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• Pico-8 Wikia

  The wiki for PICO-8, the fantasy programmable game console by Lexaloffe Games. Welcome to the PICO-8 Wiki[] PICO-8 by Lexaloffle Games is a fantasy programmable game console for making, sharing, and playing

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Pico-8_Wikia

• Memory

  PICO-8 has 64 KiB of addressable memory, used for graphics, map, sound, music, and direct access to hardware features such as persistent cartridge data and GPIO pins. Normally only the lower 32 KiB are

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Memory

• Lua

  Lua is a programming language designed primarily for embedded systems. It is popular in the video game industry as a language that can be embedded in a larger game engine. The following are the major

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Lua

• APIReference

  This is a list of functions provided by PICO-8's Lua-based API. Typically you run these functions by writing them in the code editor and using the Run command to run your program

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/APIReference

• Spr

  spr ( n, x, y, [w,] [h,] [flip_x,] [flip_y] ) This operation is affected by the draw state. -- draw sprite 1 (1x1) at (60, 60) spr(1, 60, 60) -- draw sprite 1 (1x1) at (72

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Spr

• Stat

  stat ( n ) The stat() function returns information about the current runtime environment. Each kind of information has an ID (a number), described below.

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Stat

• CPU

  PICO-8 keeps track of CPU usage using two values: Lua cycles and system cycles. Most operations affect Lua cycles, but some functions have an additional system cycle cost. There are 8,388,608 cycles

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/CPU

• Forum

  The PICO-8 forum, or BBS (bulletin board system), is the official community center for PICO-8. This is where PICO-8 developers share games, discuss techniques, and get technical support. You can also use

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Forum

• Print

  print ( text, [x,] [y,] [color] ) The print function writes a line of text to the screen using the PICO-8 font, and then moves the cursor to the start of the next line. To write

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Print

• Palette

  Every pixel on PICO-8 is stored as a 4-bit value in memory. Because a 4-bit value can only hold the values 0-15, this means pixels can only choose from a list

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Palette

• P8FileFormat

  PICO-8 can save cartridges in two file formats: the.p8 format, and the.p8.png format. The save command will use the format that corresponds to the filename extension. The.p8 format is a

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/P8FileFormat

• Keyboard Shortcuts

  Not all PICO-8 hardware has a keyboard, but when it does, there are many keyboard shortcuts that one can use. Known shortcuts are listed here. See btn() for details on default controller/keyboard mappings

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Keyboard_Shortcuts

• Line

  line ( [x0,] [y0,] [x1,] [y1,] [color] ) The line() function is very versatile, with different operations depending on how many arguments are supplied. Line segments, strips, and loops are all easily created with this function.

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Line

• P8PNGFileFormat

  PICO-8 can save cartridges in two file formats: the.p8 format, and the.p8.png format. The save command will use the format that corresponds to the filename extension. The.p8.png format is

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/P8PNGFileFormat

• Sspr

  sspr ( sx, sy, sw, sh, dx, dy, [dw,] [dh,] [flip_x,] [flip_y] ) This operation is affected by the draw state.

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Sspr

• Save

  save [filename] If filename ends in ".p8", the file will be saved in the text-based.p8 file format. This format is the most flexible and is typically used during development, but cannot be uploaded

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Save

• Fillp

  fillp ( [pat] ) The fill pattern is part of the draw state. It affects circ(), circfill(), rect(), rectfill(), pset(), and line().

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Fillp

• Pal

  pal ( c0, c1, [p] ) All functions that draw to the screen, including spr() and map(), use the draw palette to decide which colors to write to the graphics buffer. The pal() function can modify this

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Pal

• P8SCII

  When printed with print(), some characters have a special meaning that can be used to alter things like the cursor position and text rendering style. Control characters in PICO-8 are CHR(0)..CHR(15

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/P8SCII

• Clip

  clip ( x, y, w, h ) When the draw state has a clipping rectangle set, all draw operations will not affect any pixels in the graphics buffer outside of this rectangle. This is useful for reserving

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Clip

• Cursor

  cursor ( [x,] [y,] [col] ) The draw state maintains a cursor location (and a pen color) for printing text with the print() function. PICO-8 uses this to maintain a scrolling display, especially for the command

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Cursor

• Tables

  Tables are the primary composite data structure in the Lua programming language. They are used as containers, especially sequences (with consecutive numeric indexes starting from 1) and mappings (also known as associative arrays, dictionaries, or

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Tables

• Atan2

  atan2 ( dx, dy ) The atan2() function calculates the arctangent (the inverse tangent) of the ratio of two numbers, dy/dx. Where dx is a change in horizontal position and dy is a change in vertical

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Atan2

• RunningPico8

  To run the PICO-8 app, you either double-click on the PICO-8 app icon, or you run it from a command console (aka terminal window). There are minor differences depending on which operating

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/RunningPico8

• Splore

  splore Splore is a graphical interface for exploring PICO-8 cartridges. You can use Splore to browse, search, and play cartridges published to the forum (BBS) directly over the Internet. You can also use Splore

  https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Splore