Uploaded July 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/mnwlm4aweqguouz/shmup.p8?dl=0
👉 github.com/Krystman/lazydevs-pico8-basic-shmup/blob/1beacde2d30d2dc0af6e72ca69d54f856a5a7c85/shmup.p8

The two videos I discuss
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg

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

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00:00 Intro
00:48 Spreadshot tweaking
03:22 Aimed shots
09:08 Shot types in Shmups
10:52 Improving the aim
15:36 What is screenshake?
17:46 Camera function
20:36 Writing screenshake
27:17 Using screenshake
30:48 A message from the future
33:03 Doggie Zone
35:33 Ko-fi
35:44 Outro

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