Lee T lee2sman

PICO-8 size optimization stuff for tweetcarts

Here are some simple ways to make your PICO-8 code fit in ~~140~~ 280 characters (as in the #tweetjam #tweetcart craze). I did not invent these, I merely observed and collected them from the tweetjam thread.

LUA syntax stuff

Use single character variable names
Use x=.1 and x=.023, not x=0.1 or x=0.023
x=1/3 is shorter than x=.3333
You don't need to separate everything with spaces or write them on their own lines, e.g. circ(x,y,1)pset(z,q,7) works just as well

	#!/usr/bin/env fish

	function blog-serve
	set current_dir (basename (pwd))

	# Directory-specific detection
	switch $current_dir
	case nosebook
	echo "🌸 Detected Jekyll blog (nosebook)"
	bundle exec jekyll serve --baseurl ''

	#!/bin/bash

	# p5.js to L5 Converter
	# Usage: ./p5js-to-l5-converter.sh input.js [output.lua]

	if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
	echo "Usage: $0 input.js [output.lua]"
	echo "Converts p5.js JavaScript files to L5 Lua syntax"
	exit 1
	fi