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PICO-8

Lua-based fantasy console for making and playing tiny, computer games and programs.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to PICO-8

PICO-8
TIC-80 Godot Engine LOVE 2D GDevelop Ennuigi neo4j ArangoDB RenPy Unity

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to PICO-8 are TIC-80, WASM-4, and Godot Engine. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
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    TIC-80 is a fantasy computer where you can make, play and share tiny games.
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    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 71 social mentions

  2. Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console
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    • Open Source

    #Time Management #Game Development #Game Engine 4 social mentions

  3. Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
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    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 460 social mentions

  4. Hi there! LÖVE is an *awesome* framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 189 social mentions

  5. GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 77 social mentions

  6. Wander the kingdom as chain-smoking, depressed Luigi
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    • Open Source

    #Game Engine #Online Learning #Meditation

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    Meet Neo4j: The graph database platform powering today's mission-critical enterprise applications, including artificial intelligence, fraud detection and recommendations.
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    • Open Source

    #Big Data #Databases #Data Analysis 34 social mentions

  8. A distributed open-source database with a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key-values.
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    • Open Source

    #Databases #Graph Databases #NoSQL Databases 6 social mentions

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    Ren'Py is a free and cross-platform visual novel engine that helps you use words, pictures, and...
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    • Open Source

    #IDE #Text Editors #Game Development 16 social mentions

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    The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
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    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 204 social mentions

  11. Defold lets you quickly build high performing, cross-platform games together with your team.
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    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 50 social mentions

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    Redis is an open source in-memory data structure project implementing a distributed, in-memory key-value database with optional durability.
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    • Open Source

    #Databases #Graph Databases #NoSQL Databases 216 social mentions

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