PICO-8, the popular fantasy console, just launched the new completely free PICO-8 Education Edition. It is essentially the same version of PICO-8, except that it’s free and browser based.
Here is the developer’s announcement tweet:
PICO-8 is a very barebones virtual computer with a full set of tools for creating games. The virtualized hardware is extremely limited:
| Display | 128×128 16 colours | |
| Cartridge Size | 32k | |
| Sound | 4 channel chip blerps | |
| Code | Lua | |
| Sprites | 256 8×8 sprites | |
| Map | 128×32 cels |
These simple specs are meant to focus you on game development by stripping away all of the complexities, while providing just the tools you need. There is a huge community of PICO-8 developers to learn from and share your creations with.
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You can learn more about the new free PICO-8 Education Edition and see it in action in the video below.