Clockwise

Collect the clock numbers in order, 1 to 12, in as few turns as possible.

You can only turn 90 degrees clockwise.

Any key/button turns you clockwise.

Session best score is shown in the top, left corner of the screen.

I learned Pico-8 and developed this game for the TweetTweetJam 9 (2024) in less than a day.

I've updated the game with sounds which takes it over 500 chars. Here's the original, jam version, code:

_set_fps(60)x=-60y=-50w=0t=1m=0s=9999camera(-64,-64)b={}u={1,0,-1,0}v={0,1,0,-1}
for i=1,12 do b[i]=rnd(1)end::_::cls(t-1)
if(btnp()>0or max(abs(x),abs(y))>62)m=m+1w=w+1if(w>4)w=1
r=t*3+18circfill(0,0,r-6,t+2)?t.."\n"..m.."\n",-1,-5,t+12
?"▒"..s,-62,-62,t+12
for i=1,12 do if(i>=t)b[i]+=.0015+i/2048a=i*3+18?i,sin(b[i])*a+.5-i*.2,cos(b[i])*a-1,i
end if(w>0)x+=u[w]y+=v[w]
?"웃\^1",x-1,y-1,t
if(abs(x-sin(b[t])*r)<4and abs(y-cos(b[t])*r)<4)t+=1if(t>12)t=1s=min(s,m)m=0 x=-60y=-50w=0
goto _