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There are also "fantasy consoles". Most of them use Lua+their own api for dealing with the virtual console internals. - PICO-8 (paid, 8$) https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php - TIC80 (opensource, supports more langs like python, scheme, so on) https://tic80.com/ Have fun! - Source: Hacker News / 14 days ago
The Pico-8 is great, but https://tic80.com/ is really cool too. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Or the more free TIC-80. I have paid for both, but never used either enough to be able to say one or the other has any significant advantages. https://tic80.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Or its open source cousin TIC-80: http://tic80.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
I wish the community moved to an open source option like TIC-80[0]. 0. https://tic80.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
Grit Game Engine - The Grit Game Engine is an MIT-Licensed Open Source Game Engine that is highly scriptable via Lua.
PICO-8 - Lua-based fantasy console for making and playing tiny, computer games and programs.
libtwo - All-purpose c++ app prototyping library, focused towards live graphical apps and games
Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
MOS - Lightweight game engine.
LOVE 2D - Hi there! LÖVE is an *awesome* framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua.