Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Let's develop a Shmup in Pico-8 one video at a time. A tutorial for complete beginners.

Code the beginning of this episode
👉 dropbox.com/s/jpzfn57zwfxzf3s/shmup.p8?dl=0
👉 github.com/Krystman/lazydevs-pico8-basic-shmup/blob/6b6b737fd82116df4929f29bae877d74928ceb3b/shmup.p8

Code the end of this episode (Including the Music)
👉 dropbox.com/s/h2adnwdyn9u3itb/shmup.p8?dl=0
👉 github.com/Krystman/lazydevs-pico8-basic-shmup/blob/fd0a2a1379ac8a1ecd0330d5fbbe19c3af9174a2/shmup.p8

Gruber Music Pico-8 Tutorials
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Free Pico-8 Educational Edition
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Pico-8 Cheat Sheet
👉 lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=28207

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00:00 Intro
01:53 Game Planning
03:34 Wavetext Mode
12:16 Spawning Enemy Waves
19:55 Button Lockout
24:46 Todo
25:44 Composing Music
42:15 Playing Music
48:29 Importing Music
55:57 Playing the Imported Music
59:54 Doggie Zone
1:01:05 Ko-fi
1:01:16 Outro

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