It's the UK here so LD46 started for us at 02:00, which is less than ideal. Throw in the fact that I didn't manage to get started until 11:45, and I have two excuses for why I've only made the above so far!

So I've got a rough idea of what I'm going to do, an intro, a fail state / "You Died" screen (not in the gif) and not much core gameplay. (By which I mean the only core gameplay so far is "moving in four directions".)

I'm learning PICO-8 as I go which is working against me too, I suppose, but at least I'm having fun. Because I'm not hugely creative I'm actually finding PICO-8's constraints a little too constraining, but on the other hand I think I would have probably made even less progress if I'd used something I'm more familiar with (Godot, LOVE2D, etc.). Swings and roundabouts.

Realistically I've got about another six hours to work on this today, plus nine hours tomorrow if I'm lucky. I'm one of the lucky few who can continue to work from home, so I can't really justify staying up all night like I might have done ten years ago.

I'm taking little breaks every so often and I'm really enjoying seeing all of your progress, ideas, and creativity. It's very inspiring.

Keep it up!