TIC-80 version 0.80

TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games. Version 0.80 brings numerous enhancements and a new UI.

It would be useful if there were links to examples of tic-80 games. Nonethelesw, this looks very promising and is noncommercial which is great for growing a community. I’ll definitely give this a try when i get a chance

I tried some games at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tic80.com&#x2F;play" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tic80.com&#x2F;play</a>. Looks cool and I&#x27;m impressed by how many games there are. Two comments:<p>1. I find the font really hard to read. I really wish it was 2x the resolution. I think it would still have a cool retro pixelated look but be so much more legible.<p>2. The keyboard controls don&#x27;t always seem to register on my system (Chrome, MacOS). Or maybe it&#x27;s just not obvious which keys to press. I tried playing two games, they loaded, music started, but I wasn&#x27;t actually able to get to the point where I&#x27;m actually playing the game.

I&#x27;ve not written TIC-80 games for like 3 years, but I&#x27;m still happy to see it grow. One major advantage (IMO) over PICO-8 is that you&#x27;re not limited to Lua, and can write games in JavaScript.<p>And since JavaScript implies TypeScript, I once wrote a small tool to automatically build games from .ts files, with functions declarations for the whole API: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;scambier&#x2F;tic80-typescript" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;scambier&#x2F;tic80-typescript</a><p>I don&#x27;t use it anymore, but try to keep the declarations up-to-date :)

As an aside, I went down a rabbit hole trying to work out whether to look into this or PICO-8. I found a pretty good summary of the differences here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nerdyteachers.com&#x2F;Explain&#x2F;FantasyConsoles&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nerdyteachers.com&#x2F;Explain&#x2F;FantasyConsoles&#x2F;</a><p>Personally, I&#x27;m still undecided as I like the use of JavaScript in TIC-80 and the fact that it is open source, versus the wealth of materials available for the PICO-8.

Previously: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16967664" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16967664</a>

I&#x27;m quite charmed by the code editor aesthetics.

Renkel are you behind this? It&#x27;s cool, but looks like a clone to me (i.e. APIs)..

Is this a successor to PICO-8? Both projects look very similar.