#postcart — Public Fediverse posts

"The Thief's Journal"
My fellow prisoners were moths. They danced frantically beneath the light, blinded by that dangerous urge to disregard the risks. Stupid bastards.

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#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

"Pattern Recognition"

She’s at the screen and won’t let it go.
"We have to split, kid. Now!"
"Almost got it. It’s not random."
"They'll lock down the zone any moment."
"But I can see the pattern."
"THIS ZONE IS OFF LIMITS!"

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding #postpostcart

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flashback to my first #postcart #pico8 #sizecoding

a={}e=1for i=0,16383do a[i]={0,0,0,0,0}end::_::for i=0,127do
for j=0,127do
d=a[i+j*128]if(d[3]+d[4]<=4and d[5]<e)then
d[2]=2*d[1]*d[2]+j*.0176-1.12d[1]=d[3]-d[4]+i*.02-2d[3]=d[1]^2d[4]=d[2]^2d[5]+=1end
c=sqrt(d[5]/e)*6+(j%2*2+i%2)/4pset(i,j,c)end
end?"\^!5f100▒1=670"
e+=1goto _

"Dark Ages"
The first couple of nights after they cut the power were just scary. Then the looting and burning began. Streets in flames. And that smell. You didn’t have to die to go to hell.

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#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

"hey, at least we had fun, right?" - she said as we were jumping between rails
#Pico8 #Tweetcart #Postcart #Sizecoding

r=ailroad
::★::l=line c=circfill d=t()*9cls(0)rectfill(0,0,127,30,1)for x=0-d*0.7,199,30do
c(x,30,10,0)fillp(▒)c(x,30,15+sin(x/64)*2,0)fillp()end
for y in all{55,65,75,90}do
l(0,y,127,y,1)end
for x=3-d,127,9do
z=(64-x)l(x,55,x-z/10,65,1)l(x-z/5,75,x-z/2.5,90,1)end
flip()goto ★

"Spring"
The problem with synthoids was that they simply thought too much, overly fixated on optimization. The organics played the long game, dancing patiently since the dawn of time.

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #tweettweetcart #postcart #postpostcart #generative #sizecoding

#genuary25 One line that may or may not intersect itself

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#genuary #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #tweettweetcart #postcart #postcart #postpostcart #generative #sizecoding

"Inifinite Scroll"
The altar was surrounded by countless skeletons. Above it, the scroll of immortality floated silently. What does it say? "Thou shall die if ye cease reading!"
Oh, no!

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#genuary #genuary28 #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

"Symmetry"
You can hear the pagans across the river, yelling like demons around their bonfires. Oh, how you wish you could join them. Their euphoria is as vast as your dogmatic sorrow.

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#genuary #genuary26 #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

#genuary19 Op Art
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#genuary #pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

What does wind look like?
#genuary #genuary18
#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

function g(x,y,a,b,d,p,q)p=x+d*cos(a-b)q=y+d*sin(a-b)for i=-d,d,16do
line(x+i/24,y,p+i/32,q)if(rnd()<d/16)g(p,q,a+i/rnd{-1,1}*.004,b*(1.2+d/64),d*.7)end
m+=3poke4(m,$m%256+rnd(6)+2)?".",$m,m/3%99
end::_::m=0?"\^1\^c0"
srand()g(50,99,.2,sin(t()/2)*(1+sin(.1-t()/3)/2)/64,30)goto _

"Neo-Tokyo Circular Route"
He could hear the highway, but his visor was cracked, and all he could see was a kaleidoscope of lights and the shadows of passing cars.

#genuary Pure black and white. No gray.

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

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"Visual Calculus"
"In the photo of your missing brother... this rug was on the wall, wasn’t it?"
"Yes, detective. But I’ve redecorated," he said - and used it to cover his blood, he thought.

#genuary design a rug

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

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"Remuneration"
He delivered, so they paid him with gold as agreed. However, it was a four-dimensional gold nugget, and we didn’t have the technology to unpack it.

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#genuary vertical or horizontal lines only

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

v=sin::_::h=cos?'⁶1⁶c'
for c=32,96,32do
for r=32,96,32do
e=min(1,(t()/5)%1.2)for b=0,.9,.25do
a=.125-b+.25+e+(b-.5)*2l=a+.125
for j=0,20,3do
x=c+h(b)*30+j*h(l)y=r+v(b)*30+j*v(l)
for i=0,20-j/2do
pset(x+h(a)*i,y+v(a)*i,7)pset(x+h(a+.25)*i,y+v(a+.25)*i,7)
end
end
end
end
end
goto _

#tweetcart #pico8 #postcart

f=64pal({0,1,140,12,13},1)::_::cls()for c=0,127do
p=(c>>6)+t()camera(0,sin(p)*5-f)for l=0,2do
s=sin(p+.07)+(l&1)*3+3h=s-s\1for j=-1,1,2do
fillp(h<.8and h>.2and 23130)line(c,mid(-f,f,j*(min(1,l)*abs(f-c)+(l&2)*16-16)),c,j*f,s+.5+s\1*16)end
end
end
flip()goto _

259 chars, that's more like it 😄

There's a blue pixel border at the top and bottom, but I kinda like it that way.

#pico8 #tweetcart #tootcart #postcart