Uploaded July 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.

Code the beginning of this episode
👉 dropbox.com/s/iiacyv6sjzu1z2a/shmup.p8?dl=0
👉 github.com/Krystman/lazydevs-pico8-basic-shmup/blob/9094844ef3cc1ce871b1869df80a28a1d2c78bc3/shmup.p8

Pico-8 Cheat Sheet
👉 lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=28207

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00:00 Intro
02:22 Fixing enemy placement
04:04 Tweaking the sound effects
05:14 Trigonometry demo
26:21 Updating the FIRE() function
29:56 Spread Shot
33:37 Even spacing
38:14 Base rotation
44:18 Doggie Zone
46:12 Ko-fi
46:23 Outro

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