Hi, do you know how could I run Poom on my rg350 pico-8 emulator? If you can help me, I will do a promotional video and upload to my youtube channel. I love doom and pixel art, so your game is very nice for me!
I think you're misunderstanding fredz72, so I'll try to clear things up.
POOM is a game for the PICO-8, which is a fantasy console (really a virtual machine and game engine) with certain restrictions in place so as to present itself as a classic 8-bit console like the NES. Those restrictions are arbitrary but hard-coded into the PICO-8 framework and unavoidable for any PICO-8 games as a result.
Ironically, the stated minimum requirement for running PICO-8 (and therefore POOM, albeit POOM is likely more demanding than most PICO-8 games) is a 700MHz processor.
A "Continue" button was neat, but scaling down to a NES 8-bit remake (Excute me a Demake) was kinda lame, just play the SNES Port or maybe download it for retroarch or raspberry pi, looks like some gameboy color game or gamegear game. Though playing this on a browser is good but not revolutionary.
Look it's one thing to not understand the technical achievement this is, but to arrogantly call it "lame"... I can safely assume you have not achieved anything remotely as impressive in your life.
The game runs on a "fantasy console" called PICO-8. It's a game engine with harsh limitations like a 128x128 resolution, 16 colors, and 64 KiB of RAM. Why does that exist? For fun. A game like this running on something that limited is pretty impressive to me.
Absolutely no understanding of the amazing effort this took to create in Pico8 limitations! Play this on my Miyoo Mini all the time and would love to see a POOM 2 *hint hint*
Hello, producer. When will you release the next 1.9 standalone version? I hope you can release it soon. Because we like your game! I'm waiting for your reply. Have a nice day~ :)
Hi producer. When will you release the next standalone version? I hope you can add more features in the next release. Such as: add more kinds of guns, etc. :) Also i found in the game, when i had half healthy and i saved the game, i quit the game and enter the game and load the saved game, but the healty is full, can you fix this, ok? Because i think continue with the saved status is more interesting. :) Well, i'm waiting for your reply. :)
Wow... I came in expecting just, Doom but run in Pico8. Like how people will run Doom on a calculator or a microwave or whatever. But this wasn't just good as a mere "demake", it is fantastic in its own right. Great level design, great job rebalancing the weapons and enemies to fit this better than something more completely accurate to the source, nice job making the Cacodemons into a legitimate much greater threat than in the original (to think, all they really needed were faster projectiles) which fits their role here as the elite enemies, and wow that Cyberdemon fight made the original Cyber Demon Lord of Deimos look like an incompetent pushover.
The maker/s of this are legends, I have seen quite a few 3D type games done for pico-8 and some nice 'engines' for them (I have also failed at using them as I'm new to Pico lol), but this is epic.
To unwind I still always find myself plying doom (1993) or the modded versions even when there's more modern and graphically stunning games out there.. the simple style is just fun/enjoyable even to this day and 'Doomero Inc' and other modders still put-out quality content.
I do have that. It's just the slippery character that I have to get used to.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not begging for the developers to add a much better character controller. The reason why the character controller is slippery is because, well, remakes and mods exist and so developers would naturally want to stay true to the original title. I understand that because I have made a remake of a game before (Which was bad but to be honest I made it using HTML5 and I knew barely anything).
Bruh are you kidding me the graphics in this game are stunning. You have never seen good graphics in a game if you dont like these graphics! No im just kidding ur good its just the graphics in this game are stunning well done to the creator!
nah i meant like when you compare it to other games, for what this game is imitating the graphics are awesome but when you compare it to other titles that release it is a bit worse
Hey Freds72, I decided to speed run Poom's first level twice. Try to beat my time in Ultra Violence. (i can't be asked to find the secrets, so i didn't include them)
hey freds72, I think it would be really cool if you could port Need For Speed, Metal Gear Solid or any PS1 games for the Pico-8. I know it takes time, but it would be really cool. Also, can you do a collab with Jett Lee and Piotrekfolt to make a Pico-8 game from all of your games combined, e.g. Operation B.A.M (Jett Lee), Poom (you) and Amogus TD (piotrekfolt) to make a greatTRULY great game
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loved this time to play the original doom now keep up the great
work
Congrats on the great work with this entry!!! I loved it!!
