PICO-8 Educational Toolset

PICO-8 Educational Toolset

This is a collection of PICO-8 carts to help anyone learn basic game development concepts. The carts build on each other, so you can combine concepts to create more complex code with multiple features. For example, combine Projectiles, Movement with Inertia, and Pickups and you have yourself a space shooter game.

• Music Reference
• Camera Follow
• Basic Game Loop
• Checking for Overlap
• Color Reference
• Drawing Reference
• Fill Patterns
• Game States
• Gravity
• Map Screens
• Map-Based Grid Movement
• Maze Algorithm Tutorial
• Movement with Inertia
• Movement with Map Collision
• Particles
• Pickups
• Projectiles
• Simple Item Animation
• Smooth Map Screens
• Ternary Operators

Not included in the download below, but still useful as part of the overall toolset:

• Using Buttons
• Simple Animation Explanation
• Top-Down Adventure Game Tutorial