What is PICO-8? | INTRODUCTION

⚠ CORRECTION ⚠: Zep is actually from New Zealand!

This video is a short introduction to PICO-8 and why it's great!

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[LazyDevs]

Update: There is now a FREE browser version of Pico-8 available here:

[PixelBytesPixelArtist]

Fun fact: the Celeste franchise started on pico-8! no, the 2018 game wasn’t the first in the series. You can actually play the original emulation in the hotel

[Supertimegamingify]

I was surprised to find out that PICO-8 effectively comes with a music tracker. Incredible!

[beepboop]

The hobby game dev's toolkit. What a fantastic creation.

[pikube]

nice video!
i was searching the celeste's easter egg but found this instead.
i'm glad i did

[toval]

Great video. I though Pico8 was just a category of free pixel games. Didn't know it was effectively a game engine.

[Felice_Enellen]

Excellent, appealing bird's-eye view for newbies!
Probably the closest thing to an "ad" for PICO-8 that I've ever seen. :)

[bagz]

Loving this channel. Been invaluable since I started my own little Pico-8 journey.

[SWORDMA]

Just finding out about pico-8, thanks for this concise and informative introduction. Subscribed!

[puffpastryprince]

I'm so happy there are new videos, keep em coming :D

[zach_attakk]

That intro timing. Good job.
"What is PICO-8?"
*Doodledy doop! *
"PICO-8 is what we call..."

[metalheadmalta]

I'll agree... Best 15 dollars spent, and it is so ADDICTIVE doing stuff!!! Not to mention the Voxel editor and creator that comes with it (at least I got it for free)... I love this. My wife hears that delightful jingle when it starts, rolls her eyes, and says ''Looks like we're not going anywhere after all..'' . Thanks for the video.

[ahxel]

You showed many amazing looking PICO-8 games. I'm gonna hunt for them.

0:16 - ???
0:28 - PICODriller
0:45 - _PICO-8 Game?_
?:?? - Pico De Pon, Cake Factory, Under Construction (by Eevee)
3:59 - ???
4:01 - ???
4:04 - _Cake Factory?_
4:08 - ???
4:23 - Dark Tomb
5:55 - Porklike

[dilley_esq]

Fell down this rabbit hole just a couple days ago. Incredible stuff

[mojmov]

I thought pico 8 was just a fiction console made up by celeste

[majdakekic]

u guys need to play POOM its a DOOM remake/demake.

[SoloCodeNet]

I am a GodotEngine developper but i love this little condensed soft PICO8, it s so funny !

[mmsbludhound]

I've always wanted a tool to do quick prototyping with but I'm not a fan of asset-oriented game engines like Unity or Unreal or even Godot so I'm kinda sold on Pico8 after watching this video. There's a promotion going on their website where you can get both Pico8 and their upcoming 3d console for a bundle price, I think I'll bite.

Also I've never written anything in Lua but I'm starting to like it after watching some of your Pico8 videos.

[lathifahdhiya]

Wow this is awesome! Definitely useful for making prototypes.

[ZataMachi]

What! Lexaloffle made this? He* made Voxatron, one of my favorite games!
I haven't heard of him* since the Voxatron days and I've heard of PICO-8 for years but I just never looked into it!
But it makes perfect sense. The art esthetic is the same. I love Lexaloffle :)