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GUIDE FOR PICO-8 DEVS Sticky

A topic by phillip created Jan 05, 2024 Views: 1,997 Replies: 5
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Make the game as normal in PICO-8 and change the colors manually for the HTML export that you submit to the jam.

After exporting to html, open the generated javascript file. The pico-8 color palette is stored as RGB values, comma separated, no spaces. If you want to replace RED (index 8) with another color, just search for "255,0,77" and then swap these with your new desired RGB.

Big thanks to Tobias V. Langhoff and PaloBlancoGames for sharing how Pico-8 Devs can participate with the required palettes! 

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Can i submit the project in normal pico-8 resolution or i need to change it?

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You should limit the game space/player view to the required resolution. I am not familiar with Pico-8 but I know other Pico-8 devs have accomplished this in the past

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Here’s some detailed instructions on how to change the resolution (including the palette instructions already shared here)

https://gist.github.com/pancelor/322491bdc12d1f6fef5d08832a4a565e

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Awesome! Thank you pancelor!

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Thanks man, i really appreciate your efforts. I could never figure out that stuff myself, Thanks :)