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Setting timers in simple games (feat. the frame rule) (lynn.github.io)
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[–] 4 points 3 months ago*

Great tip! I use PICO-8 a lot for little fun projects but never thought to put timers in a table before.

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    [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    If you store your timers in absolute time and keep them sorted, you only ever need to check the first timer rather than decrementing every timer every step.

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