Awesome PICO-8

Category: Themed Directories
Slug: awesome-pico-8
Brand: PICO-8

Overview

Awesome PICO-8 is a curated, community-maintained directory of resources for the PICO-8 fantasy console. It aggregates links to tools, tutorials, libraries, community hubs, and related content useful for creating, sharing, and playing PICO-8 games and experiments.

PICO-8 itself is a fantasy console for making, sharing, and playing small games and programs, using a subset of Lua and built-in cartridge creation tools.

Source: https://github.com/pico-8/awesome-PICO-8#readme

Features

Scope and Structure

• Curated list focused specifically on the PICO-8 fantasy console
• Inspired by the broader "awesome" list ecosystem
• Organized table of contents with clear sections:
  • Community
  • Demoscene
  • Resources
  • Tutorials
  • Tools
  • Libraries
  • Assets
  • Text Editors Language Support
  • Hacks (undocumented PICO-8 features)
  • Hardware
  • Articles & Posts
  • Talks
  • Clones
  • Contributing
  • License

Community Resources

• Official and community hubs for PICO-8 users and developers, including:
  • Lexaloffle (official site)
    • Main site: https://www.lexaloffle.com
    • Blog: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?uid=1
    • PICO-8 product page: https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
    • Forum/BBS (PICO-8 section): https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?cat=7
    • Social channels:
      • Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexaloffle
      • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexaloffle/
      • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lexaloffletv
  • Community platforms and aggregators
    • Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pico8/
    • Twitter hashtag: https://twitter.com/hashtag/pico8
    • Freenode IRC channel (#pico8): https://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=#pico8&prompt=1
    • Pico-8 Console News Twitter: https://twitter.com/pico8console
    • Pico-8 Wiki: https://pico-8.wikia.com/wiki/Pico-8_Wikia
    • Slack Team: https://slofile.com/slack/pico-8
    • Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EwQ86eq

Demoscene Resources

• Collections and references for PICO-8 demoscene productions:
  • Pico-8 demos on Demozoo: https://demozoo.org/platforms/81/
  • Pico-8 demos on Pouet: https://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?platform%5B%5D=PICO-8
  • Article with demoscene effect code and discussion: https://medium.com/swlh/creativity-through-limitation-pico-8-fantasy-console-175294e13332
  • Pico-8 demos on YouTube (search results): https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pico+8+demoscene

Additional Sections (as defined in the list)

Note: The provided content only shows part of the README, but the list declares the following dedicated sections, each aggregating relevant links:

• Resources – General reference materials, documentation, and helpful guides for working with PICO-8.
• Tutorials – Step-by-step learning materials for getting started and advancing with PICO-8 development.
• Tools – External utilities for development, asset creation, code management, and working with PICO-8 cartridges.
• Libraries – Reusable code modules and helper libraries targeted at PICO-8 and its Lua subset.
• Assets – Art, sound, music, and other reusable content for PICO-8 projects.
• Text Editors Language Support – Plugins/extensions providing syntax highlighting, snippets, or tooling for PICO-8/Lua in various editors.
• Hacks (Undocumented PICO-8 Features) – References to techniques and behavior beyond the standard documented feature set.
• Hardware – PICO-8–related or compatible hardware setups and devices.
• Articles & Posts – Blog posts, write-ups, and long-form content about PICO-8 usage, design, or ecosystem.
• Talks – Recorded talks, presentations, or conference sessions about PICO-8.
• Clones – Related or inspired fantasy consoles or systems.

Contribution and Licensing

• Contributing
  • Section describing how to suggest additions or changes to the list (via standard "awesome list" contribution patterns on GitHub).
• License
  • The list content is published with an explicit license (details in the License section of the repository).

Pricing

Not applicable. Awesome PICO-8 is a curated directory of links hosted on GitHub and does not define pricing or paid plans within the provided content.