Pl¢tfarmer

A clicker/platformer game built for the wasm4jam

https://pfg.itch.io/plctfarmer

Source code is in src/platformer.zig

Map is in src/platformer.png

Texture compressor is in src/imgconv.zig

How to build (dev):

zig build
w4 run -n zig-out/lib/platformer.wasm

Notes

make sure you aren't over the size limit: zig build -Drelease-small && ls -l zig-out/lib/platformer.wasm (maximum is 65,536 bytes)

recommend also using wasm-opt -Oz because it got likt 50kb → 46kb

check this: wasm-objdump zig-out/lib/platformer.wasm -x -j code

ingconv notes

1. scale the image down to 160x160
2. https://www.imgonline.com.ua/eng/limit-color-number.php
3. imgconv image.jpg image.w4i --compress --detect-palette

bundling

zig build -Drelease-small && ls -l zig-out/lib/platformer.wasm && w4 bundle zig-out/lib/platformer.wasm --html zig-out/lib/file.html

note: also use wasm-opt

TODO:

• finish up the game
  • intro screen. the computer thing and a clicker game → the full game
  • pause menu so you can go back out to the computer. it would be cool to have interactions between the game and the computer but idk
  • end screen. you unlock infinite dashes + debug keys
• see how many desktop backgrounds I can fit in the cart
  • wasm-opt -Oz --strip-producers --dce --zero-filled-memory ← make sure to use this, it will make the zig output even smaller
  • see if we can go right the way up to the limit
  • oh yeah we could do that before release, why not