Open source alternatives to PICO-8
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what PICO-8 does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What PICO-8 does
- Make small retro gamescore
- Built-in code, sprite, map and sound editorscore
- Play and share games
- Export to web and desktop
- Lua scripting
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 pyxelRetro game engine for making pixel-art games in Python |
Covers one part29% | 19k+53 | 4 days ago | Too few | For developers | Custom license | |
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Not shown: Built-in code, sprite, map and sound editors; Play and share games; Export to web and desktop; Lua scripting.See the evidence
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