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 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 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

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

Hey I beat it. challenging levels :D

Nice!! Thanks for playing ☺️

Really cool little game! Nice idea and well executed!

(+1)

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