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Michał Rostocki

@rostok.bsky.social

I make games: http://rostok.itch.io, and stuff: http://rostok.3e.pl; I work at http://3e.pl; mstdn http://socel.net/@von_rostock; twitter https://x.com/von_rostock

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A simple little things as I experiment with some stuff. Tall grass catching the wind and passing it on. #pico8 #postcart

Code in the follow up (not even remotely optimized for size)

16.11.2024 21:14 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗢⬩𝟭𝗞 𝗝𝗔𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 has now finished 🏁
We had 75 awesome entries! 👨‍💻
Please check them out:
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
A mix of 🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools.
All done in #Pico8 (or #Picotron), using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
Congrats everyone! 👏🤓
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding

30.09.2025 20:27 — 👍 48    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 3

Thanks. For now you can't as it is still in development. But only 1 area remains

26.09.2025 19:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

thanks

23.09.2025 09:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

this is pico8 fantasy console, with 16 colors, 128x128 res and limited cpu cycles. game is fully playable in browser on itchio page or, if you feel hacky you can grab and paste the source code into educational version of pico8.

22.09.2025 15:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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yes

21.09.2025 21:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Caverns of the Souleater by rostok was the path you took the right one?

Caverns of the Souleater is my entry for Pico1k 2025 game jam itch.io/jam/pico-1k-... Play here rostok.itch.io/souleater 2/2

#indiegame #artgame #generative #sizecoding

21.09.2025 18:37 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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"Caverns of the Souleater"
Father told you these caverns hold a great treasure. But all you've found are endless tunnels and venomous snakes. As your torch burns low, you wonder if the gold was ever real. And why he didn't share this with your brother?!

#pico8 #indie #pico1k #sizecoding 1/2

21.09.2025 18:37 — 👍 119    🔁 17    💬 9    📌 1

made a game for #pico1k jam but i'm not so sure about it so i'm making another one

18.09.2025 20:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Download the latest indie games itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you covered.

what the hell is going on at itch.io? every time i go there it seems down. starting to worry about #pico1k jam

17.09.2025 20:55 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Central Station (1998) Walter Salles
#loop #gif #movies

31.08.2025 22:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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i just found out that 'do' acts like 'then' in #pico8
that might get you some extra bytes in #tweetcart's/#postcart's or in #pico1k jam

29.08.2025 22:25 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

yes, as much as i loved and got addicted to 868 and Cinco, i never really got far in Zaga

21.08.2025 18:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Grandpa didn't say. Probably waited for the bots to run out of energy.

11.07.2025 13:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

local v,r,s,t,c,k=0::_::l=line?"\^1\^c7\^!5f11██🐱░49:♥7"
v+=.03for y=0,176do
srand(y)--v\.1333)
c=rnd(160)r=rnd(32)+16s=abs(sin(v+r))/19+.9for j=0,r do
if(j<9)k=y-j-r+5t=9-abs(j+j-9)l(c-t,k,c+t+1,k,0)
l(c-9,y-j,c,y-j+4,max(8-j/4*s))l(c+9,y-j)end
l(c,y-r,c,y-r-8,0)end
goto _

09.07.2025 21:23 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"Dark Ages"
The first couple of nights after they cut the power were just scary. Then the looting and burning began. Streets in flames. And that smell. You didn’t have to die to go to hell.

source in a post below

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

09.07.2025 21:23 — 👍 46    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0
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sometimes, instead of moving forward with Schifahren's story, I procrastinate and work on things like camels and cell towers
#schifahren game #picolove #pico8 #love2d #gamedev #screenshotmonday

23.06.2025 21:28 — 👍 21    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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[Tokyo] #picotachi is back on Friday (June 6th) with vol.74 at @picopicocafe.bsky.social!

Starts 7pm / talks from 8pm / free entry / cafe is open from 5pm. DM me if you'd like to show something you're working on or thinking about. More info: www.picopicocafe.com/index_en.htm...

01.06.2025 02:08 — 👍 78    🔁 16    💬 8    📌 5
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switch 2 anti-piracy screen leaked

04.04.2025 01:04 — 👍 1241    🔁 170    💬 13    📌 6

uhm, not quite. i use pico8 API and color palette but underneath is love2d with uncapped cpu and higher resolution.

23.05.2025 15:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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to frustrate players even more, some NPCs in "Schifahren" will call hero names that will stick on the HUD #schifahren game #picolove #pico8 #love2d #gamedev #screenshotsunday

22.05.2025 18:40 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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"Schifahren" will feature more than just the Alps #schifahren game #picolove #pico8 #love2d #gamedev #screenshotsunday

03.05.2025 23:05 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

had to analyze a very large file. it took me a moment to get why it is taking so long

cat | sort | uniq -c > dif2

16.04.2025 15:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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fast forward of 10 glocks vs 10 shotguns combat to assess the gun stats
#schifahren game #picolove #pico8 #love2d #gamedev #screenshotsunday

13.04.2025 20:11 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Postmodern Autocracy The Oligarchic Assault on Reality, Time, and Humanity

In English: "Postmodern Autocracy: The Oligarchic Assault on Reality, Time, and Humanity" buff.ly/EiGyb5X

01.04.2025 15:39 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Indie devs, show off your art style

27.03.2025 12:14 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

if(rnd()>r)f(p,q,(g+h)/2,l-i,d+rnd(r*2))
end
if(L<0and y<n-128)L=32U=x-X-64V=y-Y-127
end
::_::
?"\^1\^cd\^!5f11⌂⬅️3⬇️🐱░49"
camera(X,Y)
L-=1
if(L>0)X+=U/32Y+=V/32
if(L==0)m=X+64n=Y+128s=0
if(L<0)s+=1
C=0
f(m,n,0,s,0)
goto _

21.03.2025 15:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

X=0Y=0L=1
function f(x,y,g,l,d,p,q)
C+=1
u=sin(g)v=cos(g)k=min(l,8)
p,q=x+u*k,y-v*k
for i=1,k do
srand(x\1*128+y\1+i)
r=.85
if(d>6 or C>150)r=1
if(d<=0and i>7)r=0
h=rnd(.6)-.3
circ(p+i*u,q-i*v,i/5,i/2)
j=i/6
line(x-v*j,y+u*j,p-v*j,q+u*j,min(l/8,3)+i/2)

21.03.2025 15:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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"Spring"
The problem with synthoids was that they simply thought too much, overly fixated on optimization. The organics played the long game, dancing patiently since the dawn of time.

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #tweettweetcart #postcart #postpostcart #generative #sizecoding

21.03.2025 15:59 — 👍 27    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

It's a bizarre hybrid based on picolove project. Pico8 palette and api but with all the memory and cpu cycles available for love2d. All this bacause I've got huge levels with sth like 200k objects

19.02.2025 08:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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