Vircout

Vircout is a simple but polished Breakout style game for the Vircon32 fantasy console. It features 8 levels with different blocks and 3 types collectible items. 

This is the first Vircon32 game to be written in Lua instead of C or assembly, thanks to the new compiler v32lua. To my knowledge, Vircout is also the first released Vircon32 game to be 100% vibe-coded. ChatGPT made all of the code, graphics and sound with my guidance. Graphics, sound and music were generated procedurally in Python: no diffusion models were used. The only real addition from me was to improve the level designs for a better play experience.

HOW TO PLAY IN BROWSER

The web browser emulator does not feature touch controls, so you will need to use a keyboard. The controls are the following:

• D-PAD:   Arrow keys.
  Use left and right to move the paddle.
• BUTTON A:   Key "X"
  Use it to launch the ball and to shoot lasers when you collect item [L].
• BUTTON START:  Key "Enter"
  Use it to start or to pause/resume the game.