TIC-80 TINY COMPUTER — tic80.com
About
TIC-80 is a free and open source fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
With TIC-80 you get built-in tools for development: code, sprites, maps, sound editors and the command line, which is enough to create a mini retro game.
Games are packaged into a cartridge file, which can be easily distributed. TIC-80 works on all popular platforms. This means your cartridge can be played in any device.
To make a retro styled game, the whole process of creation and execution takes place under some technical limitations: 240x136 pixel display, 16 color palette, 256 8x8 color sprites, 4 channel sound, etc.
Features
- Multiple programming languages: Lua,
Moonscript,
Javascript,
Ruby,
Wren,
Fennel,
Squirrel,
Janet, and
Python.
- Games can have mouse and keyboard as input
- Games can have up to 4 controllers as input (with up to 8 buttons, each)
- Built-in editors: for code, sprites, world maps, sound effects and music
- An additional memory bank: load different assets from your cartridge while your game is executing
- Moderated community
Binary Downloads
Stable Builds
You can download compiled versions for the major operating systems directly from our Releases page.
Nightly Builds
Can be downloaded from official nightly.link page or from the Github Actions page.
Unofficial Builds
Linux (arm64) builds can be downloaded from aliceisjustplaying nightly.link page. Tested on Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) (Bookworm), Asahi Linux (Fedora Remix), Ubuntu 22.04 and Fedora 40.
Pro Version
To help support TIC-80 development, we have a PRO Version.
This version has a few additional features and binaries can only be downloaded on our itch.io page.
For users who can't afford the program can easily build the pro version from the source code using cmake .. -DBUILD_PRO=On command.
Pro Features
- Save/load cartridges in text format, and create your game in any editor you want, also useful for version control systems.
- Even more memory banks: instead of having only 1 memory bank you have 8.
- Export your game without editors, and then publish it to app stores.
Community
You can play and share games, tools and music at tic80.com/play.
The community also hangs out and discusses on Telegram or Discord.
Contributing
You can contribute by reporting a bug or requesting a new feature on our Issues page.
Keep in mind when engaging on a discussion to follow our Code of Conduct.
You can also contribute by reviewing or improving our Wiki.
The wiki holds TIC-80 documentation, code snippets and game development tutorials.
Build instructions
Windows
MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++)
Windows XP / Windows 7 32-bit (x86)
The build process has been tested on Windows 11 64-bit (x64); all this should run on Windows 7 SP1 32-bit (x86) as well. This guide assumes you're running an elevated Command Prompt.
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