Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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

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00:00 Intro
01:36 Cleaning up and Pixelart
05:19 Functions
17:41 Keyboard Shortcuts
18:23 Moving Things
19:35 What are Variables?
21:26 Variables in Pico-8
22:49 Changing Variables over time
25:22 Experimenting
30:09 One cool trick
32:08 Indentation
35:05 Doggie Zone
36:03 Ko-fi
36:32 Outro

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