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more cards and archetypes of course would be ideal, i don't see myself finding additional interesting interactions with the current set of cards, but this is a great foundation!

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torcado @torcado.com · 20h

this is awesome! really cool concept, i love when deck builders utilize physical arrangement like this. i played 4 runs, got to floor 7 on my first run then won on my last with a really fun rubble build. my quick notes:

- more obvious indicator for unstepped cards (maybe an added outline would be nice, didnt notice the corner until a couple floors in. or, highlight unstepped cards when hovering the countdown icon)
- "the exit" keeps status effects from the card it replaced (e.g. "dirty"), only shows when hovering
- incoming damage being called just "damage" conflicts with the "damage" that affects enemies (e.g. sniper nest has "damage 1" and "haven 1", where haven says: "damage is reduced by this much while you're on this card". initial reading of this implies to me that the card deals no damage to enemies when you walk on it)
- maybe an indicator on the current card after selecting a card to swap, to show that you cant swap onto your current card. this also applies to the exit
- planning for reaching the exit is fun
- better multiplay indicator on affected cards (took until i targeted an exit card to notice the (x2))
- it would be fun if destroying or multiplaying the exit did something interesting

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torcado @torcado.com · 25/09/2026

this is fantastic! incredible depth for such a simple (and compact!) concept. really enjoy the rising audio, adds a lot of tension! best is 1446 :)

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torcado @torcado.com · 07/09/2026

fantastic!!! ive been excited for this ever since i saw your teaser clips, and it did not disappoint! at first i found the eager re-generating to be a bit frustrating, but after playing several runs i came back around to liking it. very fun!! we'll see how long this time stands haha

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torcado @torcado.com · 26/08/2026

lovely! i love all the fun characters to be found

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torcado @torcado.com · 22/08/2026

this is awesome, i really like the back and forth concept. my score probably wont last long but we'll see :)

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torcado @torcado.com · 07/08/2026

aaah this is fantastic!! i really love how the combination of bullets for points and shooting one at a time makes for a really delicate risk/reward for the player, making you want to stay in the center of danger as long as you can last. the subtle nudging adds a lot to the difficulty. best is 1642

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torcado @torcado.com · 06/08/2026

really good, this might be the hardest to control i've played yet. it really emphasizes the self-guided risk/reward. best so far is 109

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torcado @torcado.com · 06/08/2026

your brain is so beautiful. figuring this one out was so enjoyable, i feel like ive never interacted with a game like this before, in terms of mobility. really difficult, but the flow state is so fun. really nice music too my best is this much

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torcado @torcado.com · 04/08/2026

ough this is so good. and really hard, it's like i'm constantly running a collision solver in my head. i love the dynamic colors and sounds. really neat subtle mechanics, like having a bit of control over where orbs spawn. best is 71

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torcado @torcado.com · 28/07/2026

this is so tricky but so good. despite its simplicity everything feels consciously designed, e.g. the colored bars existing closer to the opposite side self-balances with those sides being safer for that color. really fun mental coordination switching between keeping track of each color. best is 74

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torcado @torcado.com · 28/07/2026

damn this is hard!! i really enjoyed figuring out the controls. really challenging, really satisfying. best so far is 10

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torcado @torcado.com · 26/07/2026

haha no worries! oh man i love this. keeping track of time is so difficult and soo satisfying, im surprised i havent played more games that focus on this as a core mechanic. this is a perfect embodiment of self-balancing, getting higher scores requires putting increasing difficulty on yourself

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torcado @torcado.com · 11/07/2026

really fun! the timer length feels perfectly matched to be really difficult but not impossible to grab everything. really good music and art

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torcado @torcado.com · 06/07/2026

me too :) very fun, the grab provides so many options

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torcado @torcado.com · 12/06/2026

sorta tangential, and not a manifesto, but I think about harmonyzone's definition of a video game a lot. it's much more interesting to reflect on something like this, even if it's a joke

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torcado @torcado.com · 08/06/2026

one of the games i made is part of a storefront event

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torcado @torcado.com · 31/05/2026

gosh this is fantastic. current best so far

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torcado @torcado.com · 30/05/2026

this looks great :) I wrote a pixel upscaling algorithm a while ago that you might be interested in, it's structurally similar to xBRZ but it's resolution-agnostic, so it may be nice for 3D depending on what looking for: torcado.com/cleanEdge (godot implementation: gist.github.com/torcado194/e... )

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torcado @torcado.com · 27/04/2026

here you go! my first instinct is being scared of spoiling others :')

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torcado @torcado.com · 21/04/2026

🗦◎🗧 🗦 torcado.itch.io/o 🗧 #ldjam

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torcado @torcado.com · 01/04/2026

some musings about turning this into an actual game. not decided yet

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torcado @torcado.com · 31/03/2026

i had to tweak it a bit, but it can be perfectly full!

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torcado @torcado.com · 30/03/2026

updated! pico-8 wizard @werxzy.itch.io provided some really nice optimizations, now it runs flawlessly even with the funny 3d mode enabled :) I also made some improvements to the physics system. now carried objects behave much nicer, no more double pushes!

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torcado @torcado.com · 25/03/2026

here's a demo: torcado.com/blog/simple-platformer/torc_platformer_b.html (.p8 to download)

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torcado @torcado.com · 25/03/2026

As promised, here's a writeup of how this system works :) torcado.com/blog/simple-platformer There's a playable demo and download for the p8 cart on that page. It's CC0, do whatever you want with it ❤️

A screenshot snippet of the linked blog post, showing part of the collision checking process

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torcado @torcado.com · 23/03/2026

ive been working on a writeup for all of this. have some fun water effects in the meantime

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torcado @torcado.com · 20/03/2026

added ability to push downwards, which can also be used to slide down slopes. oh and conveyors

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torcado @torcado.com · 20/03/2026

i never actually tried adding more than one player. this is so good lol

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torcado @torcado.com · 19/03/2026

oh, my slopes? yeah they're pretty precise

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torcado @torcado.com · 19/03/2026

i got distracted with visuals

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torcado @torcado.com · 18/03/2026

I got bored the other day and finally took the plunge into playing around with pico8. I started by writing a custom platformer physics system, and the goal evolved to me trying to handle every notoriously difficult feature people run into. here's one-ways, moving platforms, boxes, rigid carrying...

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torcado @torcado.com · 12/03/2026

this is really good, and really hard!! i love the overlapping systems without relying on stats, and gaining special abilities from surviving panic, lots of neat ideas. and the art is great!

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torcado @torcado.com · 10/03/2026

Oeuf is an incredible (and difficult!) game that i had the pleasure to help playtest! increpare also sent some fun goodies as thanks, which is maybe the coolest thanks i've been given for playtesting a game. go play it!

Oeuf-themed goodies including several egg-based stickers, a thank you note, and an egg origami instruction sheet and result

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torcado @torcado.com · 10/03/2026

fantastic!! i loved exploring the cave. the music is so good it fits so well, felt like playing a rhythm game by the end of the challenge

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