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/6563ffc14cd5ffa068f81ec371bda4f47fff95aa/shmup.p8

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00:00 Intro
02:23 Performance
04:42 Animating the stars
13:17 Variable star speeds
18:23 Star colors
26:30 Doggie zone
27:49 Ko-fi
29:23 Outro

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