Mike Cook

New Release: Magpie (v0.1 - Sorrow)

Magpie is a visual livecoding tool made in Picotron! Make little art performances in crunchy 480x270 resolution, by writing Picotron code. It runs in the web, on desktops, and on #Picotron itself. This is an early release.

Get it here: https://illomens.itch.io/magpie

Mar 6 at 1:11pmWeb
Show threadMike CookMar 6

To go along with the release today, here's a screen recording of my Algorhythms set last Wednesday, supporting @beewebb!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUIVjdUi2Dk

Magpie Livecoding Set w/ Beepatrice @ Algorhythms March 2026

YouTube
Show threadboggoMar 6
@mtrc Hurray!
Show threadleeMar 7
@mtrc i need to learn the API to see what i can do (for example, can i use sprites? camera?) so just used a few basic things i know from Pico-8 to test out. i did this within 2 minutes of opening it up so it's very basic! looking forward to more documentation so i can dig in further. i haven't tried demo mode yet but am assuming i can learn a lot from that too.
Show threadleeMar 7
@mtrc is there a good place for bug reports? for example, i used fillp() and now even though i've cleared the screen Shift-Control-C it still persists, even when running demo() sketches.
Show threadleeMar 7
@mtrc some more fun playing around with demo and adding my own additions. enjoying using this.
Show threadMike CookMar 7
@exquisitecorp this is amazing! thanks for playing with it and showing me what you made :)
Show threadMike CookMar 7

@exquisitecorp great, yeah, that's something i should also reset after for sure.

or perhaps only on shift+control+c? hmm.

Show threadMike CookMar 7
@exquisitecorp you can use almost all of the api, but some things need extra support - for example, I don't reset the camera after running user code, but I can add that in a patch maybe :)
Show threadmillennial fulcrumMar 8
@mtrc over my head, all I got was gorgeous and amazing. congratulations on this release and well done. 🤘🤘🤘