GB Studio
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Pico-8
Pico-8 is a fantasy console designed for making, sharing, and playing tiny retro-style games. It includes built-in tools for coding, sprites, maps, sound, and music—making it a great starting point for game development.
The Pico-8 editor in action.
It uses Lua, a beginner-friendly programming language popular in hobbyist game dev, and has a thriving community creating and sharing projects.
Pico-8 was created by Lexaloffle who also developed Voxatron (a 3D voxel game maker) and Picotron (a fantasy operating system).
A collection of the games being selected and played.
You can play Pico-8 games for free on the Pico-8 website or browse even more on itch.io.
- www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php →
A fantasy console for creating tiny games.
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