Make games for Core8Bit

The SDKs, the emulator, the file formats and the publishing guide. The docs are being written now; each section opens here as soon as it is ready.

Documentation

From your first Lua file to native plugins, the hardware and publishing.

Lua SDK

The main way to make games: a Lua API for graphics, sprites, sound, input and saves.

Open Lua SDK
Plugin SDK (C/C++)

Write hot paths natively and call them from Lua, or build a whole engine. Same API on hardware and in the emulator.

Open Plugin SDK (C/C++)
Emulator

Run and debug games on your computer with the same builds the console runs.

Being written
Asset formats

STI images, STA sprite tables and STF fonts, made for the STM32H7 graphics hardware.

Being written
Publishing

Packaging a signed cartridge, the store page and Greenlight.

Being written
Hardware & platform

Pinout, memory map, power, parts list and the step-by-step build guide.

Open Hardware & platform

Every game has one required callback, c8b.update(), which the system calls once per frame.

main.lua

local gfx = c8b.graphics

function c8b.update()
    gfx.clear()
    gfx.drawText("Hello Core8Bit!", 10, 10)
end