PixelVision8
Pixel Vision 8's core philosophy is to teach retro game development with streamlined workflows. PV8 is also a platform that standardizes 8-bit fantasy console limitations built on top of the open-source C# game engine based on MonoGame. (by PixelVision8)
TIC-80
TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games. (by nesbox)
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| PixelVision8 | TIC-80 | |
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| 5 | 134 | |
| 1,464 | 4,759 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 9.2 | |
| over 1 year ago | about 13 hours ago | |
| C# | C | |
| Microsoft Public License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
PixelVision8
Posts with mentions or reviews of PixelVision8.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-14.
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Getting Started with Pixel Vision 8
Sprites in Power Vision 8 are all 8x8 pixels in size, when your game starts up the file "sprites.png" is loaded and chopped up in to 8x8 images. Each of these images is then loaded into the memory of the sprite chip until it runs out of space. Each sprite is given an index number at load time (starting from 0) and you can use that index to fetch a particular sprite.
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The Dark Side of Supporting an Open-Source Project
We don't talk enough about how much it "costs" to work on large open-source projects by yourself. I summed up my experiences building Pixel Vision 8 for the past 6 years in "The Dark Side of Supporting an Open-Source Project" on u/hashnode - https://jessefreeman.hashnode.dev/the-dark-side-of-supporting-an-open-source-project
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I Made A Game In 72 Hours That Uses GitHub Issues To Crowd Source Maps
Space Station 8 is a Micro Platformer created in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 49 based on a game I used to play on my original Macintosh called Spacestation Pheta. Space Station 8 is also heavily inspired by Bitsy and my Fantasy Console, Pixel Vision 8, which I used to create the game.
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Open Sourcing My Tools For Generating Tutorials From Source Code
I have been working on my game engine, Pixel Vision 8, for the better part of 6 years now. One of the challenges of working on any sizeable open source project is writing all the documentation and tutorials. I've always been fascinated with designing automated build systems, and it occurred to me that I could create a tool to help me streamline this entire process. The idea was straightforward, could I analyze a code file and break it down into individual steps?
- Pico-8 – Fantasy Console
TIC-80
Posts with mentions or reviews of TIC-80.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-21.
- Picotron Is a Fantasy Workstation
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Ask HN: Yo wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
Or the more free TIC-80. I have paid for both, but never used either enough to be able to say one or the other has any significant advantages.
https://tic80.com/
- Not only Unity...
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PicoCalc
I wish the community moved to an open source option like TIC-80[0].
0. https://tic80.com/
- Publishing my first game using pico-8
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LÖVE: a framework to make 2D games in Lua
Main differences are: 16:9 aspect ratio, no cpu limits and many languages to tinker with: lua, js, squirrel, wren, janet, wasm, ... and just recently - a Python support was added.
https://tic80.com
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Procedural Tree Generator - Free Pixel Art Tool
Included native builds for windows, mac, linux, html, and also TIC-80's .PNG, .TIC and .LUA formats. Try out the web version here - https://tic80.com/play?cart=3424 See the TIC-80 wiki for instructions on exporting https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/wiki
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Procedural Tree Generator
https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/ - TIC-80 website (for running .lua .png or .tic files) as well as TIC-80 documentation.
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Hey, I need advice!😶
Try https://tic80.com/ instead of PICO-8, it's a free open-source alternative and still fun.
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Anybody working on games here?
Tho personally I've come to prefer making my games in https://love2d.org and https://tic80.com
What are some alternatives?
When comparing PixelVision8 and TIC-80 you can also consider the following projects:
picolove - PICO-8 Reimplementation in Love2D. Chat: https://discord.gg/jGEMUse6RM
awesome-PICO-8 - A curated list of awesome PICO-8 resources, carts, tools and more
wasm4 - Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console.
love - LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.
fantasy - A curated list of available fantasy consoles/computers.
pyxel - A retro game engine for Python
unity-sdk - The Unity SDK for LootLocker
LIKO-12 - LIKO-12 is an open source fantasy computer made using LÖVE.
penumbra - 2D lighting with soft shadows for MonoGame
ruffle - A Flash Player emulator written in Rust
TABSAT - They Are Billions Save Automation Tool
awesome-embedded-rust - Curated list of resources for Embedded and Low-level development in the Rust programming language