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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

no, just love2d pretending to be pico8 on steroids. no cpu cycles and memory caps. similar palette and api

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BBS Blog Post: Digable Planetoids // how to fit a planetoid procgen game into 1024 bytes for #pico1k (gif shows a slowed down version) + bonus Lexaloffle news at the end. www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=159... Play from #pico8 > LOAD #DIGABLE_PLANETOIDS

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"You've lost" Again. You feel exhausted and beaten. When you enter the parking lot, you realize you have no idea where you've parked your car. #pico8 #indiegame #gamejam #1k #pixelart #gamedev This is my entry for #pico1k 2026 game jam itch.io/jam/pico-1k-... Play here rostok.itch.io/youvelost

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

i have my cart sources synced automatically to g-drive. it stores all the intermediate version for 30 days even if you overwrite the same file. so i made a little script to get all of them and recreate the time lapse.

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Looking forward to #pico1k jam starting Sept 1st, so made this invite #postcart to warm up (src in reply). Make tiny 1k #pico8 / #picotron carts! 🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

so here's what it takes to shave off ~60 bytes from a #pico8 cart. not a true #codegolf though, as carts for #pico1k jam use pxa compression and one has to counterintuitively repeat the code to make it similar. well, anyway i managed to put the outro into 4 bytes.

a chart showing code size getting smaller

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

i've joined #pico1k #jam hosted by @liquidream.bsky.social follow along for small but glittering #1k gems from #pico8 golfers my progress: input chars: 3844 6% input tokens: 1043 13% tokens: 1030 13% chars: 2113 3% compressed: 1020 7% figuring out how to fit the outro into the remaining 4 bytes

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PICO-1K Jam 2026

A game jam from 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30 hosted by Paul Nicholas (Liquidream). Welcome to the 6th annual PICO-1K Jam ( #Pico1k ) 👋🤓 Make cool things in PICO-8 (or Picotron ) by using only 1K (1024) Co...

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Had too many cutscenes where characters talk while driving, so here they just wait for a freight train to pass. Schifahren game #indiegame #indiedev #pico8 + #love2d = #picolove #screenshotmonday

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The idea of a game console has fascinated me since Quake, and for some reason I keep pushing more and more logic into these simple string-parsing functions. Today, I added SQL-like SELECT/UPDATE/DELETE. #indiegame #indiedev #pico8 #picolove #love2d #schifahren

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

the story in #schifahren is sad enough. traumatizing players even more with nvidia's DSLL 5 would be utter cruelty #indiegame #indiedev #pico8 #picolove #love2d

pixel art, winter, people talking at the playground

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

s=sin::_::?"\^1\^c0\^!5f11█░49:♥77" spr(0,0,0,16,16)w=t()for i=1,7do x=64+s(w/(4+i)+i/8)*32y=32+i*3+cos(w/(5+i)-i/7)*8+s(w*4+i/8)for j=-2,99do x+=(x-64)/99y+=(y+32)/99pset(x,y,max(pget(x,y)-8/j))p=rnd(64)+32k=s(w/4)/4+(atan2(-32-j,64-p)*40-20)^2+j*j/1600+(p%2+j%2)%2/2sset(p,j,max(8-k))end end goto _

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

"The Thief's Journal" My fellow prisoners were moths. They danced frantically beneath the light, blinded by that dangerous urge to disregard the risks. Stupid bastards. source in a post below #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

@2darray.bsky.social's Palette-Maker is my friend

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

if(l.p>1)l.s=l.d if(abs(l.s%16-f%16)+abs(l.s\16-f\16)<2)l.p=-(t()*f%2)l.d,f=f,l.s end goto _

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

a={}f=0 ::_:: ?"\^1\^c0\^!5f11▒1⬇️3⬅️;⌂" for i=0,1536do if(#a<256)a[i]={s=i,d=i,p=1} l=a[i%256] p=l.s%16*8 q=l.s\16*8 e=mid(1,l.p) r=3+sin(e/2)*1.5 x=3+p+e*(l.d%16*8-p) y=3+q+e*(l.d\16*8-q) if(r\1==i\256)l.p+=.05rectfill(x-r,y-r,x+r,y+r,r*2.6)

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"Pattern Recognition" She’s at the screen and won’t let it go. "We have to split, kid. Now!" "Almost got it. It’s not random." "They'll lock down the zone any moment." "But I can see the pattern." "THIS ZONE IS OFF LIMITS!" #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding #postpostcart

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Alistair Hutton @twitonatrain.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

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)

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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.

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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

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Caverns of the Souleater by rostok

was the path you took the right one?

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

"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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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 _

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

"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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

[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...

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 04/04/2025

switch 2 anti-piracy screen leaked

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

fast forward of 10 glocks vs 10 shotguns combat to assess the gun stats #schifahren game #picolove #pico8 #love2d #gamedev #screenshotsunday

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 01/04/2025

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

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Postmodern Autocracy

The Oligarchic Assault on Reality, Time, and Humanity

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Indie devs, show off your art style

bvovb - bruising vengeance of the vintage boxer

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

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 _

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

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)

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"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

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