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Ad Astra

A demo by Ate Bit for the Pico-8 virtual console. ( http://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php )

Release date : 13/08/2016

Code & music : 4mat
Graphics : ilkke

Link is to the on-line version. (where you can also download the cart image) Or you can save the screenshot, rename it to .p8.png and load that straight into pico-8 as well.

A proper zip version from the atebit.org site will follow.


Leave audio enabled, demo uses the STAT variables to maintain timing and scenes won't continue otherwise.

Due to the way I merged some _update and _draw code together the demo may go out of sync if you don't have the window focused. This may
only affect watching it in pico-8 rather than the web version however.
added on the 2016-08-13 14:12:09 by 4mat 4mat
Cool.. Why not entering it for Evoke party? :)
Add infinitum!! :D
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 14:47:10 by magic magic
Really great pico-8 tune and really nice effects and tiles graphics all around :)
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 14:47:48 by visy visy
magic: No remote entries. Tbh I feel like just releasing prods at parties isn't very healthy for the scene in general, my last two were out of party as well. I mean, we used to make stuff all year round and things didn't have to be an 'event' , which puts way more pressure on things being a huge epic production and people's reactions to it. I applaud guys like TMR for releasing new stuff when they feel like it, that's way more in the spirit for me.
added on the 2016-08-13 14:52:49 by 4mat 4mat
4mat: ok.. yes true.. oldskool days.. anyway keep em coming!
Bedtime for democracy! :D
added on the 2016-08-13 14:55:56 by magic magic
Great design, space travel, Pico8 awesomeness, thumb up.
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 15:49:26 by fra fra
very enjoyable to watch
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 15:53:10 by whizart whizart
that's just lovely ♥
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 18:42:29 by HellMood HellMood
What 4mat said in response to magic.
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 19:39:09 by Serpent Serpent
Great design, effects, and music.
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 20:37:44 by phoenix phoenix
Great stuff. Love the story/flow
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 22:53:16 by evilpaul evilpaul
lovely & enjoyed every second of it!
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 22:58:26 by elkmoose elkmoose
very well-inspired art direction!
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 23:22:52 by norecess norecess
awesome prod by two of my fave guys ♥

this is one of the best demo on PICO-8 (admin please add a PICO-8 section FFS) and the music is simply the best one ever made on this platform :D
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 23:26:11 by rez rez
Pico-8's No Man's Sky? ;)

