Well, I dusted off that old pico-8 project and underwhelming as it looks, as bad as the code is, it's pretty much finished.
That was fun, in a quick and dirty way! Okay, more dirty than quick, I guess.
If you want to know (or remember) what an old Amstrad game was like, you can even give it a try here: https://kefen.tigris.fr/pico8/picoattack/
In the end, this is probably going to be my only project on pico-8 because Lua really isn't my cup of tea, but also because while the pico-8's limitations did spur my creativity, they also quite dampened my enthusiasm in the long run. :P
But its job is done, though: I dipped a toe into game design and learned a TON of stuff even with such a simple little program! ♥
Kefen