1. Intro to Pico-8

Intro

We will be making visuals in Pico-8. It’s a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs.

Pico-8 has some limitations like a console would have:

• 128x128 pixel display
• 16 colors
• Lua coding

Luckily, Pico-8 can be run in your browser for free at pico-8.edu.com!

Examples

People make some really cool visuals and games in Pico-8!

• Homepage: www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
• Demos: INSTALL_DEMOS
• BBS: Lines
• Celeste: LOAD #15133
• Tweetcarts: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tweetcart

Demo

I’ll show you a quick visual made with math!

1. Draw a sprite

   

2. Write some code

function _draw()
	cls()
	for i=0,15 do
		x=64+cos(t()/4+i/16)*40
		y=64+sin(t()/6+i/16)*40
		spr(1,x,y)
	end
 
	s = "★ picoworkshop.xyz ★"
	print(s, 64-#s*2, 64, 14)
 
end

3. Save & Share

   SAVE @URL

   https://www.pico-8-edu.com/?c=AHB4YQCpAJtnv8L9Z7-C8S8Q7Z59_iOc-g5HXLG0lD-BM9hkom-zgdvuOeago7KNsu_Dh0jPOuuijXBiZaqYOSoMR5qJNjupW3HGSzgnLtecFTpfzTss5fHSSJHKCjxBOjQUDMVLS8VBT5QMTGxt7RUj79A_QxSetjLyFnXeT0yU_cLI4NLCUDw1dttd2d5xRhgty8FyciMQDwA=&g=w-w-QrQrw-wrHQHQLDLQLDLw-wsXg7Ew-wsXg7Ew-wrHQHQbObObw-wxrerw-wy7C

   or

   CTR+7 & SAVE DEMO.P8.PNG

   

Next

⭐️ 2. Getting started with Pico-8