PICO-8 is a popular software tool. There are currently 5 open-source alternatives to PICO-8, with a combined total of 2.7k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Lua.
Showing 5 open-source alternatives
An open-source fantasy computer for creating and sharing tiny retro games and programs, built with LÖVE.
A free and open-source PICO-8 API implementation in LÖVE for running PICO-8 games on other platforms.
A sandbox framework for fast prototyping of tile-based games in HTML5 and JavaScript.
An open-source fantasy console engine written in Rust for creating games and applications with 128x128 pixel resolution.
A Go game engine for creating retro-style games with intentional limitations, inspired by Pico-8 and powered by Ebitengine.
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