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A WebAssembly based fantasy console

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Specs
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Versions
- v0.1.2
- v0.1.1
- v0.1.0
Overview

About

MicroW8 is a WebAssembly based fantasy console inspired by the likes
of TIC-80, WASM-4 and PICO-8.

The initial motivation behind MicroW8 was to explore whether there
was a way to make WebAssembly viable for size-coding. (Size coding
being the art of creating tiny (often <= 256 bytes) graphical effects
and games.) The available examples so far are all in this space,
however, I very carefully made sure that all design decisions make
sense from the point of view of bigger projects as well.

Specs

  * Screen: 320x240, 256 colors, 60Hz
  * Modules: Up to 256KB (WASM)
  * Memory: 256KB
  * Gamepad input (D-Pad + 4 Buttons)

Examples

  * Fireworks (127 bytes): Some fireworks to welcome 2022.
  * Skip Ahead (229 bytes): A port of my TIC-80 256byte game from
    LoveByte'21
  * OhNoAnotherTunnel (175 bytes): A port of my entry in the
    Outline'21 bytebattle final
  * Technotunnel (157 bytes): A port of my entry in the Outline'21
    bytebattle quater final
  * Font & Palette: Just a simple viewer for the default font and
    palette.

Examplers for older versions:

  * Technotunnel B/W (199 bytes uncompressed): A port of my entry in
    the Outline'21 bytebattle quater final (older MicroW8 version
    with monochrome palette)
  * XorScroll (50 bytes uncompressed): A simple scrolling XOR
    pattern. Fun fact: This is the pre-loaded effect when entering a
    bytebattle.
  * CircleWorm (126 bytes uncompressed): Just a test for the circle
    fill function.

Versions

v0.1.2

  * Web runtime
  * Linux
  * MacOS
  * Windows

Changes:

  * add option to uw8 run to run the cart in the browser using the
    web runtime
  * CurlyWas: implement include support
  * CurlyWas: implement support for constants
  * fix crash when trying to draw zero sized line

v0.1.1

  * Web runtime
  * Linux
  * MacOS
  * Windows

Changes:

  * implement more robust file watcher
  * add basic video recording on F10 in web runtime
  * add screenshot on F9
  * add watchdog to interrupt hanging update in native runtime
  * add devkit mode to web runtime
  * add unpack and compile commands to uw8
  * add support for table/element section in pack command
  * disable wayland support (caused missing window decorations in
    gnome)

v0.1.0

  * Web runtime
  * Linux
  * MacOS
  * Windows