Pico Hunter

Devlog

• v0.6.0a - We've got a menu now!
  July 26, 2024 by Bananicorn

  Ah shit, I forgot to publish this! As the title says, I've implemented a simple little menu to mute the game, or on the picosystem additionally set brightness and check the battery status in the top r... Continue reading
• v0.5.0a - meet the Flamingoraptor!
  June 30, 2024 by Bananicorn

  Introducing: The Flamingoraptor! It's not happy to meet you. and you might find yourself running out of the area to escape its wrath. My rather lacking pixel art skills cannot accurately convey this,... Continue reading

  
• An update - v0.4.1a
  May 22, 2024 by Bananicorn

  Man it's been tough. My brain won't let me finish anything. Here, have lots of half-finished pieces so I may one day be persuaded to wrap this up more nicely. There's a new enemy. Not quite done. The... Continue reading
• Not dead yet - working on sound
  May 07, 2024 by Bananicorn

  Getting the sound to run on Desktop has been trickier than expected - that stuff really isn't my expertise after all. I'm still working on it and occasionally making progress, but most days I don't ha... Continue reading
• v0.1.0a - A new weapon and lots of fixes!
  April 14, 2024 by Bananicorn#v0.1.0

  I've added a new Weapon: The Spear! Poke the monster for fast and light damage, throw it for heavier damage, but be careful - what's thrown has to be retreived! The spear can get stuck in a monster, a... Continue reading

  
• First Windows and Linux versions out now!
  March 30, 2024 by Bananicorn#windows, #linux

  I've finally managed to port the core gameplay to Windows and Linux! Most things should work as they do on the picosystem. Controls are as follows: Arrow Keys: move Left CTRL: attack Spacebar: dodge... Continue reading
• Slowly inching closer to a desktop version!
  March 23, 2024 by Bananicorn

  As you can see in the two screenshots here, I've finally managed to get *something* about my game running on my PC - right now no game yet, but I've managed to load and display the spritesheet used fo... Continue reading

  
• v0.02a
  March 17, 2024 by Bananicorn#alpha release

  Teeny tiny update incoming; - The big crab now has a death sound - Enemies don't just disappear when defeated - Fixed issue with insignificant sounds (like the crab's steps) playing over longer, more... Continue reading
• Porting in process (hopefully)
  March 17, 2024 by Bananicorn

  So, I'm currently working on porting my code to Windows and Linux (not MacOS, since they're openly hostile to games). As of right now, I'm at the point where everything is broken and nothing event com... Continue reading
• First Alpha Release!
  March 03, 2024 by Bananicorn

  So, the picosystem is an amazing little console - somewhat restrictive, but because of that it's really fun to program for! This is the first alpha release of Pico Hunter , hopefully the first of many... Continue reading