TIC-80

TIC-80 is a free and open-source fantasy video game console made by Nesbox. It is styled after 8-bit hardware from the 1980s. It is similar to PICO-8, which is more popular.

Overview
Programs can be made in TIC-80 directly, including code, sprites, maps/levels, sound effects and music. When exported, they are stored in "cartridges". These can be .tic or PNG files (which look like real cartridges). PNGs use a caRt ancillary chunk to store data. Before then, they were stored on the image, but only stored 96KiB and were easier to break with an image editor.

Programs can also be shared on the TIC-80 website or browsed in TIC-80 itself using SURF.

Specifications
 Screen 240x136 pixels, 16 colors (even when a program is not running) Inputs 4 gamepads with 8 buttons, mouse, keyboard Tiles 256 foreground sprites, 256 background tiles (both 8x8 pixels) Map 240x136 tiles (1920x1088 pixels) Sound 4 channels with configurable waveforms Code 512KB (8 banks of 64KB, even in the non-PRO version); can be Lua, Ruby, JavaScript, MoonScript, Fennel, Squirrel, Wren or WebAssembly RAM 272KB (240KB + 32KB video RAM) Bankswitching 8 banks (PRO version only)

Colors
+ SWEETIE-16 Number Hexadecimal RGB value Name 0 #1A1C2C Black 1 #5D275D Purple 2 #B13E53 Red 3 #EF7D57 Orange 4 #FFCD75 Yellow 5 #A7F070 Light green 6 #38B764 Green 7 #257179 Dark green 8 #29366F Dark blue 9 #3B5DC9 Blue 10 #41A6F6 Light blue 11 #73EFF7 Cyan 12 #F4F4F4 White 13 #94B0C2 Light Grey 14 #566C86 Grey 15 #333C57 Dark Grey

 Demoscene 
Some demo parties have featured TIC-80. These include Outline 2022 in the Netherlands; Lovebyte 2021 online and a 2018 LINE Fukuoka hackathon in Japan.

 See also 
 PICO-8

 References 

Further reading
 "A Game Maker's Toolkit: Eight More Fascinating Game-Making Tools for the Pi". The MagPi. September 2018. Issue 73. pp. 32–33. – via Internet Archive
 Littler, Clarissa (August 2018). "Fantasy Computers and TIC-80". beanz Magazine (Vol. 6, No. 1)
 Littler, Clarissa (October 2018). "TIC-80 Project". beanz Magazine (Vol. 6, No. 2)
 Littler, Clarissa (February 2019). "TIC-80 Maps and Music". beanz Magazine (Vol. 6, No. 4)
 Pistorio, Marco (September 2018). "Fantasy Console: TIC 80". Retro Magazine (Vol. 2, No. 9) (in Italian). p. 20 – via Internet Archive




 Other websites 

 GitHub Repository

Category:Game engines
Category:Cross-platform software