Hunchback Pocket

Devlog

• Minor quality of life update (post-Jam)
  August 01, 2025 by straydogstrut

  Made a minor change post-jam ending to prevent the Pico-8 "Press Ctrl+C to complete print" debug message showing while the game was playing. This didn't impact gameplay but may cause confusion for som... Continue reading
• Day 07
  August 01, 2025 by straydogstrut

  I've finished a game. This is quite surprising even to me. My last dev session went well - I added the super bonus scoring and the knight climbing the wall, as well as an instructions screen - however... Continue reading

  
• Day 06
  August 01, 2025 by straydogstrut

  I added player lives and score. I also drew all the remaining (original) levels so now there are 15 in total. I tweaked my enemy spawn script too so that they can spawn on either the left or right. I... Continue reading

  
• Day 05
  August 01, 2025 by straydogstrut

  I've now got 8 levels in the game (there are 15 in the original) and a very basic start screen. I've got almost all the mechanics from the original implemented now. Just the static bells you can jump... Continue reading

  
• Day 04
  August 01, 2025 by straydogstrut

  Took a few days away from this due to travelling and getting sick, but worked on it some more last night. Not much change visually, but did a massive rewrite of my level creation and enemy spawning co... Continue reading

  
• Day 03
  August 01, 2025 by straydogstrut

  Considering this a separate third day as i've done lots of little bits over the past 48h. Spent time refactoring my debugging code. I've been helping out someone on a forum i'm in with their game and... Continue reading

  
• Day 02
  August 01, 2025 by straydogstrut

  Added a temporary second level for the purposes of testing out level transitions. I think I need to consider adding some coyote time as jumping gaps is very hard - though maybe that's in the spirit of... Continue reading

  
• Day 01
  August 01, 2025 by straydogstrut

  I started working on a new game today in Pico-8. I'm creating a remake of the Amstrad CPC 6128 game, Hunchback. Based on the Victor Hugo novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, it's a small platformer wit... Continue reading