the result is less coupling, in a way that feels sort of obvious in retrospect. but coming at it from the concrete goalpost of "can I delete this line of code without changing ANYTHING else" seems to help me sometimes

I like making individual lines of code deletable. like, no:
```
hit_obj = try_move(dx,dy)
if hit_obj then
try_push(hit_obj,dx,dy)
end
```
but instead:
```
try_move(dx,dy)
try_push(dx,dy)
```
I feel a bit bad checking for obstacles twice, but its _so_ good for keeping the complexity demons out

thanks!

interesting point about tostr()->"". here's lua 5.4:
> function f(x) if x>0 then return x end end
> tostring(f(10))
10
> tostring(f(-4))
<error>

I can't decide whether to be horrified or not haha. I think I like your way better!

and now the bug I was originally trying to track down:
```
function strwidth(str)
local x,y=?str, 0, 10000
printh(tostr(x).." "..tostr(y))
return x,y
end
strwidth("²7⁶y5sTART")
```
this prints (to host console) `7y5sTART nil` (??)

another separate bug:
```
function strwidth(str)
x,y=print(str, 0, 10000)
printh(tostr(x).." "..tostr(y))
return x,y
end
strwidth("hi")
```
this prints `nil nil` when run inside a cart, should be `23 10011` instead

("what other effects that might have" hm now when I open a new code tab, newlines show an inverted n when highlighted. go figure)

, tho idk what other effects that might have. p8scii seems to still work in carts after a tiny bit of testing.

also, `print(nil)` doesn't work unless I change the early-out condition to `if (select("#",...) == 0)`

heyyo, bug report for ya: printing from carts acts weird -- print(true) doesn't print anything. someone pointed me to /system/lib/print.lua, where they noticed printing to windows acts differently from the console. changing `_print_p8scii(str` to `_print_p8scii(_tostring(str)` seems to fix it,

did some sort of engine change speed up the credits? I laughed so hard the first time I beat it but then I saw that one early video and I swear they looked slower. I've been wondering about it ever since. great game

nicee :D did it work first try? both times I've tested it I had a typo or two

I wish! But I don't think it will be. not sure tbh.

and if you are not nearby vancouver (aka most people in the world) the game's on sale for the weekend: itch.io/s/160818/van... . not quite as exciting as going to an event! but I do what I can

"repeatedly reinventing my whole gamedev practice" -- too real! welcome welcome

ah I should have dug a bit more! I see you've confirmed it's a bug (www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=150...)

fetch("myfile.png") returns a string now -- is that intentional or a bug? is there an easy way to decode that png-datastring to a userdata?