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tac08
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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
picolove
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Pico 8 in other software
Picolove, written in lua for love2d: a very good starting point, especially if the engine you're using has support for lua. Has been used for "expanded" versions of games, because it's very easy to modify the resolution of the display and things like that. Works for simpler carts like Celeste, but is not memory accurate!
- LÖVE: a framework to make 2D games in Lua
- Turns are better than radians
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Simple Engine ontop of löve framework?
You should check out picolove (https://github.com/picolove/picolove). It’s the PICO-8 API implemented in Löve. It can run PICO-8 games, but it doesn’t have support for the PICO-8 dev tools (code editor, sprite editor, etc…)
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What is the best free game engine to make a game with Pixel Perfect visuals, similar to an NES or Game Boy game?
PicoLove also see love2d below
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What are some free alternatives to P8?
I've never used it, but you could try picolove. It's a reimplementation of the PICO-8 API in Love2D. So, only the code part is there and you don't get the music/sprite/map editor, and all the other stuff that makes PICO-8 PICO-8. If you plan on buying PICO-8 later though, this could be a good primer to learn the API for free
- Pico-8 – Fantasy Console
What are some alternatives?
TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
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.
pyxel - A retro game engine for Python
quadplay - The quadplay✜ fantasy console
LIKO-12 - LIKO-12 is an open source fantasy computer made using LÖVE.
dragon_demo_platformer - PICO-8 Fooling and Learning
Wolf Engine - The Wolf is a comprehensive set of C/C++ open source libraries for realtime rendering, realtime streaming and game developing
nmap - Nmap - the Network Mapper. Github mirror of official SVN repository.
zelda-lua - a small zelda type game with love2d
raylib - A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
love - LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.