Pinchpoint
An abstract highscore-chasing shoot-em-up. Shoot the green meanie to score points. Don't let it hit you. Every time you miss, the wall you hit moves closer. What's the highest score you can reach?
Move with the arrow keys, shoot with the X key while moving.
Written for #TweetTweetJam 4. The code fits into two tweets:
w=128
c=circfill
a=abs
z=rnd
g=sgn
cls()x=8y=63::_::h,l,b,r=8,0,127,127s=0::b::o=o or{x=z(128),y=h}i=btn()v=(i&2)/2-(i&1)u=((i&8)/8-(i&4)/4)*(1-a(v))x=mid(l,r,x+v*2)y=mid(h,b,y+u*2)for i=0,999 do pset(z(w),z(w),0)end
n=t()d=o.x-x
e=o.y-y
o.x-=g(d)/2+2*cos(n)o.y-=g(e)/2+2*sin(n)c(o.x,o.y,2,z{3,11})if a(d)<=3 and a(e)<=3then
c(x,y,8,7)goto _
else
c(x,y,2,z{8,9})if btnp(❎)then
line(x,y,x+v*w,y+u*w,12)if v==g(d)and 2>=a(e)or u==g(e)and 2>=a(d)then
c(o.x,o.y,6,7)s+=1o=nil
else
r-=max(v)l-=min(v)b-=max(u)h-=min(u)end
end
end
?s,2,2,7
rect(l,h,r,b)flip()goto b
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Rating | Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
| Author | dredds |
| Genre | Action |
| Made with | PICO-8 |
| Tags | PICO-8, Shoot 'Em Up, Singleplayer |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Inputs | Keyboard |
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Development log
- Pinchpoint Development - New FeaturesJun 05, 2020
- Pinchpoint XLMay 12, 2020

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The highest score I’ve managed is 36.
Fantastic entry, shame I'm so bad at this!
Super nice graphics
Thank you.