PICO-8
Sign in to savePICO-8 is a virtual machine and game engine created by Lexaloffle Games. It is a fantasy video game console that mimics the limited audio-visual capabilities of 8-bit systems from the 1980s to encourage creativity and ingenuity in producing games without being overwhelmed with the many possibilities of modern tools and machines. Such limitations also give PICO-8 games a particular look and feel.
Key facts
- Software.name
- PICO-8
- Software.logo
- PICO-8 logo.svg
- Software.logo_size
- 250px
- Software.logo alt
- Pixel art: the text "PICO-8" in white on black, followed by a diamond shape with a rainbow outline.
- Software.screenshot
- Pico-8-boot.gif
- Software.collapsible
- true
- Software.developer
- Lexaloffle Games
- Software.ver layout
- simple
- Software.latest release version
- 0.2.6b
- Software.operating system
- Windows, Mac OS, Linux
- Software.platform
- PC, Raspberry Pi, HTML5 (player only)
- Software.included with
- PocketCHIP
- Software.language
- English, Japanese
- Software.genre
- Virtual machine, game engine, fantasy video game console
- Software.license
- Proprietary
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Capabilities
- Color palette
- Development
- Hardware
- Adoption
- See also
- References
- External links
PICO-8 is a virtual machine and game engine created by Lexaloffle Games. It is a fantasy video game console that mimics the limited audio-visual capabilities of 8-bit systems from the 1980s to encourage creativity and ingenuity in producing games without being overwhelmed with the many possibilities of modern tools and machines. Such limitations also give PICO-8 games a particular look and feel.
Coding on the PICO-8 is accomplished through a Lua-based environment, in which users can create music, sound effects, sprites, maps, and games.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “PICO-8” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.