====== PICO-8 ======

[[https://lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php|PICO-8]] is a super-cute fantasy console by [[https://www.lexaloffle.com/|Lexaloffle Games]], the maker of //[[https://www.lexaloffle.com/voxatron.php|Voxatron]]// (PICO-8's big brother). The system has a fully integrated game editor built into it, including a sprite editor, sound effect and music tracker, and code editor. Games can be shared via PNG files, webpages, or stand-alone binaries, too. It has an active and enthusiastic community, and sports a small, clean [[https://www.lua.org|Lua]] API to make learning gamedev fun and approachable. It is proprietary software, but encourages collaboration, sharing, and learning.

  * [[tips|Tips]]
  * [[recipes|Recipes]]

===== See Also =====

  * [[https://lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php|PICO-8 Homepage]]
  * [[https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico-8_manual.html|PICO-8 Official Manual]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87jfTIWosBw|The Search for Cosy Design Spaces]], a presentation by the author of PICO-8, [[https://mastodon.social/@zep|zep]] (Joseph White)