Mastodawn

playable picross/nonograms in a postcart and a half! (450 characters)
it uses the symbols available in the PICO-8 font as the goal image, and uses some palette trickery to make it visible when you quit out :)
some symbols are unsolvable from individual row/column clues, some don't have a unique solution.

maybe smaller is possible but I'm happy enough with this. code in thread or on the BBS

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=189022

#pico8 #postcart #sizecoding

kiuhbit Apr 28

CURSORS.P8

a little thing i wrote a long time ago, intended for a tweetcart but never quite small enough. through the power of postcart having a slightly higher character limit, i can post it here now!

and yes, you get your own cursor :)

(294 characters, code in thread or on the BBS)

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=188689

#pico8 #postcart #tweetcart #sizecoding

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kandid Apr 14

@s0ftwave1662 Here i have posted some sample code for a 256-byte demo running on Linux. The source code contains very few comments.

https://gitlab.com/metagrowing/demos

32 Bit Assembler code that is able to run on 64 Bit Linux Distro.

“Graphics” here refers to the ability of ESC sequences to change colors in the Linux terminal.

“Sound” means the hardware beeper or the notification sound of a desktop manager.

#sizecoding #MountainBytes

Csepp 🌢Apr 14

Trying to learn some #DOS #sizecoding during lunch break. First mistake that qualifies as a happy little accident.

echo aACgB7ATzRCquM3M9+eI0PbgicOI8PbgAcOD+z596bAP6+U= | base64 -d > a.com
dosbox a.com

cc: #theWorkshop #theFoundry

root42 Apr 10

New video: Let's Code MS DOS: 0x37 Rainbow Surf Analysis

This year's Revision demoparty had a surprising winner in the 256 byte compo. It was Rainbow Surf by Plex/BionFX and it is only 16 bytes long. That is short, very short. In fact, here is the code: c4 04 48 ab 26 03 45 ae 26 03 05 c1 e8 02 eb f2. Let's dissect it!

YouTube: Let's Code MS DOS: 0x37 Rainbow Surf Analysis
https://youtu.be/FGf2LEAbdSg
Makertube: https://makertube.net/w/hpE75cfisPMrmZFVPj75im

#letscode #msdos #sizecoding #demoscene

Let's Code MS DOS: 0x37 Rainbow Surf Analysis

YouTube

root42 Apr 7

Let's Code MS DOS: 0x37 Rainbow Surf Analysis

https://makertube.net/w/hpE75cfisPMrmZFVPj75im

Let's Code MS DOS: 0x37 Rainbow Surf Analysis

PeerTube

root42 Apr 7

New video for Patrons: Let's Code MS DOS 0x37: Rainbow Surf Analysis

https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-code-ms-dos-155017780?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#retrocomputing #demoscene #sizecoding #msdos #letscode

root42 Apr 6

To my #sizecoding bubble: How can I get some crappy random numbers on x86 IBM PC platforms? I am thinking about reading out a clock port... Or is there a minimal pseudeo RNG algorithm that takes only a handful of bytes? Doesn't have to be a GREAT random number source...