PICO-8?

[ZillaRUSH]

Can PICO-8 be downloaded on put on the VCS?

[THX-1138]

If it can run on Windows or Linux or any other PC operating system then yes.  The VCS is just a regular PC.

[justclaws]

I had expected Pico-8 to appear in the store, a while ago, and that would open up new options.
For developing games, with it, there's a free web-based version too which can run in Chrome...
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=47278

If others don't know what Pico-8 is, btw, see here. https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

 

[ZillaRUSH]

Can it be downloaded and put on the VCS? 

[THX-1138]

23 hours ago, ZillaRUSH said:

Can it be downloaded and put on the VCS? 

You've been given the answer.

[ZillaRUSH]

Sorry for the double...will attempt...keep you posted!

[Arno1978]

Hey ZillaRUSH, if you do get Pico-8 working, do you want to try out Bullet Ball: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=41585

It's a silly 2 or 4 player game. I'm curious if the VCS controllers would map to the Pico-8 inputs and proper player inputs. My game is best played with controllers. NES dpads work really well. I managed to get a FourScore working on my computer.

[scottinNH]

So there are PICO-8 "clones" meant to run on platforms not supported by PICO-8.

It's likely you will need to build and package binaries though..

 

1. https://github.com/jtothebell/fake-08
2. https://github.com/jjant/runty8
3.  

 

 

Edited January 5 by scottinNH

[+bhall408]

We support PICO-8 games in Argon... (As well as more than a dozen other systems, including 2600/5200/7800/Lynx/8-bit with more on the way...)

 

I've asked for developer info on porting Argon to VCS, but not received a reply as yet...