Games

Four small games written in Kon, drawn in software with no game engine. They are tests of what the language can do, not finished products.

A first-person view of grassy floating islands made of blocks

Skyhold

A 3D block world drawn by a raycaster in integer math. Dig for material, build bridges between floating islands, and gather seven crystals. It runs at about 155 frames per second on one core, with no graphics card involved.

Controls: WASD walk, mouse or arrows look, Space jumps, left click digs, right click places, 1 to 4 pick a block, M sound, Esc quits.

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A small character running through a cavern of platforms with lights to collect

Lantern Run

A scrolling platformer in five caverns. Run and jump to the door at the end of each one, gathering lights, stomping crawlers and avoiding spikes. A bot plays through every level as a test that each can be finished.

Controls: Arrows or A/D move, Space, W or Up jump (hold for higher), M sound, Esc quits.

893 lines of Kon

A ship among comets and glowing embers on a starfield

Emberkeep

Gather embers in a comet storm. A shockwave throws comets away, which costs charge that embers restore. One hit ends the run. Its sound effects and music come from a synthesizer written in Kon.

Controls: Arrows or WASD fly, Space sends a shockwave, M sound.

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Sand piles and flowing water settling over stone ledges

Sandfall

A falling-sand toy. Paint sand, water and stone with the mouse and watch them settle.

Controls: Mouse paints, right button erases, 1 sand, 2 water, 3 stone, 4 eraser, C clear, Esc quits.

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Running them

There are no downloads yet. From the v2/gfx folder of the source, on Windows:

kon run skyhold.kon --release --link kon_gfx.c

Making your own

std/gfx opens a window, draws and reads input, std/audio makes sound, and std/kit adds timers, a camera and tile maps. See Library.