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A jam submission

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<500 character Pico-8 game
Submitted by Ric Haines Makes Games — 2 days, 15 hours before the deadline
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_set_fps(60)x=-60y=-50w=0t=1m=0s=9999camera(-64,-64)b={}u={1,0,-1,0}v={0,1,0,-1}
for i=1,12 do b[i]=rnd(1)end::_::cls(t-1)
if(btnp()>0or max(abs(x),abs(y))>62)m=m+1w=w+1if(w>4)w=1
r=t*3+18circfill(0,0,r-6,t+2)?t.."\n"..m.."\n",-1,-5,t+12
?"▒"..s,-62,-62,t+12
for i=1,12 do if(i>=t)b[i]+=.0015+i/2048a=i*3+18?i,sin(b[i])*a+.5-i*.2,cos(b[i])*a-1,i
end if(w>0)x+=u[w]y+=v[w]
?"웃\^1",x-1,y-1,t
if(abs(x-sin(b[t])*r)<4and abs(y-cos(b[t])*r)<4)t+=1if(t>12)t=1s=min(s,m)m=0 x=-60y=-50w=0
goto _

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Submitted

I like the mechanic but the colours absolutely do my head in.

Developer

Haha! I can't disagree :D I think my reasoning was "What would Jeff Minter do?". You can either keep the same colours throughout or tie them all to the 'time' variable... it felt right to go psychedelic this time :)

Submitted(+1)

Thats fair, but Jeff wasn't stuck with the pico8 default pallette @w@