Picotchi!
Meet Picotchi, a small yellow alien in a pink room, who is in need of your love and care. Take care of them by providing food, drinks and plenty of playtime, but don't forget to watch out for that energy meter too :)
Controls:
Left and Right arrow keys - move selection to different options
Z - select
X - deselect
Each option has a different effect on the status bars at the top. If you are unsure how Picotchi is feeling, you can check their mood with the final option (the speech bubble).
Pico-8 is a beginner friendly fantasy console with a built-in game dev kit. If you've ever wanted to learn how to make games, this is a great place to start! And feel free to download the .p8 file which contains all code and sprites (and soon music too) from Picotchi if you find it useful :)
This game is still work in progress and has some known bugs and missing content (like the animation for the ball playtime) that I am working on fixing and adding in the near future.
Have fun playing! Feedback is highly appreciated! :)
Download
Install instructions
To boot up the .p8 and .p8.png files move them to the /carts folder that Pico-8 creates on your computer (open Pico-8 and type folder then press Enter, it should open the location). Then simply write in Pico-8's console "load picotchi.p8" (or "load picotchi.p8.png") and play the game :) You can alternatively open the .p8 file with any code editor that supports Lua (I use Sublime Text 3) if you're interested only in the code structure.
For the .html, simply unzip the folder in your desired location and run the .html file! It should open the game in your browser. Remember to keep the .html and .js files in the same folder, otherwise it won't run the game.
Enjoy!
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