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-- For this I whipped up my good ol’ reliable approach of having the following functions:
-- export the currently drawn map to the clipboard
-- I used this in copied .p8 files to draw levels,
-- run them and copy the given string into this main
-- file's map collection
function export_map()
    -- start with empty string
    local mapString = ""
    -- loop over the map tile by tile
    -- and append tile numbers by , after each other

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-- function to add characters to the game
-- at any point on the map
function add_character(_x, _y)
	local p = {
		x = _x,
		y = _y,
		direction = 5,
		doReplaceOldTile = false,
		replaceTileId = 0
	}

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-- Or if you don't want to bother with drawing each pickup with every tile aviable to you, you can make them "objects".

--For this, create an array, that will hold all our pickups:
pickupCollection = {}

-- and a function that you can call to add pickups.
-- we include a _type so later you can differentiate them
-- by checking the this. For ex: _type = 1 is a healing item, _type = 2 is a bomb etc...
function add_pickup(_xPosition, _yPosition, _type)
	-- we create a local variable to hold the item

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function replace()
    -- collection for the if is it this tile
    local tilesToCheck = {1,2,3,4,5,6}
    -- collection to replace tile
    local tilesToReplace = {10,20,30,40,50,60}

    local x,y = 0,0

    for i=1,#tilesToCheck do
        if mget(x,y) == tilesToCheck[i] then

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pico-8 cartridge // http://www.pico-8.com
version 42
__lua__
-- selector library
-- by achiegamedev

-- the selector object you will be playing and
-- calling around with. You can create a new
-- one by calling selector:init({object})
-- where object has the same values as here

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elseif state == "tools" then

		-- pressing left will only move you to first item
		if btnp(0) then toolbar.cursor = max(0, toolbar.cursor-1) end
		-- pressing right will only mvoe to the last item
		if btnp(1) then toolbar.cursor = min(12, toolbar.cursor+1) end
		-- if we are on tools I want to have a float-in menu
		-- that comes in from the bottom, showcasing the tools
		toolbar.y = lerp(toolbar.y, toolbar.yOnScreen, 0.2)
		-- go back to planning phase

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pico-8 cartridge // http://www.pico-8.com
version 42
__lua__
-- I would create an enemy adder function that 
-- creates enemies at certain positions (basically spawn them in)
function add_enemy(_x, _y, _type)
    -- if youw ant to store enemy properties, I'd do it here in an array
    -- for ex:
    --[[
    local enemyData = {

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-- here we modifiy the creation to accomodate
-- the tutorial, where we are gonna show the
-- player which stance beats what

if tutorial > 0 then
  tutorial -= 1
  if tutorial > 0 then
    -- based on which tutorial we are in, set the enemy stance so that is beatable
    -- by the other table inside the players code when we are about to resolve the fight
    local tutorialBeatTable = {MID_STANCE,LOW_STANCE, MID_STANCE, HIGH_STANCE}

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-- transiton effect is from DW from the lexaloffle bbs
function draw_transition_effect()
	-- magic circle does the
	-- opposite of circfill and
	-- instead erases the outside
	-- of the circle first
	for i=64,transition,-1 do
		circ(32,32,i,11)
		circ(33,32,i,11)
	end--next i

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a,h,v,t,w,d,l,b,e,p,r,k,eb,ht,ld=20,64,100,0,0,0,10,{},{},{},rnd,del,{},{},0
function ce(a,b,c,d,e) if (((a-b)*(a-b)) + (c-d)*(c-d) <= e*e) then return true else return false end end
::_::
if time() < 3 then goto title else
	cls()t+=1
	if(t%2==1)add(b,{x=r(128),y=0,t=1,b=0,c=1+flr(r(2))*6})
	if(t>30)then t,d=0,d+0.005 end
	if(w<time())then
		i={x=r(120),y=-2,t=r(3),s=r({1,2}),sp=time()+r()}add(e,i)