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PICO-8: Top-Down Adventure Game Tutorial

A beginner-level tutorial for making a top-down adventure game in PICO-8. · By MBoffin (Dylan Bennett)

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I followed the tutorial and when i put in the lists and completed the first part, it just broke. I couldn't even enter t...
started by TinyCrazyGuy Apr 11, 2024
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In episode 4 you show the screen preview bottom right. How did you do this?
started by DoctorMikeReddy Sep 14, 2022
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--game loop function _init() map_setup() make_player() end function _update() move_player() end function _draw() cls() d...
started by SabeDoesThings Sep 06, 2022
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So I was on step 3 making my character move but there seems to be a invisible wall blocking me off that is separate from...
started by Left-Lane Aug 21, 2022
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unswap_tile(x,y) attempt to index local ´x´ (a number value) My code: --animation code function toggle_tiles() for x=m...
started by Lukasnob Jun 30, 2022
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Somehow the "You Win" message doesn't show when I enter the sprite with flag 7 (win)
started by MimoJimi Apr 03, 2022
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what is the symble beetween the x and the 8 and the y and the 8 in this function: function draw_player() spr(p.sprite,p...
started by Neaaa Dec 22, 2021
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I absolutely love this series! Almost every other tutorial I see for programming in PICO-8 is very, very long and kind o...
started by jaydotjay Aug 28, 2019
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idk what im doing wrong but i keep getting this error when pressing X to open the inventory :( screenshot
started by Coolcandies Nov 18, 2020
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when I set one wall as a key, all the walls become keys anyone know how to fix this?
started by KROMBERG 2000 Oct 06, 2020
7 replies
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I made it so you change the tile by 1 if it's supposed to be a wall
started by Aybee9298 Dec 16, 2019
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How can i make guns in the game? pls tell me
started by ThaCuber Sep 20, 2020
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Working to learn pico-8 from this tutorial, the game game i have in mind is one where the player enters several houses...
started by insens May 14, 2020
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How would you add a boss to this game? Maybe you could include this in the enemies topic but it is something i want to a...
started by ExodusGames May 18, 2020
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I had the idea of making enemies that can move on specific tiles but I don't really know what to do, could I get some he...
started by kramberry5 May 17, 2020
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I really like the level of professionalism in this series. I was trying to set up a mini Ultima IV style game and this i...
started by zerocoolisgod Oct 11, 2019
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