A nixie-inspired desktop clock and stopwatch for the PICO-8 fantasy console
This desktop clock shows the time in a pleasant, retro-futuristic way. It shows your current system time and the corresponding offset to UTC, as well as the current date. If you press the UP button, you can toggle between daylight saving time (DST) or normal time.
Pressing X will bring up stopwatch mode. You can start and stop the stopwatch by pressing X. Pressing X again will resume where the stopwatch left off. Pressing O resets the stopwatch. You can return to the simpler clock-only view by pressing LEFT.
The visuals are based on a nixie clock I own that uses old Soviet IN-16 tubes.
Clock Mode:
Stopwatch Mode:
A web version of this program is available here: https://fab.industries/pico-8-tools/clock/
- FIXME: Currently the app only works for about 9 hours, before PICO-8's
time()function loops around into the negative and blows everything to hell - TODO: Make buttons light up when pressed
- TODO: Sounds?
Idea, art & code: Fabian A. Scherschel
v0.02 (25/02/2024): Stopwatch and clock displays now synchronised
v0.01 (22/02/2024): Initial release