"Agony again"
here's my entry for the Lovebyte 2024 party 256 bytes intro compo. Source below. Code may look bizarre as it was tuned for optimal ROM packing.
"Dragon's Teeth"
He cast the teeth upon the ground and immediately regretted it, horrified not by the sprouting warriors, but because they began planting their own teeth as well.
"The Chosen"
Suddenly, the shape appears and instantly makes you nauseous. This is not right! You don't want to go anymore. The envious crowd cheers in awe.
"Deserter"
Fighting the tattooed was futile, so when the banner fell, he ran into the forest. Soon, he could no longer hear the battle, only his own breath and the weird creaking of the trees
"Touch of Evil"
The touched bore the stigma for their entire lives. Defiled and unclean, their only comfort was in passing it onto the next generation.
cls()a={}?"particles"
for p=0,8do
a[p]={}
while #a[p]<185 do
x=p4+rnd(3)y=rnd(6)
if(pget(x,y)>0)add(a[p],{9+x3,60+y*3,rnd(9)-4})end
end
::_::
cls()
T=t()%1
S=1-T
srand(t()\1)
?"^!5f11█🐱22☉888"
for g=0,8do
k=a[(t()+g)\1%9]
for r=1,#k do
l=a[(t()+g+1+rnd())\1%9]
m=k[r]
n=l[r]
x=m[1]*S+n[1]*T
y=m[2]*S+n[2]*T+sin(T/2)*m[3]
pset(x,y,pget(x,y)+1)
end
end
flip()
goto _