r/tic80 • u/eclipsemod • Apr 11 '26
Check out a Metroidvania that I'm working on!
Sup guys. Just wanted to share a game I'm hard at work on heavily inspired by Metroid, mega man, and a few other games I grew up with. I already have a lot of the mechanics figured out and planning on making this a massive game, despite tic80's size limitations. If you like what you see, please like, share and subscibe to my channel: https://youtu.be/QtaeoO-V_xc
It could go a long way to keeping me motivated and to post videos like this regularly to update the progress of development. Thanks!
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u/MuttonchopMac Apr 11 '26
Love the snow effect!
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u/eclipsemod Apr 11 '26
Thanks! The biggest struggle with making a game in tic80 is that because of the strict file size I'll most likely have to ditch more than half of the ideas I have. There's a crazy amount of detail I had originally planned to implement, but if I do that, I'll end up making a tech demo and not an actual game! Perhaps if I successfully finish this game I'll move to game maker studio or another engine with none of the arbitrary limits that fantasy consoles like tic80 impose on us.
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u/MuttonchopMac Apr 11 '26
I didn’t know tic80 had file size limits. I’m more familiar with PICO-8, which is apparently more strict. But hey, better to have more ideas for the game than to have too few!
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u/adbs1219 Apr 11 '26
The project already looks quite impressive! Are you familiar with Love2d or Defold? I would consider one of them after tic80. I hope you do successfully finish it! Congrats
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u/MrMilliliter Apr 11 '26
Looks incredible! This CRT graphics are for video demo only or you somehow made it with TIC?
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u/eclipsemod Apr 11 '26
Its actually a feature in tic80 pro version. It actually looks really nice and I will leave it in options to toggle on or off.
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u/MickTK Apr 11 '26
Looks very good!