Great Job
yo man i know there was a lot of effort put into this game but is there any chance that you ( and Paranoid Cactus) will make poom 2?
love it!
Can you make android version
no - the underlying framework doesn’t support Android
Sad :(
Can you at least give us the "p8.png" file of this game so we can play this on Android?
Can you at least give us the ".p8.png" file so we can play it on Android
The game is a multi-cart game, there is no "png" as in other smaller pico8 games.
Been trying to beat the whole game on Ultra-Violence and got to level 5 and got this thing. What is it?
a bug…
can you roughly indicate where you are in the level?
Level 5 by the blue keycard, also i beat the rest of the game on Ultra-Violence. Thank you for making a new entry to my favorite franchise.
Hi, do you know how could I run Poom on my rg350 pico-8 emulator? If you can help me, I will do a promotional video and upload to my youtube channel. I love doom and pixel art, so your game is very nice for me!
I don’t own such device - if running rhe Tac80 emulator, suggest to contact the author directly.
amazing!
What are the system requirements for poom? Does it really run on 64k of ram and sn 8!bit processor?
no - this game runs within a virtual machine (pico8) with the following constraints:
so far more powerful than a NES but certainly far less powerful than a 1993 PC!
So POOM would technically work on a 286 with 2 megs of ram. Would it need any special hardware for 3D graphics like the super fx chip?
comparison doesn’t really make sense - Poom runs on top of Lua, a very high level language, that would crawl on a 286 (if working at all).
see Doom machine specs to find the lowest cpu it ran on.
The original doom ran on a 386.
So I would imagine that POOM would run on a 286.
The specs for Poom would be even less, if it took note of a 3d card or superfx chip
I think you're misunderstanding fredz72, so I'll try to clear things up.
POOM is a game for the PICO-8, which is a fantasy console (really a virtual machine and game engine) with certain restrictions in place so as to present itself as a classic 8-bit console like the NES. Those restrictions are arbitrary but hard-coded into the PICO-8 framework and unavoidable for any PICO-8 games as a result.
Ironically, the stated minimum requirement for running PICO-8 (and therefore POOM, albeit POOM is likely more demanding than most PICO-8 games) is a 700MHz processor.
A "Continue" button was neat, but scaling down to a NES 8-bit remake (Excute me a Demake) was kinda lame, just play the SNES Port or maybe download it for retroarch or raspberry pi, looks like some gameboy color game or gamegear game. Though playing this on a browser is good but not revolutionary.
Look it's one thing to not understand the technical achievement this is, but to arrogantly call it "lame"... I can safely assume you have not achieved anything remotely as impressive in your life.
The game runs on a "fantasy console" called PICO-8. It's a game engine with harsh limitations like a 128x128 resolution, 16 colors, and 64 KiB of RAM. Why does that exist? For fun. A game like this running on something that limited is pretty impressive to me.
Absolutely no understanding of the amazing effort this took to create in Pico8 limitations! Play this on my Miyoo Mini all the time and would love to see a POOM 2 *hint hint*
I don't think you understand how impressive of a feat it is to make this within the constraints of Pico-8.
Not bad.
truly anything can run doom
controls not very good but game is nice
we don't have many options in pico 8 lol
.d
bro dident this game only make like 700$ i herd that in a youtube vid
bro can you spell
no
ok...why..., "dident" mzybe was a typo.
no im just dumb (im 11)lol
"add a continue and menu plz" -whalter whitejr
Hello, producer. When will you release the next 1.9 standalone version? I hope you can release it soon. Because we like your game! I'm waiting for your reply. Have a nice day~ :)
Hi producer. When will you release the next standalone version? I hope you can add more features in the next release. Such as: add more kinds of guns, etc. :) Also i found in the game, when i had half healthy and i saved the game, i quit the game and enter the game and load the saved game, but the healty is full, can you fix this, ok? Because i think continue with the saved status is more interesting. :) Well, i'm waiting for your reply. :)
a ‘continue’ option could be interesting.
not promising anything but a good idea.
