Easy Map Interaction with mGet in Pico-8 - Beginner Gamedev Tutorial

[@GlennBroadway]

Loving these videos so far. I know you’re heading towards a little game, but I like the way you focus on a particular technique each time. I’m applying the techniques to a completely different game. You asked what we’d like to see - I’d like to see scrolling maps and making things speed up and slow down smoothly.

[@Tinker4bell]

Even better, you can link a variable to mGET. That'll make things less cluttered and more efficient :)

[@alejandrolemus7076]

Been watching your tutorials. Appreciate their short length and straight to the point approach. One question. In this video, the MGET function is adding +4 to the player position and I am curious as to what this is for.

[@spacecat88]

It's to find the tile under the center of the player instead of the upper left corner.

[@alejandrolemus7076]

@@spacecat88 Oh I see. I noticed that during attempt that my spaceship would detect the boost at the edge instead of the entirety of the sprite, good to know.

[@tatsudragneel4761]

is it possible to make a Tamagotchi-like vpet in Pico-8? and if so how do you implement feeding, health and growth stages? And how do you make character sprites bigger then 8x8 work as a single character?

[@spacecat88]

Great idea!

[@tatsudragneel4761]

@@spacecat88 I would be so grateful if you did! I want to make my own vpet game and I have the pixel art down but have no clue where to start when it comes to coding. My sprites are 16x16 like the classic Tamagotchi/Digimon sprites.

[@Luckyj714]

@@tatsudragneel4761 I'm hoping you figured it out or someone answered elsewhere, but if not: The spr() function asks for these arguments: spr(sprite number, x, y, width, height, flipx, flipy). Just change the width and height both to 2 (meaning 2 tiles or 16 pixels wide/tall). It'll draw the area indicated by that from the sprite sheet.

[@ciarennhollis5847]

Do you think you’ll make a video about using flags anytime soon?

[@spacecat88]

Great idea