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I had to cut some stuff but I did it. I Zooped.

Tenth and final entry to 9 is 500P, a classic action puzzler now without the action.

All in just 500 characters. See next toot.

Check it out here:
the4thcircle.co.uk/games/
Or here:
itch.io/jam/tweettweetjam-9

the4thcircle.co.uk4th Circle Games
Developing Stacy :pico8:

r={}o,p={0,15,6,6},{1,-1,0,0}x,y,d,l=0,0,0,8g="⬅️➡️⬆️⬇️"for i=1,16do add(r,{})end
for i=0,79do add(r[i%16+1],rnd(5)\1+8,1)end::🅾️::cls()
i=0while i<16do
a,b=i\4,i%4c=a^^2q,w=(o[a+1]+a\2*b)*8,(o[c+1]+(c\2&1)*b)*8i+=1
for e in all(r[i])do?"🅾️",q,w,e
q+=p[a+1]*8w+=p[c+1]*8end end
x,y=mid(x,3),mid(y,3)q,w=x*8+49,y*8+48?g[d+1],q,w,l
if(btnp(🅾️))a=r[d*4+1+(d\2&1)*x+((d^^2)\2&1)*y]while >0do b=deli(a,)if(b!=l)add(a,l)l=b break end ?"\ae2"
for i=0,3do
if(btnp(i))x-=p[i+1]y-=p[(i^^2)+1]d=i
end
flip()goto 🅾️

In case you're wondering from my earlier 533 and struggling post, I reduced a few of the 33 characters by doing some bit twiddly magic, but in the end I removed the death check and the new blocks timer, making it a static puzzle. This freed up enough extra characters to make a single tone when you Zoop.

because you gotta Zoop!

Theoretically you should, with careful planning, be able to get down to one block left.

Is it always possible? Dunno, I haven't managed it once yet.

Maybe you can...