pyxel
A retro game engine for Python (by kitao)
tac08
tac08 is an an emulation of the runtime part of the Pico-8 fantasy console. It takes a .p8 (text format) pico-8 cart file and runs it as closely posible (by 0xcafed00d)
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pyxel
Posts with mentions or reviews of pyxel.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-16.
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Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game
Nice work, gives me very Micro Machines vibes for the NES. The only thing I don't like about PICO-8 is that its completely closed source. An open source alternative that seems very promising is Pyxel. It has similar retro / pixel art limitations, a built-in sprite editor, music tracker, etc.
- Ask HN: Yo wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
- Pyxel is a retro game engine for Python
- LÖVE: a framework to make 2D games in Lua
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Learn python for a 13 year old
Just make games with pyxel https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
- Now that Godot is on Epic Store...
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is python good for making games?
There's also game engines which are fun to use in python, like pyxel.
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Web App Generation Feature Added to Pyxel, a Retro Game Engine for Python
A function to automatically generate an application launch URL has been added to Pyxel, a retro game engine for Python (https://github.com/kitao/pyxel please add your star to this repository!).
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Is PyGame worth using?
It's fine. You might also enjoy working with Pyxel, which is a little more pixellated and fun and not exactly "classically production ready" either. (I mean, games like Papers, Please could be programmed in Pygame, but that's about it).
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1 am programming be like
If you like retro games, Pyxel seems nice.
tac08
Posts with mentions or reviews of tac08.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-04.
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Pico-8 API Cheatsheet
The Pico-8 full environment (e.g. command line) is not open source, but the developer also released a standalone emulator which is free and open source, called Tac08: https://github.com/0xcafed00d/tac08
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pyxel and tac08 you can also consider the following projects:
Arcade - Easy to use Python library for creating 2D arcade games.
TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
GDevelop - :video_game: Open-source, cross-platform game engine designed to be used by everyone.
processing - Source code for the Processing Core and Development Environment (PDE)
kaboom.js - 💥 JavaScript game library
CToy - Interactive C live coding environment
Moondust-Project - Moondust Project by Wohlstand
erg - A statically typed language compatible with Python
love - LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.
middleclass - Object-orientation for Lua
moonscript - :crescent_moon: A language that compiles to Lua