I love how well this works with the limitations of Pico-8 but still resembles the original game very closely. Great job!
funy:)
Wow... I came in expecting just, Doom but run in Pico8. Like how people will run Doom on a calculator or a microwave or whatever. But this wasn't just good as a mere "demake", it is fantastic in its own right. Great level design, great job rebalancing the weapons and enemies to fit this better than something more completely accurate to the source, nice job making the Cacodemons into a legitimate much greater threat than in the original (to think, all they really needed were faster projectiles) which fits their role here as the elite enemies, and wow that Cyberdemon fight made the original Cyber Demon Lord of Deimos look like an incompetent pushover.
thanks - the intention was indeed to capture the feeling as we couldn’t do a 100% accurate port.
pee pee poo poo
he he u funny :)
How did you compile the exe in pico 8
See "export" in pico8 manual.
didn't know I liked doom until now, thank you :)
and also, an absolutely amazing job!!!!
thanks - not the first user that discovers Doom and its simplicity via our demake!
woah!
The maker/s of this are legends, I have seen quite a few 3D type games done for pico-8 and some nice 'engines' for them (I have also failed at using them as I'm new to Pico lol), but this is epic.
To unwind I still always find myself plying doom (1993) or the modded versions even when there's more modern and graphically stunning games out there.. the simple style is just fun/enjoyable even to this day and 'Doomero Inc' and other modders still put-out quality content.
thanks (and maker*s*, team of 2)
the goal was indeed to stay close to the original.
Well done Matt!
How do you export multiple .p8 files as an executable or a .HTML file?
see ‘export’ command in pico8 manual.
This game actually interest me of DOOM (But I get lost for many times.QAQ)
draw a map ;)
Not bad! Call me a noob gamer as I kept running into walls Rainbow Road style. The character controller was just too hard for me to master.
I still liked it because it was so retro.
keep trying - the recommended setup is mouse+keyboard
I do have that. It's just the slippery character that I have to get used to.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not begging for the developers to add a much better character controller. The reason why the character controller is slippery is because, well, remakes and mods exist and so developers would naturally want to stay true to the original title. I understand that because I have made a remake of a game before (Which was bad but to be honest I made it using HTML5 and I knew barely anything).
i cant't wait for someone to port DOOM to Atari 2600 or even the magnavox odyssey
this is proof a game doesn't need good graphics to be fun
Bruh are you kidding me the graphics in this game are stunning. You have never seen good graphics in a game if you dont like these graphics! No im just kidding ur good its just the graphics in this game are stunning well done to the creator!
nah i meant like when you compare it to other games, for what this game is imitating the graphics are awesome but when you compare it to other titles that release it is a bit worse
fullscreen no work
plz fix
thx
can you elaborate?
using web version or standalone?
what machine are you using?
GREAT!!!
Freds72, your welcome different strokes for 10 minutes-1 hour this took
https://swsteffes.itch.io/different-strokes
even more
all in 'recent favourites' Freds72 got some free advertising!
much appreciated but Poom is a team production with @ParanoidCactus - I did not make that game alone.
i will edit posters!
please subscribe to my channel.
Hey Freds72, I decided to speed run Poom's first level twice. Try to beat my time in Ultra Violence. (i can't be asked to find the secrets, so i didn't include them)
also plz subscribe to KW0Z Games
I can't get past the Annex
do you have to pick up weapons or are they given to you?
Also a YT video on all secrets would be cool
Aside from that, Very good game freds72, would
likeLOVE it to become a console game!Also Annex on Ultra-violence is incredibly hard
Hey ultra-violence! 😬🤷♂️
hey freds72, I think it would be really cool if you could port Need For Speed, Metal Gear Solid or any PS1 games for the Pico-8. I know it takes time, but it would be really cool. Also, can you do a collab with Jett Lee and Piotrekfolt to make a Pico-8 game from all of your games combined, e.g. Operation B.A.M (Jett Lee), Poom (you) and Amogus TD (piotrekfolt) to make a
greatTRULY great gamenow I think about it, Mortal Kombat trilogy WOULD be
pretty coolINCREDIBLY cool.if ya think so, upvote!
did a tally. Results from my school class, 26 ppl in total
now I know what im doing annex is ez
but ultra-violence is still very bad. Never again.
I really like how well this works with a joystick/flightstick. as soon as i saw the option in the menu i plugged one in.
Very awesome