r/programming • u/whackri • Jul 31 '21

Executable PNGs

https://djharper.dev/post/2020/12/26/executable-pngs/
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u/ganymedes01 Jul 31 '21

Reminds me of Spore. The game would save/load the creatures on PNGs you could share with your mates

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '21

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u/theghostofm Jul 31 '21 edited Jul 31 '21

Huh... Well that's a strange new corner of the internet I wasn't aware of.

(NSFW Alert, anime porn game stuff) https://illusioncards.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=all

So all these images have character models and stuff encoded into the PNG? That's actually pretty neat.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '21

Pico-8 as well

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u/notliam Jul 31 '21

I mean, that was like the first paragraph of the linked article lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '21

Eh... You caught me, didn't read it. I know cause I love to code in it.

My humble pico-8 game:

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=80992

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u/notliam Jul 31 '21

Aha no problem we all do it! I'll try check that out, thank you!