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Re:UnDUNE II – The Demaking of a Dynasty by kzrdude on Sunday April 03, 2022 @09:11AM (#30896615)
The data is hidden in the image data itself, it seems(!) Does this mean that an accurate screenshot can be used to clone the cartridge? For fun, of course.
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Re:UnDUNE II – The Demaking of a Dynasty by nacs on Sunday April 03, 2022 @12:27PM (#30898079)
Yes all the data (source, sprites, sound) is encoded in the PNG. You can simply copy the PNG to clone it (screenshot won't work though):

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/cposts/un/undune2-3.p8.png

Also note that there is a "Code" button under the game window which shows the full source code.

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Re:UnDUNE II – The Demaking of a Dynasty by shakna on Sunday April 03, 2022 @10:10AM (#30897039)
Unfortunately, no, I don't think that's possible. There's a few null bytes used here and there, like marking the Lua offset, and your screenshot can't capture those, no matter how accurate the rendering of the actual bytes is.
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