Man I really hope you update this! This is so sick and cool You can have like space invaders type combat while flying and turn based combat on the ground and some basic base building!
Adding some kind of story or dialogue might be too much but who knows!
I really like this demake and really hope you can update this and happy to support the project
it is a bit unfortunate that you may want to exchange your exotic ship for something else but the dealer just keeps your old ship without giving you anything in return.
Amazing Work! When I asked for ideas for a retro space trader, NextLevelBanana (Qristy) pointed me here, and I'm so glad she did!
Had a great couple of evenings flying right, in my pink freighter, realized I'd rolled my money over to negative (Low Mem Finances), and I _think_ I made it to galaxy center. Does the game indicate that you've made it?
I also got great throwback vibes to playing Starflight on my parent's Atari ST, when I was maybe 10. Even collecting the rare fuel cells and everything!
All that to say: loved it! I even found myself humming one of the songs on my run this morning. 😄
Hey @hbuckingham, Thank you very much for the kind words - I'm super glad to hear you had a good time playing (+"completing") it 😊 (I ran out of room for an end state, so... it's either this or "rolling over" the System X/Y coords!)
As for the music, that's all Chris (@Gruber) Donnelly - he did an amazing job at capturing the essence of the music from the original. (+I agree, very catchy - imagine how much of an earworm it was for me listening while coding the rest of the game! 😅🐛)
Thx again for the review (+also @Qristy also for the referral! ❤)
Man, this is very nice. It's crazy about the Picotron announcement yesterday, right? Those carts are going to have a base maximum size of 128k. If you can (hopefully) do multicarts, then that would give you up to 4MB of space with which to work. Imagine what you could stuff into that?
Any way you could provide the uncompiled cart? I'm unable to run it via splore on a Linux handheld I have otherwise. That or I guess I need to figure out how to write my own launcher for it, but that's a bit beyond me...
Unfortunately there wasn't enough code space left to have them (or aliens) attack you on certain planets. So, they're just there to keep you company while exploring! 👨🚀
This is seriously one of my first and favorites on the pico-8 and probably what made me love pico-8 games. It's so simple yet relaxing. I enjoyed playing it with my little brother watching. (We said hi to everything that popped up on the screen lol)
Aww.. thank you for the lovely words. 🙏 Very glad to hear it gives you (and your brother) and enjoyable time! 😊 (...and thanks for looking after the aliens for me - they always enjoy the company! 😉)
Hi Seuck, I've just refreshed all the binaries (inc. the Mac build) with from the latest version of PICO-8 (v0.1.12c), which I believe uses a version of SDL that is 64-bit compatible. Please let me know if you have any further issues (and if you do - we might have to wait for the next P8 release) Thanks again for your support! 😊
I'm glad you continued with the project, it's incredible, congratulations. I would love it if you keep updating it at full throttle, but I know that time is running out. Again, congratulations !!
The update is getting close & is SO much better than this old build. Can’t wait to let you loose on it - if only to give you a way to buy yourself something nice with all that Solanium! :D
No, not dead (yet) - I do have a update that is currently WIP. However, as I mentioned to you previously, this project is subject to my available time, which has been limited lately. Thanks again for your interest! :-)
Thanks for the reply. Extremely glad this is still being updated and cant wait for the new update. Can you spill any details about the new update or is that a secret?
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i found a glitch: nine planets :D
Just don't tell Neil deGrasse Tyson! 🤫
Man I really hope you update this! This is so sick and cool
You can have like space invaders type combat while flying
and turn based combat on the ground and some basic base building!
Adding some kind of story or dialogue might be too much but who knows!
I really like this demake and really hope you can update this and happy to support the project
super chill game!
Really nice video 👍
Thanks for playing/sharing! ☺️
"The application “low-mem-sky” can’t be opened." - macOS Sonoma 14.0 😞
Sorry about that. I have re-generated the macOS binary.
Please feel free to try downloading again and see if that resolves your issue.
Works now! Thank you so much! This game is amazing!!!
If it’s not too much trouble, could we get a .p8 please? For those of us with handhelds that don’t have wifi. Thank you.
Your wish is my command (...and long overdue)
Check latest downloads options 😉
Danke sir. 😁
Still better than Starfield.
it is a bit unfortunate that you may want to exchange your exotic ship for something else but the dealer just keeps your old ship without giving you anything in return.
Thanks for sharing - hope you enjoyed your minimalistic, pixelated voyage through the stars! 👍
i need this ported to a psp
Amazing Work! When I asked for ideas for a retro space trader, NextLevelBanana (Qristy) pointed me here, and I'm so glad she did!
Had a great couple of evenings flying right, in my pink freighter, realized I'd rolled my money over to negative (Low Mem Finances), and I _think_ I made it to galaxy center. Does the game indicate that you've made it?
