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Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game

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Re: Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game

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Post by vunderba »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #5

Aside, I just realized Vimium doesn't get disabled inside iframes on pages where it's disabled, nor can you disable the iframe domain from the parent page since the iframe regex won't match the parent url. I had to disable the whole plugin for "x" to work in the iframe. Seems like an oversight on Vimium's part. As for the game, it's satisfying to ratchet down to the 39 second threshold for the gold medal by figuring…

yeah, this used to happen a lot to me on the itch.io platform which uses iFrame embeddings for HTML5/Canvas games.

Re: Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game

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Post by lagniappe »

This device is perfect for PICO-8 if anybody wants the handheld formfactor

https://powkiddy.com/products/pre-sale-powkiddy-rgb30-rk3566...

Non affiliated with the company, I get nothing from saying this, it's just a decent device all around. The 1:1 aspect ratio on the screen really does PICO-8 games justice, along with MAME and other popular platforms. The greatest thing is these devices are super cheap and easy to come by if you're patient.

Here's a video review of it by a youtuber whose opinion I've come to respect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIMepWAzUuw

Re: Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game

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VyseofArcadia wrote: post #7
hombre_fatal wrote: post #5

Aside, I just realized Vimium doesn't get disabled inside iframes on pages where it's disabled, nor can you disable the iframe domain from the parent page since the iframe regex won't match the parent url. I had to disable the whole plugin for "x" to work in the iframe. Seems like an oversight on Vimium's part. As for the game, it's satisfying to ratchet down to the 39 second threshold for the gold medal by figuring…

I just ran into this also. Incredibly annoying.

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Re: Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game

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Post by frenchie14 »

AugusteLef wrote: post #3

Just played it for 10 minutes! Great game. One remark: to start the race, you need to select "restart level" even if you just started the game. I would suggest starting the race by simply pressing enter.

Ah, you must be entering a race from the pause menu. PICO-8 controls are arrow keys, Z, and X (emulating old school consoles with limited input options). There's a level select screen just off the title menu

Re: Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game

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Post by elwell »

I was excited by the appearance and sound but found it too hard to control to enjoy. Also took me a couple minutes to get started because I didn't know I had to press 'x' (and 'x' closes the tab for me with Vimium extension, even though I disabled all Vimium keys on that page).

Re: Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game

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Post by frenchie14 »

lagniappe wrote: post #12

This device is perfect for PICO-8 if anybody wants the handheld formfactor https://powkiddy.com/products/pre-sale-powkiddy-rgb30-rk3566... Non affiliated with the company, I get nothing from saying this, it's just a decent device all around. The 1:1 aspect ratio on the screen really does PICO-8 games justice, along with MAME and other popular platforms. The greatest thing is these devices are super cheap and easy to…

I have an RGB30 and can confirm PICO-8 looks and runs great on it! It's a Linux handheld and can run the native PICO-8 binary
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