I made a 3D Star Map in Picotron / Pico-8 @LazyDevs
I made a 3D Star Map in Picotron / Pico-8  @LazyDevs
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
We are making a REAL 3D Star Map for use in games or just to explore our stellar neighborhood.

Based on this diagram by Inductiveload
👉 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nearby_Stars_(14ly_Radius).svg

Source Code Here
👉 lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=153084

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0:00:00 Intro
0:01:00 Overview
0:03:41 Nearby Stars
0:05:13 Drawing a Cube
0:11:24 Zooming
0:13:57 Rotating
0:20:50 Going 3D
0:29:28 Test Stars
0:31:01 Horizon Grid
0:34:12 Juicy Rotation
0:37:46 The Astronomy Part
0:39:59 Celestial Coordinates
0:44:06 Parsing the Star Data
0:55:51 Adding Polaris
0:57:26 Better Information Design
0:58:40 Porting to Pico-8
1:01:02 Star Names
1:05:36 Star Color and Size
1:10:57 A Tour of our Stellar Neighborhood
1:14:22 Wrap Up
1:16:19 Ko-fi
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I made a 3D Star Map in Picotron / Pico-8

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