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Andrew Reist

@platformalist.bsky.social

Canadian dev making wacky animal games at Eggnog Games. Runs TweetTweetJam. Made Super Star Duck, Leaving the Tree, Stickyfoot, Maze Dog, and a bunch more!

155 Followers  |  83 Following  |  174 Posts  |  Joined: 17.05.2023  |  1.8342

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There are some great resources on the Lexaloffle site! The PICO-8 zines in particular are great to print off and learn from.

www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php?p...

02.11.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@playtonicgames.com Got a weird little soft lock to report!

Loving Replaylee, by the way! :)

31.10.2025 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ahhhh I didn't expect it to be this cute! I messed around with Line2D more and turns out it's the most underrated node in the entire Godot engine! #indiegamedev #gamedev #godot #cozygame

10.10.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Need a new job? Pocket Boss is OUT NOW!

pocketboss.ch ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ’ฌ

A delightfully odd fusion of work and play. Now available on iOS, Android, Steam and itch.โ€‹io.

08.10.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Drunkink is OUT on itch!

Play online in your browser:
voidsrc.itch.io/drunkink

Big congrats to @irensa.bsky.social for creating the amazing graphics for her first video game!

#ld58 #ldjam #indiedev #gamedev

07.10.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Radar Rally by pahammond 1980's style arcade maze racing action

Radar Rally, my take on games like #rallyx is now live!

pahammond.itch.io/radar-rally

Can be played online or downloaded to play locally.

A massive thank you to @gentspixelclub.bsky.social for all their help and input into the game.

#gamedev #retrogaming #picotron #arcade #pico8

08.10.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I signed Little Rocket Lab back in November 2022!

Finally coming in 5 days, unbelievably excited to get it out there.

Such a long time coming, and it's *genuinely* one of the best games I've ever played

store.steampowered.com/app/2451100/...

02.10.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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That's me done for today. 256 rooms defined so far, just another 256 to go. GFX are subject to change, but looking OK for me so far ;)

#Pico8 #GameDev #Remake #Retro

04.10.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blue and Lefty // a tricky puzzle platformer in 1024 bytes for #pico1k: zep.itch.io/blue-and-lefty

From inside #pico8:
>LOAD #BNL

30.09.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blue and Lefty is up on the BBS with some dev GIFs showing how the gfx&map data is stored in 360 bytes by encoding it as repetitive P8SCII sequences:
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151...
#pico1k #pico8

01.10.2025 03:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ”ด, a #pico8 bounce shooter, is out now!
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt ๐Ÿงต

01.10.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—–๐—ขโฌฉ๐Ÿญ๐—ž ๐—๐—”๐—  ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ has now finished ๐Ÿ
We had 75 awesome entries! ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป
Please check them out:
๐ŸŒ itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
A mix of ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Games, ๐Ÿ“บ Demos & ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools.
All done in #Pico8 (or #Picotron), using โ‰ค 1KB of ๐Ÿ—œ๏ธ code
Congrats everyone! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿค“
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding

30.09.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Quality of life Limited lives used to be a staple of video games. Until we got rid of them as a Quality of Life change. Until they came back again when we realized it's not that clear cut

wrote about quality of life game design stuff

open.substack.com/pub/tylergla...

17.09.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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started working on a new game with @holypersondev.bsky.social.

something something animal crossing, but also colony management and automation??? #gamedev #unity3d

16.09.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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That time I recreated one of my favorite pieces of video game music in PICO-8.

Stickerbush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2!

๐ŸŽต๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽต

#Music #Nintendo #Chiptune #Retro #VideoGames #8bit

11.09.2025 09:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're one week into #Pico1k jam!
๐ŸŒ itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
So far...
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 76 Joined
๐Ÿ’พ 8 Entries
itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
You still have until end of Sep to create
๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Games, ๐Ÿ“บ Demos & ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools
in #Pico8 (or #Picotron) using โ‰ค 1KB of ๐Ÿ—œ๏ธ code
#GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding

09.09.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—–๐—ขโฌฉ๐Ÿญ๐—ž ๐—๐—”๐—  ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ has now started! ๐Ÿฅณ
๐ŸŒ itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
You have until end of Sep to create:
๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Games
๐Ÿ“บ Demos
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools
...in #Pico8 (or #Picotron) using โ‰ค 1KB of ๐Ÿ—œ๏ธ code
( #Tweetcart, see code in ALT tag)
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding

09.09.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I think we can all agree that every dev on every platform must post at least one blazing hot take about Silksong. To fail to do so would be to remove oneself from the frontlines of Important Discourseโ„ข๏ธ.

06.09.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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picoCAD 2 just broke 5000 wishlists on Steam!
Thank you so much everyone! โค๏ธโค๏ธ
store.steampowered.com/app/3675940/...

#gamedev #lowpoly #pixelart

25.08.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 100    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I just finished "Chunky Rally", my new #racing game. You can play it here for free and in browser:

taxicomics.itch.io/chunky-rally

Big thanks to the #Picotron community for the pre-launch feedback.
Have a great day!
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #pixelart

23.08.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is really cool, someone on the pixel arty subreddit has made a pixelated font which is only two pixels tall. Itโ€™s not easy to read, but itโ€™s a lot easier to read than I would expect it to beโ€ฆ

Would be neat for Pico8 projectsโ€ฆ
www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/s...

24.08.2025 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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18.08.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Pico Tennis by Paranoid Cactus Play against AI or with up to 4 players in local multiplayer.

paranoidcactus.itch.io/pico-tennis

18.08.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The water's fine. #PICO-8

18.08.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beaver and The Land Left Behind by voidgazerBon Play as a beaver and do what they do best - stop the water, fix the dam and save the land from the drought.

The Beaver and The Land Left Behind is released! It is made in #LOVE2D (with the music done in #pico8).
voidgazerbon.itch.io/beaver-and-t...
#LOWREZJAM #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #game

15.08.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Rrect() is a game changer! Love to see it!

16.08.2025 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœจ Dice Hunters OUT NOW โœจ

In a part of #screenshotsaturday I want to remind that my tiny roguelite arena shooter released.

๐ŸŽฎ Try here: catagama.itch.io/dice-hunters

#gamedev #pico8 #indiegame

16.08.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Progress on my #picotron twin-stick #shmup.
The plasma trail visual effect relies upon retaining the screen image and distorting it between frames, so I can't have a conventional scrolling background. To convey a sense of speed I've added random lines in the background and 're-entry' particles.

12.08.2025 05:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bernie Visits the Wax Museum
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=171...
(or from #pico8: load #bernie)

11.08.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 289    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Working on a signpost system!

#pico8 #gamedev

12.08.2025 03:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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