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====== PICO-8 ====== | ====== PICO-8 ====== |
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[[https://lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php|PICO-8]] is a super-cute fantasy console by Lexaloffle Games, the maker of //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 Lua API to make learning gamedev fun and approachable. It is proprietary software, but encourages collaboration, sharing, and learning. | [[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. |
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[[./api/|API Notes]] | * [[tips|Tips]] |
| * [[recipes|Recipes]] |
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===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== |
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* [[pico8>APIReference|PICO-8 Wikia API Reference]] | |
* [[https://lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php|PICO-8 Homepage]] | * [[https://lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php|PICO-8 Homepage]] |
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87jfTIWosBw|The Search for Cosy Design Spaces]], a presentation by the author of PICO-8, [[twitter>lexaloffle|zep]] (Joseph White) | * [[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) |