PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs.

Welcome to PICO-8! PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs. When you turn it on, the machine greets you with a shell for typing in Lua …

A place to discuss, share, and collaborate all things PICO-8, the fantasy game console by Lexaloffle! Show off your work, talk about your favorite carts, and meet other Pico-8 enthusiasts! Let Your Cart …

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Feb 28, 2024 · It seems that the first time you run Pico-8 it copies version 0.2.5g from somewhere (maybe the OS sd card?) and overwrites the pico8_64 and pico_dyn files. After copying them back …

Apr 6, 2022 · \o/ Say hi to the newest member of the PICO-8 family! A free, web-based, account-less version of the console making it a more accessible way to learn how to program, push pixels and …

Sep 29, 2023 · I'm fairly new to Pico8, but this makes a lot of sense, at least for LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN and the other 2 buttons. Even 0.5 (the letter A) has some meaning on its own (even if I would …

pico8 foo.p8 -export "-i 32 -s 2 -c 12 foo.bin dat0.p8 dat1.p8" :: Limitations of Exported Cartridges Exported cartridges are unable to load and run BBS cartridges e.g. via LOAD("#FOO") :: Splore …

Dec 24, 2023 · 80 votes, 12 comments. trueA place to discuss, share, and collaborate all things PICO-8, the fantasy game console by Lexaloffle! Show off your work, talk about your favorite carts, and meet …

Aug 16, 2025 · Hey All, PICO-8 0.2.7 is now up on lexaloffle, Humble and itch.io. No CHIP/PocketCHIP build yet, sorry! (my last PocketCHIP died -- I'll come back to that later) This update introduces some …