Love this! Making things in PICO-8 is my go-to when I'm burnt out on client work.
A couple years ago I was hit with a similar inspiration and made my own spiritual successor of Simulated Evolution for the PICO-8, called Petri: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141479
Once upon a time, it was like a breath of fresh air. Originally pitched as a dev-first payment API, it was vastly easier to get up and running than other options at the time. In recent years it has suffered under the weight of its own success. The simplicity and ease of use it once promised has been buried beneath a now-bloated and obtuse API. The user interface has struggled to keep up with the feature creep and it too has become a challenge to navigate and interact with. The documentation, once considered an industry-leading example of how to write and present such things, has mutated into a frustrating byzantine mess that's riddled with contradictions and obvious omissions.
As an early adopter and someone that was once very fond of this company and its approach to things, I'm disappointed to see the direction it has gone.
I live in the US and have an electric kettle. I was made aware of their existence in my travels abroad. It was a game-changer. Even with our electrical standards my kettle can get to boiling in a mere minute or two.
My friend's roommate dated him and I used to hang out at their place a lot in Brooklyn. Super nice guy! It was in the years after this happened, and he was still typing stories for strangers. I respected that then, and I continue to now.
A couple years ago I was hit with a similar inspiration and made my own spiritual successor of Simulated Evolution for the PICO-8, called Petri: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141479