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.

Code the beginning of this episode
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👉 github.com/Krystman/lazydevs-pico8-basic-shmup/blob/7223428acdef6b6a25d31a3a99eef2940b28dc2b/shmup.p8

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00:00 Intro
03:34 Better variable names
05:17 Moving the ship up and down
10:53 Shooting
20:07 Sound effects
25:48 Bullets and Juicyness
30:32 Doggie Zone
31:50 Ko-fi
32:19 Outro

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