Oh hi there, it’s been a while since I sent an email! I’ve been going hard into making things using Pico-8, the brilliant fantasy console game engine. I’ll share a couple GIFs here.

I guess I’m on YouTube now

I’ve been teaching a friend of mine to program using Pico-8, and it’s been so fun that I decided to start making videos on youtube for total beginners who are interested in programming games.

This is the first in a series, and I’ve already recorded two more, which I’ll post later. People seem to be responding well to it! If you have feedback or requests for future topics, let me know.

This first video covers: How things are drawn to the screen, navigating the cheat sheet and manual, what functions are, lying to the player, the structure of a program, variables, movement, player input, setting boundaries, and drawing a little guy.

Falling Block Jam

One last thing, Falling Block Jam will be returning in September. I’ll let you know the exact dates when the jam page launches, so look forward to that!