc. Equal time, mother fucker.

Intarsia knitted patch that says "PUNCH NAZIS"

My yarn just keeps getting tangled up in these weird patterns like it's trying to tell me something.

#punchnazis #resist #fuckfascism #fuckice #fiberartistsagainstfascism #fiberarts

Earlier today my autoplay pulled up the "$3,000 laptop" video from 12 days ago, then "Apple II on a PC Card" from 2 years ago, and then "LGR Oddware - Creative 3D0 blaster" from 5 years ago. I was busy working in the other room, so I just let them play. Every now and then, it just does this.

A knitted patch that says “FUCK ICE”

It’s been a while since I’ve knitted something. #fiberarts #fuckice #resist

I was watching the women's luge and was almost more impressed by whoever it was trying to fly the drone down the track behind them at 60mph without crashing into the walls. Of course, they couldn't keep up.

Saggy Nutz welcomes you.

I doubt anyone capable making a decision will see this, but please make more episodes of #TheMuppetShow
Sabrina Carpenter's duet of "Islands in the Stream" with Kermit/Miss Piggy was really, really good, and gave so much nostalgia to an already nostalgia soaked experience. More of that, please.

Me: "I just need a placeholder name for these characters. I'll name them something better after I get combat working."

Meanwhile, later: "Saggy Nutz hit Itchy Balls for -5 hp. Bell End is now attacking Throbbing Member."

Well, I ran out of tokens, which is part of why I’ve been studying advanced techniques and more efficient ways of using tables. I’m basically just rewriting the whole game and it’s not going well. I’m thinking it’s time to switch to Love2D if I really want to make a game and not just a demo.

Currently, Pico 8. I use it to make prototypes, game jams, or scratch out an idea because it's easy to get up and running in seconds. This is my current headache:
skaterdee-games.neocities.org/mini-rpg/

But when I'm ready to do something bigger and with more depth I switch to Love2D.

Heh, I’m the least qualified person to answer that. Occasionally I read a post about functions and classes and methods and it all goes over my head. I just started learning about metatables and I’m like, I don’t know how I can use any of this. I just struggle along and hope for the best!

Trying to build a dialogue system for an RPG in Lua, so I'm learning a lot about how data is stored in tables.

I can't wait to hear what Giuseppe the Jessup ferret predicts

ICE just wrestled a guy to the ground, beat him, then shot him. Appears to be dead

Giving the windows version a try... it may have gone over my head, but to create a new blog post, do I just create a new .md file in the content/posts dir?
I tried it and it worked, I was just wondering if there were something in the context menu I'm supposed to do instead

There's still an hour left here (on the East Coast of the USA) but I did not get what I wanted for Christmas.

Yes, I got some nice gifts and had a great day, but not the thing I wanted most.

I updated Santa Dash with a completely redesigned map. The old one was designed more for a run-and-gun shooter with lots of nooks and crannies to hide in/pop out of. This new version emphasizes "flow" and pursuit.

#indiedev #pico8 #christmas #videogames

www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...

Santa Dash

Hey, Merry Chrimbus! Here's my new Xmas themed game, "Santa Dash," an old school maze game where you have 3 minutes to deliver as many presents as possible while bogey men try to steal them from you!

#pico8 #indiegamedev #indiedev #arcade #freegame #xmas

www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153...

Putting my money where my mouth is... After wanting more Xmas-themed games, I had an idea for a game based on my remake of Dark Caverns where you're trying to deliver presents while gremlins (or, I guess, bogeymen for the British) are trying to steal the presents from you. #pico8 #indiedev

He's been doing this for so long (and I've been watching for almost as long) that we're now at the point where I'm feeling as nostalgic for Christmas Clint as I am for the nostalgic content of the videos.

Watching old Christmas game reviews from @lgr-yt.bsky.social
Lemmings XMas, XMas Ducks, Psycho Santa, Duke 3D Winter Wonderland, etc. I miss the old days when a game company would put out a special Christmas-themed level or game just for fun.

YouTube video by NPR Music Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert

@stephenkeef.bsky.social Thought you'd appreciate this: NPR dropped a Tiny Desk concert with Billy Strings this morning.
youtu.be/WgqaxMOKfnI?...