"The Thief's Journal"
My fellow prisoners were moths. They danced frantically beneath the light, blinded by that dangerous urge to disregard the risks. Stupid bastards.

source in a post below

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"Pattern Recognition"

She’s at the screen and won’t let it go.
"We have to split, kid. Now!"
"Almost got it. It’s not random."
"They'll lock down the zone any moment."
"But I can see the pattern."
"THIS ZONE IS OFF LIMITS!"

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source below

260114 - noise smoothing
https://pico-8-edu.com/?c=AHB4YQFIAQDrweIJZ5xwQ3BFlRXn33-7G1xeJQ9QBY9wfheeP_WN21_ibY9-gTi6ZWWkWInuD-sniKsHqF5hpD9o4hGydOAtpsYWrmqatWakMEFzWXJa0RVRlXRm8EX2Gk3VP8WJTXjeSlQMbq2MVMXeTvQMe_XYWrk3sVDVoZnewqxr9ereXJXWRR7NzOwEpWSAB04MnqEI0o2ynAhjFz2FF25sXiHfK97CyX08siweUPdh3N7Xj3QDXe2Dbsu2N9oysNVU32QDa3PVXhym02nUdcGqJ5aG62ahWM0dc6lhVAiqsj5ycmq27yY6eXI0IyvRmZvZlkhBurpazM5uBA==&g=w-w-w-w1HQHw-w2Xw-w3Xw-w2HQH

pal({-16,-14,2,14,15,7,6,12,-4,1,-15},1)w=128r=rnd
a=abs
for y=0,w do
for x=0,w do
pset(x,y,r(12))end
end::_::x=r(w)y=r(w)u=r(3)\1-1v=r(3)\1-1e=pget((x-u)%w,(y-v)%w)f=pget((x+u)%w,(y+v)%w)d=f-e
b=a(d)if(b==6)d=r{-6,6}
if(b>6)d=(12-b)*sgn(-d)
pset(x,y,(e+d/2)%12)goto _

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260113 alt - corners only
https://pico-8-edu.com/?c=AHB4YQFnASfrweIJZ5xwQ3BEdfHxj9CUxdUP8AYvcHryCFlVlS_xZY7bk6yrn6CMThnZKEai68MXyONqoloY6a_ZCKLbipE6yqpLTj-_Gbp3KKqH6OaC2x6haYaKZ2iy26qBqIuilWhiLB1bWcuad0je4gmiN4ii5rziNRIXDLhgwkuBF5o5oYAL67F_Nl7oDqyKjWjaDOV17eSVwSsUwfI7lLtFuVCeOhYV-cTCWlImIkF3dsFCNrUSzkzrhh-DjWLA5EBZ7laTk_1kkiX7RhtNlhzRO_YhjBZFm228s3Dm0PAJ2dBeOWCV5SypXqIKXTORJdUNVeiaiSyp3qJacE2aJdUJVe2aNEuqwRtumIiWz432_6IuyqErwpW4Hszz0Znd6aIZBw==&g=w-w-w-w1HQHw-w2Xw-w3Xw-w2HQH

r=rnd
s="\^udvd"w=117h=121m=w/2n=h/2c=r(10)o=0p={[0]={0,0},{0,h},{w,0},{w,h}}a=r(4)\1b=(a+1+r(3)\1)%4
::_::if(t()\4>o)o+=1c=(c+1+r(8))%10a=b b=(a+1+r(3)\1)%4
u=t()/4%1d=p[a][1]e=p[a][2]f=p[b][1]g=p[b][2]h=d+u*(m-d)i=e+u*(n-e)j=m+u*(f-m)k=n+u*(g-n)x=h+u*(j-h)y=i+u*(k-i)cls()
?s,x,y,c+6
flip() goto _

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flashback to my first #postcart #pico8 #sizecoding

a={}e=1for i=0,16383do a[i]={0,0,0,0,0}end::_::for i=0,127do
for j=0,127do
d=a[i+j*128]if(d[3]+d[4]<=4and d[5]<e)then
d[2]=2*d[1]*d[2]+j*.0176-1.12d[1]=d[3]-d[4]+i*.02-2d[3]=d[1]^2d[4]=d[2]^2d[5]+=1end
c=sqrt(d[5]/e)*6+(j%2*2+i%2)/4pset(i,j,c)end
end?"\^!5f100▒1=670"
e+=1goto _

don't stand too close to the glass it's still a little upset #pico8 #postcart (299 chars)

// src & gif: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=170946#p

DNA double helix, 146 chars.

fillp(▥)c,l,m=circfill,line,64::_::for i=1,12 do o,s=i*10,sin(t()+i/12)*20 c(m-s,o,4,8)c(m+s,o,4,6)l(m-s,o,m,o,8)l(m,o,m+s,o,6)end ?"⁶1⁶c0"
goto _

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Loading, 244 chars.

_set_fps(60)fillp(◆)?"\^!5f11▒1⬇️😐<?◆🅾️☉8웃9:♥7"
a=1m=48c={}s="𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨"::_::p=min(1,t()/8)a+=1for i=1,m do circfill(63+sin(i/m)*58,63+cos(i/m)*58,5,(i+a)/3)end?"⁶t⁶w"..s.."⁶g⁶pᶜ5"..s,39,63,2
line(39,76,39+54*p,76,9)?(p\.01).."%⁶1⁶c0",58,79
goto _

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Digital Rain, 162 chars.

n,c,l,t=21,"",{},0::_::t+=1?"⁶1⁶c0⁶!5f11\0\0\0⬇️⬇️³³⬅️⬅️ᵇᵇ⌂⌂⌂⁷"
for i=1,441do
if(t<2)c..=chr(204+rnd(50))l[i]=rnd(n)else?c[i],i%n*7-2,i\n*6,l[i%n+1]+i\n-t
end goto _

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