Characters/Bytes used
1024

Source Code
x=54y=124🐱=0😐=0s=0❎=54♪=1✽=0⧗=0q=62w=13k=0j=1h=0d=1o=0i=rnd r=rectfill

_set_fps(60)::g::b=mid(.125,atan2(q-x-8,w-y-8),.375)n=mid(.125,atan2(q-❎-8,w-♪-8),.375)p=1+s/7a=i(9)e=1+s/7

if(btn(0)and x>1)x-=1.3🐱+=1/90else 🐱=0

if(btn(1)and x<110)x+=1.3😐+=1/90else 😐=0

if(x<1)x=1

if(h>40)h=40

if ⧗<=0and j<0then

if(a>=.02)d=1else d=-1⧗=3o=28end

if(⧗>0)⧗-=1

if(q>(❎+8))❎+=e*d

if(q<(❎+8))❎-=e*d

if(❎>109)❎=109

if(❎<2)❎=2

if(q>124)q=124k*=-1?"\ag0"

if(q<3)q=3k*=-1?"\ag0"

if w<5then

if(q+2>=❎ and ❎+16>=q-2)w=5h+=1j=-(p+h/15)*sin(n)k=-(p+h/10)*cos(n)?"\a00#0c"

end

if w>123then

if(q+2>=x and x+16>=q-2)w=124h+=1j=(p+h/15)*sin(b)*(1+🐱+😐)k=(p+h/10)*cos(b)*(1+🐱+😐)?"\af-1"

end

if(w>128)w=63q=i(121)+5j=.5k=i(s)-s/2✽+=1h=0?"\a00#.dc"

if(w<0)w=63q=63j=1k=i(1)-.5s+=1h=0?"\a<<gat-9-gat"

q+=k

w+=j

cls(14)r(1,0,126,127,1)r(x,y,x+16,126,11)r(❎,♪,❎+16,3,8)?"★▒★",❎-3,♪-2,8

?"☉+☉",❎-1,♪-1,7

if(o>0)o-=1?"☉ ☉",❎-1,♪-1,8

?s,6,5,11

?✽,118,118,8

?"●",q-3,w-2,9

if s>9or ✽>9then::_::cls()?"◆"..mid(0,s-✽,10).."/10",50,61,8

flip()goto _ end

flip()goto g



Pico1k *PONG* (/ˌPˈico1:KONG/) ~6mins/hard/1024chars

Controls (p0 1/2):
-arrowkeys left/right to move side-to-side
-enter/p for pause/reload; ctrl+r quick-reload; sidebar for fs

The Story so far...
You lost your head in the war of 1812. Fortunately, the wiki of the future was poorly edited and you were able to resurrect due to the erroneous nature of the parallelograms wHO PLAN TO DESTROY THE WORLD!

Takeup arms once again, for the last time, in the first-ever epic battle known simply as *PONG*.

Gameplay:
Defeat the parallelograms by getting your timeball through their defenses 10 times. If they get theirs through yours 10 times...well then that's bad and time will forever render as slow as blender 2.0.

Score is '(score-enemy_score)/10'. A max-score of 10/10, and min-score of 1/10 may be achieved. Rendering time()<=blender_renderspeeds will yield a zero; SO SAY WE ALL!

The score to beat is 8/10. Post your best in the comments.

Techniques/Tips/Mechanics explanations available, and formatted, on the gamepage:
https://cerbyo.itch.io/pico1k-pong-pico1kong-6minshard1024chars