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Celeste, which was released to rave reviews this past year for the Switch, started life as a PICO-8 game. I played it on the PICO-8 at first and was blown away!

Celeste, which was released to rave reviews this past year for the Switch, started life as a PICO-8 game. I played it on the PICO-8 at first and was blown away! Enjoy: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2145 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2145

shakna 8y ago
Do you know how it was ported to the Switch? TIC-80 uses SDL, which doesn't have a working port (for the Switch) so far as I know.
- theresistor 8y ago
  There's an SDL port, but it can't be publicly distributed due to NDAs.
- djur 8y ago
  The commercial release of Celeste is a new game, written from scratch, implemented in C# (XNA/FNA/MonoGame). It includes a port of the original. I'm kind of curious if they actually wrote a PICO-8 emulator for that or just ported it to C#.
  - barbs 8y ago
    They have a Github repo with some of the source code up (mostly just stuff to do with character movement and control). https://github.com/noelfb/celeste https://github.com/noelfb/celeste Apparently it's based on this framework: https://bitbucket.org/MattThorson/monocle-engine/src/default/ https://bitbucket.org/MattThorson/monocle-engine/src/default...
  - AlyssaRowan 8y ago
    They ported the PICO-8 version line by line to C#. Since there aren't that many lines, apparently it wasn't that hard.
- doppp 8y ago
  There is an SDL port for the Switch but it's under NDA and you need to request access for it [1]. [1] https://twitter.com/icculus/status/981730137736712192 https://twitter.com/icculus/status/981730137736712192
rococode 8y ago
One of the coolest hidden easter eggs in the main release of Celeste is stumbling upon the little room with the PICO-8 version of the game (https://i.imgur.com/7iNbBNA.png https://i.imgur.com/7iNbBNA.png). I didn't know PICO-8 was a thing, so imagine my surprise when I found an entire complete game built into the main game!
krajzeg 8y ago
PICO-8 (and I assume, TIC-80 as well) are actually great for prototyping bigger game development projects - specifically due to its harsh constraints, which force a limited scope and sharp focus on the design. I'm actually in the process of making SlipWays, a fast-paced 4X game for PC that started as a PICO-8 prototype (https://krajzeg.itch.io/slipways https://krajzeg.itch.io/slipways). A major reason for the tight game design of the game were the tight confines on the console.
- ZebraCakes 8y ago
  I love SlipWays! It's really impressive that you crammed a game that deep into such a small system. That and Celeste were big inspirations to look into PICO-8 myself. Looking forward to the full release.

shakna 8y ago

Do you know how it was ported to the Switch? TIC-80 uses SDL, which doesn't have a working port (for the Switch) so far as I know.

theresistor 8y ago
There's an SDL port, but it can't be publicly distributed due to NDAs.
djur 8y ago
The commercial release of Celeste is a new game, written from scratch, implemented in C# (XNA/FNA/MonoGame). It includes a port of the original. I'm kind of curious if they actually wrote a PICO-8 emulator for that or just ported it to C#.
- barbs 8y ago
  They have a Github repo with some of the source code up (mostly just stuff to do with character movement and control). https://github.com/noelfb/celeste https://github.com/noelfb/celeste Apparently it's based on this framework: https://bitbucket.org/MattThorson/monocle-engine/src/default/ https://bitbucket.org/MattThorson/monocle-engine/src/default...
- AlyssaRowan 8y ago
  They ported the PICO-8 version line by line to C#. Since there aren't that many lines, apparently it wasn't that hard.
doppp 8y ago
There is an SDL port for the Switch but it's under NDA and you need to request access for it [1]. [1] https://twitter.com/icculus/status/981730137736712192 https://twitter.com/icculus/status/981730137736712192

rococode 8y ago

One of the coolest hidden easter eggs in the main release of Celeste is stumbling upon the little room with the PICO-8 version of the game (https://i.imgur.com/7iNbBNA.png https://i.imgur.com/7iNbBNA.png). I didn't know PICO-8 was a thing, so imagine my surprise when I found an entire complete game built into the main game!

krajzeg 8y ago

PICO-8 (and I assume, TIC-80 as well) are actually great for prototyping bigger game development projects - specifically due to its harsh constraints, which force a limited scope and sharp focus on the design. I'm actually in the process of making SlipWays, a fast-paced 4X game for PC that started as a PICO-8 prototype (https://krajzeg.itch.io/slipways https://krajzeg.itch.io/slipways). A major reason for the tight game design of the game were the tight confines on the console.

ZebraCakes 8y ago
I love SlipWays! It's really impressive that you crammed a game that deep into such a small system. That and Celeste were big inspirations to look into PICO-8 myself. Looking forward to the full release.