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/b008xgpirvix4yd/shmup.p8?dl=0
👉 github.com/Krystman/lazydevs-pico8-basic-shmup/blob/c6f48b376a4a9daf1f24a48f9d95a3594d9cb9ec/shmup.p8

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00:00 Intro
01:41 Making Levels
20:21 Making yellow enemies shoot more
26:27 Why pickups?
28:17 Implementing pickups
30:35 Drawing a pickup
37:04 Pickup UI
38:43 Tweaking the sprite
40:31 Debugging pickups
41:14 Adding a sound effect
46:41 Drawing a flashing outline
53:18 Adding a Shwave
55:36 Randomizing the drops
57:11 Doggie Zone
58:26 Ko-fi
58:37 Outro

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