akinlin/pico_games

Pico games

Pico

Repository containing all of the pico game files for the Pico-8 fantasy programmable game console

pico_games's Issues

AI too dumb

Its too easy to win a game with the AI

Investigate using P8CII for textbox

What are the benefits?

• Access to control codes - https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/P8SCII_Control_Codes

• Access to expanded character set including symbols, and Japanese characters
  Is there better control for handling line breaks and fitting text within a defined space?

• Control codes do appear to give a better way to handle text management
  Can it help with font changes?

• Yes, it includes the \14 & \15 control codes to switch fonts
  Can it help with font styles (bold, italics)

• There are basic attributes that can be applies (tall, dotted) but not specifically bold or italics, will need further investigation.
  Can it help with animation?

• Control code could help with is by offsetting the cursor

• Try out changing a font

• Test text animation

• Test Bold and Italics

• #28

Build a 1972 arcade Pong replica

Epic Issue to track the milestone progress to get a full replica of the 1972 arcade game. Once that is complete the enhancements can be made.

Issues:

• #18

Corner collision is not detected well

When a call hits a corner of a wall the ball passes right through. Need to review the logic around detecting collision with corners.

Add dialog system

System to display text for dialog from the pong machine. Dialog will be loaded per scene. System should be reusable for all dialog sequences (levels) and take on the role of the game state manager.

Needs:

• print static text loaded based on scene

Enhancements

• Highlight, animate, emphasize
• load different fonts

Finish RigidBody physics

Complete basic collision needed to render the pong game.

• collisions
• movement

Settle on naming convention

• [NEXT] do this on the branch when merging into the pong game code

Use game_manager and level to manage the pong game

• review moving game_manager and level to the pong file or a separate lib file
• use game_manager to handle the game flow in the pong file
• use level manage the interactions between the pong game and the dialogue system

[needs work] work out a dialogue tree

• win = 'you win'
• lose = 'you lose'
  -- the base system was built on a single path, this may require deeper fixes

Review eventing system in dialogue_system

• debug and test for kinks in usage
• [NEXT] use example of look up table in level:event as model

Figure out the best way to easily store and load the dialogue and customization configs

• [NEXT] test out loading and pre creating different situations

Test text fitting within a defined space

POC to show how to build the dialogue object to handle fitting text within a defined space

• Take a string of any length
• Take a defined rect space to show the text within
• warp the text if it prints beyond the edge of the rect
• grow the rect height when text warps

Add Sound

Add the "bounce" sounds similar to the arcade ones. Will need to learn how to use the audio functions of PICO-8.