Welcome to the Nerdy Teachers Guide to PICO-8! It has everything you need to know about every part of the PICO-8 program and API.

This page is still under development, but we wanted to make it public while we continue working on it. Incomplete pages will have this symbol: .

Finishing this Guide is our priority before we get back into recording video tutorials. If you would like to help us complete this guide, or have a suggested edit, please find us on Discord or send us an email: TheNerdyTeachers@gmail.com

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On the left-hand side navigation bar, you will find the list of categories that groups the specific pages together into a single page and it is easy to browse based on what you are trying to do.

Below, is the entire list of specific pages, also grouped by category, but listed as their keyword. This is provided as a shortcut to the specific page if you already know or want to browse by function name.


Audio

Colors

Commands

Controls

Editors

Getting-started

Loops

Lua

Maps

Math

Memory

Save-export

Screen

Shapes

Sprites

System

Tables

Variables
Font