I'm a bit unclear about what is technically achievable on the platform but this is really enjoyable. Art and music are top notch and the effects are very nicely directed.
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 23:44:59 by exocet exocet
♥____♥
rulez added on the 2016-08-13 23:51:12 by p01 p01
Great stuff!
rulez added on the 2016-08-14 05:38:47 by keops keops
Great stuff! That clearly took some doing.
rulez added on the 2016-08-14 10:45:22 by tomaes tomaes
Wow, this must be the best pico-8 demo yet!
Everything is so smooth. I remember people trying to make 3d on pico-8 and not being as smooth. And this with stuff running in the background and foreground. I am gonna check the code.
rulez added on the 2016-08-14 10:54:19 by Optimus Optimus
Totally enjoyed this, reminds me of the good old Amiga days in the early 90s which is never a bad thing. :) Nice effects and super catchy music.
rulez added on the 2016-08-14 16:49:29 by StingRay StingRay
Awesome, loving the music.
rulez added on the 2016-08-14 16:50:23 by Dascon Dascon
pico-8 rulez!
rulez added on the 2016-08-14 17:18:04 by Buckethead Buckethead
Not a big fan of virtual platforms but I _am_ a fan of 4mat & Ilkke and there's no denying this is cool stuff!
rulez added on the 2016-08-14 17:34:59 by Korvkiosken Korvkiosken
excellent!
rulez added on the 2016-08-14 17:42:29 by gentleman gentleman
What Serpent said.
rulez added on the 2016-08-15 12:05:07 by Daddy Freddy Daddy Freddy
fuck, this is ossom! extra thumbs for releasing such a monster outside of a party :)
rulez added on the 2016-08-15 12:12:22 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
I don't understand the platform but I like the demo.
rulez added on the 2016-08-15 12:13:05 by Preacher Preacher
cool stuff... ;)
rulez added on the 2016-08-16 09:22:20 by ultra ultra
Thanks all. I did a little write up on my blog
added on the 2016-08-19 14:27:02 by 4mat 4mat
Gitta Love These Guys.
Pico8 as well
rulez added on the 2016-08-19 15:07:11 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
What Korvkiosken and Preacher said, with an extra virtual thumb up for the write up!
rulez added on the 2016-08-19 15:27:41 by Kylearan Kylearan
Amazing Demo with awesome effects, music and overall flow! Thanks, I love it! <3
rulez added on the 2016-08-19 16:14:57 by v3nom v3nom
cool pico8 prod
rulez added on the 2016-08-20 15:51:12 by wullon wullon
Theme & flow!
rulez added on the 2016-08-26 14:26:27 by Hicks Hicks
A really good one. Raises the bar of what a pico-8 demo can be.
rulez added on the 2016-10-10 10:31:00 by nodepond nodepond
fresh
Indeed quite an astonishing production on the Pico-8. And also thanks for the article on your blog.
rulez added on the 2016-11-18 20:16:00 by Den Den
love it !!!
rulez added on the 2016-11-18 20:44:07 by EviL EviL
wow, totally cool demo, such a good flow and feeling, xmas come early this year! :)
rulez added on the 2016-11-18 21:08:48 by keito keito
Just got my Pico-8 Pocket Chip and this is great on the machine!
added on the 2016-11-18 22:32:02 by Optimus Optimus
I really don’t like the music, but woah, the overall is pretty great! I especially like the cube-with-balls and the light turning around. :)
rulez added on the 2016-12-07 23:23:51 by phaazon phaazon
Love it, moar plz! =)
rulez added on the 2016-12-07 23:33:23 by sachy sachy
Don't know much about Pico-8 but I enjoyed the demo. Great direction. And interesting write up.
rulez added on the 2016-12-12 13:03:01 by Overflow Overflow
Lots of fun :)
rulez added on the 2017-01-11 18:22:06 by cxw cxw
This demo is soooo sick, 3d mesh(triangles&all) rendering looks so kickass, can only imagine the time it have tooked!
rulez added on the 2017-04-02 02:22:39 by GovanifY GovanifY
Monster!
rulez added on the 2017-06-01 21:12:34 by Virgill Virgill
This rulez and thank you for the writeup :)
rulez added on the 2017-07-09 08:24:52 by dnes dnes
This looks good.
rulez added on the 2017-10-04 20:00:10 by Ramon B5 Ramon B5
Like it !
rulez added on the 2017-10-04 21:42:09 by Asato Asato
Lovely style and totally underrated!
rulez added on the 2018-07-31 10:10:18 by hfr hfr
Enjoyed this one
rulez added on the 2018-09-24 17:55:40 by Emufr3ak Emufr3ak
Impossible.
rulez added on the 2018-09-24 22:57:41 by 100bit 100bit
That music is awesome, demo is awesome, visuals are awesome, awesome demo is awesome
rulez added on the 2018-09-24 23:57:34 by Triace Triace
Love it.
rulez added on the 2019-03-15 15:44:59 by violator violator
Amazing music and visual aesthetics!
rulez added on the 2019-04-03 17:50:14 by ham ham
Definetly it's one of the best demos on virtual consoles.
rulez added on the 2019-07-18 08:26:48 by Dart/FNM Dart/FNM
dat soundtrack <3
rulez added on the 2019-12-06 22:41:09 by cerror cerror
What an amazing demo! Thanks to Nova 2020 that proposed it on the Best Of British demo showcase!
rulez added on the 2020-06-21 16:03:31 by SoDa7 SoDa7
Nice Pico-8 demo with a spaceship and space theme just saw it for the fiirst time in the best of british demoshow at the NOVA Online 2020 after party and kickass music
rulez added on the 2020-06-21 16:04:26 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna

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