This was a tutorial series on sizecoding (write small code) and demoscene effects. It was quite fun to put together, and I learned a lot! You can find the original videos and prompts here.
day1.p8 – a simple scene with colorful snowmenday2.p8 – now with animated snow!day3.p8 – moving pixel pattern (slow)day3a.p8 – made it faster using cam()day4.p8 – lava effect! I always liked these.day5.p8 – polar coordinates based effect. Also, look ma, no cls()!day6.p8 – I don’t remember the theme for this, but I added a
mysterious statement, demoscene style.day7.p8 – Putting things from previous days together.day8.p8 – Worm effect. Another effect that I always liked, it was
nice learning how to do it.day9.p8 – Shadebob, but make it fire.day10.p8 – Alternating effects. Welcome to snow!day11.p8 – 3D spinning cube!day11a.p8 – Better 3D! less balls, more sorting, and star background!