Controls - One Button Game

  • Keyboard: 'x' or 'c' key
  • Mobile: touch 'O' or 'X' button on the screen

Introduction

Thanks for checking out my first game Pendulum, built using Pico-8 :D

If you give it a go, I'd love to hear from you!

Description

Pendulum is a one button momentum platformer powered by a mathematically accurate physics simulation 

Pico-8 forum link: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=143342

Credits

Game:

gg1bbs

Music:

RobbyDuguay - Nine Songs in Pico-8 - Track 3: Factory

SFX:

Gruber - Pico-8 SFX Pack!

Shout-Outs

Lazy Devs Academy

  • https://www.youtube.com/@LazyDevs
  • Huge shoutout to Krystian from Lazy Devs Academy and his fantastic 'Making a Shmup' and 'Making an Advanced Shmup' series. Your content was an invaluable reference for getting up to speed on development in Pico-8

Pico-8 Community

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Authorgg1bbs
GenrePlatformer, Puzzle
Made withPICO-8
Tags2D, 8-Bit, one-button, Physics, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Retro, Short
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Gamepad (any), Touchscreen, Smartphone
AccessibilityColor-blind friendly, High-contrast, One button

Download

Download
pendulum_windows.zip 989 kB
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pendulum_osx.zip 7.3 MB
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pendulum_linux.zip 750 kB
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pendulum_raspi.zip 2.1 MB

Comments

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(+1)

I like it.

(+2)

I think I'm missing some kind of tech, a lot of later levels seem to expect me to generate force from nothing

Hey Goose, really good luck if you come back to the game! All the levels are solvable, no extra force is needed. If you're having a hard time with the final 10 'red' levels, I tried to make them very tough, again good luck!

As a little tip, if you don't have enough energy at the end of a level you must have lost it somewhere

(+1)

Such a great game! As a physics motion enjoyer I loved it

Thanks so much!! Really happy you had a good time :D

(+1)

Took me a good while, but I got a perfect!

Huge congrats, I tried to make the last 10 really tough I'm very impressed you got through them!!

(+1)

Hey I beat it. challenging levels :D

Nice!! Thanks for playing ☺️

(+1)

Really cool little game! Nice idea and well executed!

(+1)

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it, happy you enjoyed :D