Star Fall 500

Catch the falling stars before they touch the floor and turn into dangerous barrels.

Jump over the barrels. Survive as long as you can.

A tiny TweetTweetJam-9 entry in 500 characters of code.

Controls:

  • Left/Right: move left/right
  • Fire: Jump

Code:

_set_fps(60)x=60v=0w=0p={}l=5f=120y=f::_::cls(1)rect(0,126,127,127,3)?t()\1,10
?l
if(#p<=t()\20)add(p,{t=1,x=rnd(f),y=0,v=0})
b=btn()x=mid(x+(b&2)/2-(b&1),f)y+=v
w-=.1v+=.1if y>=f do
y=f
v=0if(btnp(4))v=-2
end
for q in all(p)do
r=1?("★🅾️")[q.t],q.x,q.y
c=abs(q.x-x)<6and abs(q.y-y)<4if q.t<2do
q.y+=q.v
q.v+=.02if c do
r=0elseif q.y>=f do
q.y=f
q.t=2q.u=sgn(x-q.x)end
else
q.x+=q.u
if(w<0and c)l-=1w=6
if(mid(-8,q.x,128)!=q.x)r=0
end
if(r<1)del(p,q)
end
?"😐",x,y,w<0and 7or 8
if(l<1)run()
flip()goto _
Published 10 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorSkyBerron
GenreAction
Made withPICO-8
TagsPICO-8, tweettweetjam

Comments

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Very clever.  I was surprised there was a lives mechanism.
Those P8SCII graphics are great :)

There's a ton of depth here. The control feel great and I love that it ramps up with multiple falling stars. Great work!

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. With only 500 chars to spend, nothing can go wrong. 😅

Can you update the game after the Jam to include Mouse Support. Left, Right, Click to Jump?

I can't see how can be mouse control suitable for this kind of games. After the jam, I will check if the game could work fine with mouse control or even touch control. Thanks for playing.

The difficulty ramping is superb! Fun little game that does not feel like it was squeezed into 500 chars, it feels great :) 

Thanks! Difficulty ramping is always my pending lesson. But in this game I agree it doesn't feel too unfair and the player is pushed to play again and try to go further.