I also got great throwback vibes to playing Starflight on my parent's Atari ST, when I was maybe 10. Even collecting the rare fuel cells and everything!
All that to say: loved it! I even found myself humming one of the songs on my run this morning. 😄
(Picture of my financial overflow )
Hey @hbuckingham,
Thank you very much for the kind words - I'm super glad to hear you had a good time playing (+"completing") it 😊
(I ran out of room for an end state, so... it's either this or "rolling over" the System X/Y coords!)
As for the music, that's all Chris (@Gruber) Donnelly - he did an amazing job at capturing the essence of the music from the original.
(+I agree, very catchy - imagine how much of an earworm it was for me listening while coding the rest of the game! 😅🐛)
Thx again for the review (+also @Qristy also for the referral! ❤)
Super great game!
I just want to ask: How do I open my inventory and drop items? I have a full inventory and I'd want to drop some stuff. Is there a way to do that?
Thanks!
Man, this is very nice. It's crazy about the Picotron announcement yesterday, right? Those carts are going to have a base maximum size of 128k. If you can (hopefully) do multicarts, then that would give you up to 4MB of space with which to work. Imagine what you could stuff into that?
Agreed - exciting times indeed! 🤓
Any way you could provide the uncompiled cart? I'm unable to run it via splore on a Linux handheld I have otherwise. That or I guess I need to figure out how to write my own launcher for it, but that's a bit beyond me...
Sure, the raw cart (p8.png) is available to download from the PICO-8 BBS:
Of course! Just getting used to Pico-8 myself, that makes sense :d
do the sentinels do anything
Other than "look busy"? 😉 No, I'm afraid not.
Unfortunately there wasn't enough code space left to have them (or aliens) attack you on certain planets. So, they're just there to keep you company while exploring! 👨🚀
Hey! Are you gonna stil update this? If so I would buy it.
This is seriously one of my first and favorites on the pico-8 and probably what made me love pico-8 games. It's so simple yet relaxing. I enjoyed playing it with my little brother watching. (We said hi to everything that popped up on the screen lol)
Aww.. thank you for the lovely words. 🙏
Very glad to hear it gives you (and your brother) and enjoyable time! 😊
(...and thanks for looking after the aliens for me - they always enjoy the company! 😉)
i really must know
something make steering this ship so.... fabulous...
Well done with this game! Does anything happen once you journey all the way to the galactic core?
Only one way to find out! 😉
The real Q is... is it worth the journey?
*(No, probably not! 😂)
i love this so much
Yeah i cant turn left.
That's odd. It's the left arrow ⬅ key to turn left.
I just checked and all working fine here.
Either way, thanks for playing!
So I upgraded my laptop to Catalina, downloaded latest version and it didn't work.
Luckily the fix is easy, turned out the executable inside Contents/MacOS didn't have "execute" attribute.
Just open terminal and run "chmod +x
~/Downloads/low-mem-sky.app/Contents/MacOS/low-mem-sky"
I'm a proud owner of a physical copy of this little jewel.
As Mac user, could I ask a simple update: recompile it for 64 bits and update Mac package?
Hi Seuck,
I've just refreshed all the binaries (inc. the Mac build) with from the latest version of PICO-8 (v0.1.12c), which I believe uses a version of SDL that is 64-bit compatible.
Please let me know if you have any further issues (and if you do - we might have to wait for the next P8 release)
Thanks again for your support! 😊
New release works like a charm, thanks Paul!
Low Mem Sky was one of the only three apps not supported by Catalina, and the most valuable :-D
That's no more.
I am VERY happy to hear that! 🥳
(Tho all credit goes to Zep, for making the later P8 builds compatible 😅)
Yo you think there is any possible way for someone to port this to a mobile device? Would definitely buy it ;)
"full inventory". Oh no !!!
I'm glad you continued with the project, it's incredible, congratulations. I would love it if you keep updating it at full throttle, but I know that time is running out. Again, congratulations !!
This is great! Can't wait for the updates.
Until then... WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THIS SOLANIUM?!? :D
Hey Tom,
Thanks again - glad you like it :D
The update is getting close & is SO much better than this old build. Can’t wait to let you loose on it - if only to give you a way to buy yourself something nice with all that Solanium! :D
Thanks again for playing, Commander ;-)
Heh, yay! Can’t wait! This is neat.
Is this project dead? It would be sad if it was :(
No, not dead (yet) - I do have a update that is currently WIP. However, as I mentioned to you previously, this project is subject to my available time, which has been limited lately. Thanks again for your interest! :-)
Thanks for the reply. Extremely glad this is still being updated and cant wait for the new update. Can you spill any details about the new update or is that a secret?
Love this game.
Thanks a lot! :D