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PICOLOVE

A fork of the original PICOLOVE, an implementation of PICO-8's API in LÖVE
Original is on github at: https://github.com/picolove/picolove
Requires LÖVE 11.x

PICO-8: http://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
LÖVE: https://love2d.org/

What it is:

An implementation of PICO-8's api in LÖVE

Why:

For a fun challenge!
Allow standalone publishing of PICO-8 games on other platforms
Should work on mobile devices *
Configurable controls
Extendable
No arbitrary cpu or memory limitations
No arbitrary code size limitations
Better debugging tools available
Open source

What it isn't:

A replacement for PICO-8
A perfect replica
No dev tools, no image editor, map editor, sfx editor, music editor
No modifying or saving carts
Not memory compatible with PICO-8

Differences:

Uses floating point numbers not fixed point
Uses LuaJIT not lua 5.2
Memory layout is not complete

Extra features:

ipairs(), pairs() standard lua functions
assert(expr,message) if expr is not true then errors with message
error(message) bluescreens with an error message
warning(message) prints warning and stacktrace to console
setfps(fps) changes the consoles framerate
_keyup, _keydown, _textinput allow using direct keyboard input

Android Packaging:

Replace nocart.p8 with your game, since this is the default cartridge on boot. Text P8 or PNG P8.PNG is supported.
Follow the steps at Android Game Packaging
An additional step when editing AndroidManifest.xml is to remove android:screenOrientation="landscape" if you would like your game to support orientation rotation (Portrait and Landscape)

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