Picopelago
Create landscapes or sit back and watch them change over time
Picopelago is a terrain toy. It includes a screensaver mode which generates landscapes and a draw mode where you can shape them yourself
As time passes, erosion smooths out rugged terrain
As mountain peaks reach the sky, the landscape sinks into the sea
Controls
- (▲)/(▼)/( X ) to navigate main menu
- Mouse or touchscreen required for draw mode
- Enter and choose "Reset Cart" to return to main menu
About
Created for PICO-1k Jam 2023 (code is 1024 bytes after minification & compression)
Download
Click download now to get access to the following files:
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
This is a really fun toy. The visuals are a nice blend of ambiguous and concrete; this is also a good tool for quickly brainstorming or prototyping world building ideas.
A nice addition would be the ability to remove land/add water as well.
this colour palette is so beautiful! I’ve never seen such vibrant water in pico8
So cool! Thanks a bunch @sparsegamedev for sharing the commented source code, it really helps others learn from your wisdom. :)
Could you add an open source license to the code? It’s as simple as adding one commented line stating something like:
This code by Woflox is shared under the GNU GPLv3 licenseOr something like that. Thanks again!
Thanks for the kind words. I've added a note to the github gist releasing the code under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Might not be a typical license for software, but the minified cart is already under that license on the Lexaloffle BBS so I think it makes sense.
Pretty cool. It would be nice if it had sound, but as it stands, it is pretty cool.
Thanks, I would have loved to add sound but since this was made for a jam with 1kb code limit and no pre-made assets, it would have meant cutting features and the sound would have ended up pretty basic anyway. If I ever make a more full-featured version it would definitely have sound. Thanks for checking it out!
Love it !