Simply put, a collection of links to material that might be useful. There is no certainty if the information is accurate or current. None of the content is mine, nor do I personally profit from publicly sharing the material. If you find the information useful, please consider supporting the respective entities responsible. This content is intended on being updated from time to time.
Official Raspberry Pi magazine, MagPi, provides a step-by-step guide for loading Pico-8 games onto a Raspberry Pi microcomputer
"PICO-8 for Raspberry Pi starter guide" by Rob Zwetsloot
https://web.archive.org/web/20211022053254/https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/pico-8-raspberry-pi-starter-guide
(retrieved from archive dot org for posterity)
Itch user Anto80 shares their technique for uploading an image to Pico-8 in a memory efficient way
"How to convert an image to pico-8 with optimized size" by Anto80
https://anto80.com/en-us/image-processing/convert-image-to-pico8-p8-imgtopico8
(retrieved from Anto80's personal website)
Roman Petrov (also known as 'Megus') shares some tips on the making of their 2019 Pico-8 demo on the website Habr dot com
https://web.archive.org/web/20230710015007/https://habr.com/en/articles/500680/
(retrieved from archive dot org for posterity — save with exception to youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUooT-v4LIU)
A curated list of Pico-8 resources
https://web.archive.org/web/20230410184902/https://github.com/pico-8/awesome-PICO-8/
(retrieved from archive dot org for posterity — however live github website may have better and updated tools)
Pico-8 user manual
https://web.archive.org/web/20230402230320/https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico-8_manual.html
(retrieved from archive dot org for posterity)
Lazy Devs (Academy) gives a beginner's deep dive into how memory works in Pico-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3nUPbK3Jrw
(retrieved from YouTube)
Richard A. Bartle, of 1980's AI research & MUD fame, describes his rules for the game 'Spellbinder' (also known as 'Waving Hands')
https://web.archive.org/web/20121012080141/http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/spellbnd.htm
(retrieved from archive dot org for posterity)
KovaaK, of Quake Tournament fame, discusses the impact of lag in multiplayer First Person Shooter games
https://www.kovaak.com/fps-lag-compensation/
(retrieved from KovaaK's personal website)
Roll20's hosted online mapping tool for your TTRPG dungeons, DungeonScrawl; able to be used without signup at time of writing this
https://www.dungeonscrawl.com/
The earlier Version 1 was made available here on itch:
https://probabletrain.itch.io/dungeon-scrawl
for which the following (V1) documentation can be found:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230521204647/https://www.dungeonscrawl.com/docs#/
(retrieved from Portable Train's itch page, Archive dot org, and Roll20)
Online 3D drafting tool with simple tools and controls; able to be used without signup at time of writing this
https://figuro.io
Note: transforms such as 'move' and 'scale' use the x, y, and z values at the top of the window. If you are unable to see the textboxes to make your adjustments, the colour-picker may be in the way of seeing them.
Banner image depicting Poison Ivy
"Leaves" by Lucy Bradley (with a transferred CC0 licence)
https://web.archive.org/web/20230527072131/https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/toxicodendron-radicans/
(retrieved from the Gardener Plant Toolbox in the Cooperative Extension Service of North Carolina State University — additional digital editing has been performed by yours truly)
Fonts used (profile page)
"Griffy" by Neapolitan (available under a SIL Open Font License)
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Griffy
(retrieved from Google Fonts)
Noto Color Emoji by Google (available under a SIL Open Font License)
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Color+Emoji
(retrieved from Google Fonts)
This page's Banner/Background/Profile image of a woman in a long striped skirt holding a magic wand in one hand and a severed head in the other.
"Step-Sister's Head" by Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 (Located from "Hansel & Grethel & other tales" by Brothers Grimm, published by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1920)
https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/maiden-magic-wand/
Another page's Banner/Background/Profile image of three French women swearing an oath whilst casting a hex on the hat of their target.
"Le Charivari" by Honoré Daumier 1808-1879 (Mentioned in "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier"; a compilation of arranged and bound references of pro-revolution pamphlets, as collected by Nicolas-Auguste Hazard & Loys Delteil. Orrouy (Oise, Hauts-de-France), 1909. Note that mention on page 390 at paragraph V of the book is without etching. It is merely reference.)
https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sacred-duty/
And image resolutions enhanced with AI tool 'ILoveIMG'
https://www.iloveimg.com/upscale-image
(A.I. works are said not to hold copyright directly, material sourced from Public Domain moreso — additional digital editing has been performed by yours truly)
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