Fantasy consoles

Welcome to the fantasy consoles/ VM section of the website, where we will cover fantasy consoles, like TIC-80, PICO-8 and MicroW8.

Tiny Code Christmas

LoveByte’s Tiny Code Christmas is an event to help you take your first steps in demoscene sizecoding with Lua based fantasy consoles like TIC-80, PICO-8 and MicroW8! Over 12 days you will learn the effects and techniques used in Byte Jams, Byte Battles, and Tiny Intros!

Visit the TCC Website at https://tcc.lovebyte.party/ and start your journey today!

Fantasy Consoles

These are the most popular platforms for sizecoding.

• TIC-80 - A good compromise between features, resolution and skills required.
• PICO-8 - A little restrictive in resolution and cycles but a great for the smaller sizes
• MicroW8 - Ability to use WebAssembly/CurlyWas instead of LUA resulting in slightly tighter code.

See also

• Byte Battle