# Pico stuff

just a page to hoard stuff around Pico-8 and Picotron for quick access and memory

=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/ Lexaloffle forum, the 'BBS'

note: Pico-8 is included in the infamous itch.io 'Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality', so if you purchased it, you already have Pico-8:
=> https://lexaloffle.itch.io/pico-8 Pico-8 on itch.io
=> https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality

## Pico-8

=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php official website
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php?page=resources ressources page (with many nice stuff too)
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico-8_manual.html official manual
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico-8_changelog.txt changelog
=> https://www.pico-8-edu.com/ free web version

### cheatsheets

=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=28207 summarized API cheatsheet
=> https://iiviigames.github.io/pico8-api/ in depth API cheatsheet

## Picotron

=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/picotron.php official website
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/picotron.php?page=resources ressources page
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/picotron_manual.html official manual
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/picotron_changelog.txt changelog

### cheatsheets

Picotron is not well documented for now, use the Pico-8 API but bear in mind that some things are not compatibles and may not work
the Picotron official manual is also a really good ressource for now

### tutos

=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141467 Picotron instrument design rudiments

### random interesting stuff

=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=140758 Random Picotron discoveries
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141493 List of Picotron special characters (P8SCII)    

### nice carts

=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=140816 Enview (API viewer)
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=140703 SLATE - Window based code editor
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=140925 Picotron Wiki
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=140960 PicoNet Explorer, With Sitebuilder!
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141288 Picotron Solitaire Suite
=> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=140716 Paint

## common tools

=> https://seansleblanc.itch.io/pico-8-fillp-tool A little helper tool for generating fillp patterns, really handy
- my favorite fillp pattern: 0x7dbe

## various stuff

### pixel art tutos

=> https://www.youtube.com/@MortMort/videos MortMort youtube channel
=> https://www.youtube.com/@BJGpixel/videos Brandon James Greer youtube channel

### dev tutos

=> https://www.youtube.com/@LazyDevs/playlists LazyDevs youtube channel (Breakout, Roguelite, Shmup, Advanced Shmup)
=> https://exercism.org/tracks/lua Lua track on Exercism, to learn Lua (the language used in Pico-8 and Picotron) from scratch with small exercises


xana,

published the 07/04/2024
updated the 07/04/2024


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