Jump Up, Pico Star!

A tribute/demake of the jump-rope mini-game from Super Mario Odyssey, made for Tweet Tweet Jam 3.

Press Z to jump.

PICO-8 source code:

h=0
d=1s=0.2j=0t=0p=0l=line
w=rectfill
poke(0x5f2c,3)function _update60()
h+=d*s
if (h>12)d=-1
if (h<0)then
d=1if j==0 then
p=0s=.2
else
p+=1s+=.01
if (t<p)then t=p end
end
end
if j==0then
if (btnp(🅾️))j=5
end
j=max(j-.2,0)cls()w(0,13,63,50,3)w(0,13,63,41,12)
?"웃",4,37,13
?"웃",52,37,13
if (d>=1)r(h,6)
x(j)
if (d<1) r(h,7)
print(p,13,16,10)print(t,46,16,10)end
function r(z,y)l(10,41-z,52,41-z,y)end
function x(z)
?"웃",28,37-z,1
?"😐",28,33-z,15
l(29,33-z,33,33-z,8)l(27,32-z,35,32-z,8)l(27,31-z,35,31-z,8)l(28,30-z,34,30-z,8)w(29,35-z,33,36-z,5)
end

And the same code again in expanded, commented explain-o-vision.

--declaring our variables
h=0    // the Height of the rope
d=1    // the rope's current Direction (1 or -1)
s=0.2  // the rope's Speed
j=0    // the player's Jump height - 0 means they're on the ground
t=0    // the Top score
p=0    // the Player's current score
--aliasing some function names to save space later on
l=line
w=rectfill
--switching to lo-res mode
poke(0x5f2c,3)
--our main loop!
function _update60()
  --first we move the rope - by multiplying the rope speed (s) by
  --the current rope direction (d) and adding it to the current height (h)
  h+=d*s
  --if the rope's height (h) is more than 12 then it's the top of its travel
  --so we set its direction (d) to -1 (i.e. travelling down)
  if (h>12) d=-1
  --if the rope's height (h) is less than 0 then it's at its low point
  --so we set its direction (d) to 1 (i.e. travelling up)
  if (h<0)then
    d=1
    --additionally, if the player is standing on the ground when the rope
    --is at its low point, then the player has hit the rope and the
    -- game is over..
    if j==0 then
      --...so we reset the player (p) score to zero,
      --and we set the rope speed (s) back to its original .2
      p=0s=.2
    else
      --but if the player is jumping when the rope is at its low point,
      --we add one to their score (p) and increase the rope speed (s) by .01
      p+=1s+=.01
      --and if the top score (t) is now lower than the player's score (p)
      --then we update the high score
      if (t<p)then t=p end
    end
  end
  --PLAYER INPUT
  --if the player is currently on the ground (j=0), we check if the player
  --pressed the button; if they did, we set their jump height to 5 (j=5+)
  if j==0 then
    if (btnp(�������)) j=5
  end
  --and if the player is currently jumping, we decrease their jump height (j)
  --by .2 each frame until they are back on the ground
  j=max(j-.2,0)
  --DRAWING THE GRAPHICS
  --(usually done separately in the _draw() function,
  --but for TweetTweetJam we put it in _update60() to save space)
  --clear the screen
  cls()
  --draw two rectangles to represent the sky/grass
  w(0,13,63,50,3)
  w(0,13,63,41,12)
  --draw the two people holding the rope
  ?"웃",4,37,13
  ?"웃",52,37,13
  --if the rope is travelling up, draw it in gray behind the player
  if (d>=1) r(h,6)
  --draw the player
  x(j)
  --if the rope is travelling down, draw it in white in front of the player
  if (d<1) r(h,7)
  -- and finally, print the scores at the top
  print(p,13,16,10)
  print(t,46,16,10)
--and that's it!
end
--OR IS IT?
--a couple of extra functions written to save space
--the 'r' function draws the rope with a given height (z) and color (y)
function r(z,y)
 l(10,41-z,52,41-z,y)
end
--the 'x' function draws the player at height (z)
function x(z)
 --first draw the body in dark blue
 ?"웃",28,37-z,1
 --then draw the head in a caucasian skin colour
 ?"😐",28,33-z,15
 --then draw four red lines to form the shape of a hat
 l(29,33-z,33,33-z,8)
 l(27,32-z,35,32-z,8)
 l(27,31-z,35,31-z,8)
 l(28,30-z,34,30-z,8)
 --and finally, draw a single brown line to make a mustache
 w(29,35-z,33,36-z,5)
end