Ooh, another Pico jam? ! I'm in! Actually, what might be achievable in 500 chars is a 'run' counter that resets when you miss a putt. Would be fun trying to get the best consecutive run of putts.
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Last year, PICO-1K Jam 2023 took place in September. I don't know if it will repeat dates this year. It's a bit different approach as 1024 compressed bytes is huge compared to just 500 chars.
And yes, resetting score when missing a putt is achievable in 500 chars. I can't remember why I didn't implement it. Maybe because I found it was too difficult to chain successes with no difficulty ramp in place or because I had plans to include sfx.