This repository is dedicated for a PICO-8 workshop for Knowabunga 2022.

• A computer that can run a web browser or (optionally) PICO-8
• Good to know: any programming languages, PICO-8 runs LUA
• Optional: A copy of PICO-8 which can be bought at the official site or on itch.io.

The workshop will assume that you're using the education edition of PICO-8 and the reason for this is to get you started. If you'd like to buy PICO-8 you can do it from the official website or from the pico 8 itch.io page.

This online material will give you a guide on how to write your very own game. It will take around 2 hours to go through (hopefully without any hitch) and look like this:

1. Getting started - Some PICO-8 basics you need to know
2. Your First Loop - Writing your first interactive program, draw a sprite and control it
3. Smooth Runnings - Improve the animation, add variables for velocity
4. They call him Bobby Tables - Create game objects using LUA tables
5. Pick Me Up - For loops, LUA tables as arrays/lists
6. Crash Test Dummies - Removing elements from array, collision detection using distance formula
7. Keeping the Score - Print score, respawn objects and center the text
8. Particle Galore - Super simple particle effects
9. Enemy at the Gates - Add simple enemies
10. It's Game Over, Man - Add a game over screen by changing update and draw functions
11. What to do next

• Official PICO-8 homepage
• PICO8 Wiki - API reference
• PICO-8 User Manual
• LUA primer
• PICO-8 Discord server
• PICO-8 Cheat Sheets
• How to publish your game to itch.io
  • Publishing PICO-8 to itch.io
  • How to nicely upload your game - provides some more instructions on changing the HTML etc.

• PICO-8 BBS (this is also available with PICO-8's SPLORE command)
• Awesome PICO-8
• itch.io PICO-8 tag

Yes, there are! Here is some information and lists below:

• Fantasy Console Wars: A guide to The Biggest Players in Retrogaming's Newest Trend
  • Tic-80
  • Pixelvision 8
  • LIKO-12
• Fantasy Consoles/Computers
• Fantasy Console Discord