This Race The Sun partial demake is my first entry to #TweetTweetJam N°3, in Pico8 with a 560 characters limit !

The Goal

You must go as far as possible, with no sun :D

Controls

Use < / > arrow to move your ship

Ctrl + R to restart after crashing


Good luck and have fun !


Code

d={}c=127x=0x7fv=0m=4n=0g=0u=0.02y=band
::★::
cls()z=44while z>8 do
w=z*cos(v)t=z*sin(v)
o,p=-w-t+m,t-w+n+9
q,r=w-t+m-o,-w-t+n-p+9
for k=0,c,2 do
i=bor(y(o,x),shl(y(p,x),7))h=d[i]j=36-cos(o/64)*sin(p/64)*4
if(h==5)j=24
l=32+j/z*24
rectfill(k,l,k+1,c,h)o+=q/64p+=r/64end
z-=1end
f=bor(y(m-1,x),shl(y(n-1,x),7))
if(d[f]==5)g=1
if g==0then
f=0
if(btn(0))m-=1f=-u
if(btn(1))m+=1f=u
e=shl(y(n,x),7)v=0.7*v+f*0.3
for i=e,e+c do
d[i]=6+(flr(n/8)+flr(i/4))%2
end
s=flr(e+rnd(c))d[s]=5 d[s+1]=5
n-=1else
v+=u
?"dead",56,24,9
end
?-n,1,1,7
?"☉",58,120,13
flip()goto ★

I post a commented version of the code on lexaloffle official forum

StatusPrototype
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Authoryourykiki
GenreRacing
Made withPICO-8
TagsPICO-8, Retro, tweettweetjam

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