https://github.com/jozanza/picomoon

Compile .lua/.js/.moon to .p8 ::
https://github.com/jozanza/picomoon

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Compile .lua/.js/.moon to .p8 ::

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jozanza/picomoon
• Owner: jozanza
• Created: 2016-03-14T06:06:31.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-02-08T22:02:31.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-08-09T13:30:36.865Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: pico-8
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/picomoon
• Size: 3.51 MB
• Stars: 14
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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> **NOTE:** This project is no longer being developed. Check out [p8](https://github.com/jozanza/p8/) instead! :)

:crescent_moon: Picomoon

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Compile Lua, Javascript, or [MoonScript](http://moonscript.org/) to .p8 carts on-the-fly!

![demo](screenshots/demo.gif)

Installation

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    npm i -g picomoon

Dependencies

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You'll need some binaries available in your `$PATH` if you want to compile from languages other than Lua:

**MoonScript**: [moonc](http://moonscript.org/#installation)

**Javascript**: [castl](https://github.com/PaulBernier/castl)

Usage

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    Usage: picomoon [options] 

    Options:

    -h, --help             output usage information

    -V, --version          output the version number

    -l, --language [name]  Input file language. defaults to "lua"

    -x, --root [path]      Path to pico-8 carts. defaults to "~/Library/Application Support/pico-8/carts"

    -o, --output [file]    Write output to file

    -p, --print            Write output to std out

    -w, --watch            Watch file

    -r, --reload           Reload PICO-8 after write

Examples

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Compile a .lua file to a .p8 cart with the same name:

    picomoon my_cart.lua

Compile a .lua file to a .p8 cart with a different name:

    picomoon -o my_cart2 my_cart.lua

Compile a .moon file to a .p8 cart:

    picomoon -l moonscript my_cart.moon

Compile and watch a .js file for changes and auto-reload the compiled cart in pico-8:

    

    picomoon -wrl javascript my_cart.js

Compile and print output to stdout:

    picomoon -p my_cart.lua