World’s Smallest Game Engine

In 7 days, I tried to make a game with the weirdest game engine: PICO-8, a fantasy console that tries to emulate hardware restrictions of 1980s video game consoles like the NES (1985) and SNES (1991). I teamed up with the insanely talented, professional, full-time game dev and pixel artist @ReeceGeofroy, who created the game’s art, and in one week we were able to put together "String Quest," a retro dungeon crawler game where you navigate two players connected by a string. This was also our entry to the Brackeys Game Jam 2021.1, which had a theme of “Stronger Together,” and the mechanics were inspired by Murphy's Walk, a game I made for the Extra Credits Game Jam #4 in 2019.

Check out String Quest here: https://polymars.itch.io/string-quest
→ Reece Geofroy’s Video (I'M IN IT): https://youtu.be/rnWKbpi2CUo

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---Chapters---

0:00 Intro
0:42 friendly chat
1:11 What is PICO-8?
1:51 Core
2:51 Game Idea
3:18 Lua Programming
3:52 Creating Basic Gameplay
4:08 Collisions
4:28 Animation System
4:37 Hazards
4:55 Enemy Showcase
5:36 Enemy Code
6:45 Designing Levels
6:54 Level Loading (who cares?)
7:15 End Flag
7:28 Heart Collectible
7:34 Breakable Walls
7:45 Chests
8:04 Implenting Levels
8:23 Finishing Touches
8:45 Conclusion

---Music---

"Swing" - PolarChips (https://youtu.be/-xOd0CoFoTw)
"Breeze" - PolarChips (https://youtu.be/GecPK2wfk_8)
"Rocket" - Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
"Glider" - INTL CMD (https://soundcloud.com/intlcmd)
"Operatic 3" - Vibe Mountain (https://youtu.be/v8UtWLngE1s)
"Sneaky Snitch" - Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
"il vento doro" - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
"Getting It Done" - Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

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