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PICO-8
The PICO-8 Educational Toolset collects game cartridges designed to teach different game development concepts.
About PICO-8
The PICO-8 Educational Toolset is a downloadable collection of PICO-8 carts for learning basic game development concepts. The carts build on each other and can be combined, for example using projectiles, movement with inertia, and pickups to make a space shooter.
The set includes topics such as game loop, game states, gravity, map collision, particles, and references for music, color and drawing. Its status is listed as in development, and three listed items are noted as not included in the download.
Key features
- Basic game loop example cart
- Movement with inertia and map collision examples
- Projectiles, pickups and particles examples
- Camera follow and map screens examples
- Gravity and overlap checking examples
- Music, color and drawing reference carts
Best for: People learning basic game development concepts with PICO-8.
Good for
- Carts are designed to build on each other and combine into more complex code
- Covers multiple concepts including movement, collision, game states and particles
Watch out for
- Status is listed as in development
- Using Buttons, Simple Animation Explanation and Top-Down Adventure Game Tutorial are noted as not included in the download
PICO-8 at a glance
- Category
- Education & Learning › Learn to Code
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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