Tutorials

On this page you will find various tutorials by the community for TIC-80, from beginners tutorials to full games tutorials, as well as mechanics/tools tutorials and non-English tutorials.
If you have written a tutorial you'd like to share, please add it to the list below.

If you have specific questions, you can find assistance on the discord, which is an active community, or on telegram, itch.io and github.

Beginners Tutorials

Introductions

These tutorials are short introductions to TIC-80, coding and game programming.

Tutorial	Language	Author	Screenshot
A Step-by-step Introduction to TIC-80, Part 1: The Default Cart No prior coding knowledge	Lua	Borb
A step by step introduction to TIC 80, Part 2: Workflow No prior coding knowledge	-	Borb
An Introduction to Programming with Lua, TIC-80, and Animations No prior coding knowledge	Lua	Potato Imaginator
Intro to Game Programming in TIC-80	Lua	@BearThorne

Extensive Content

These tutorials are designed to teach programming with TIC-80 and therefore do not require any prior knowledge.

Tutorial	Language	Author	Screenshot
Learn To Code Space Invaders Text and/or video, No prior coding knowledge	Lua	Bytes N Bits
Tiny Code Christmas 2022 Video, No prior coding knowledge	Lua	@lovebyteparty
Beginner Tutorial Video, No prior coding knowledge	Lua	Potato Imaginator
Platformer Tutorial Video, No prior coding knowledge	Lua	Tamara O'Malley

Full Games Tutorials

Tutorial	Language	Author	Screenshot
Learn To Code Space Invaders Text and/or video, No prior coding knowledge	Lua	Bytes N Bits
Learn To Code Asteroids Text and/or video	Lua	Bytes N Bits
Learn To Code Space Commander Text and/or video	Lua	Bytes N Bits
Snake Clone tutorial	Lua	@trelemar
Snake Clone by @trelemar using Wren	Wren	@clsource
Learn To Code Snake Text and/or video	Lua	Bytes N Bits
Complete breakout clone tutorial	Lua	@digitsensitive
Breakout clone by @digitsensitive using Wren	Wren	@clsource
Free movement Top down game	JavaScript	@00Her0
Simple Platformer tutorial	Lua	@trelemar
Complete platformer tutorial	Lua	@btco_code
Platform Engine	Lua	@morokiane
Building a racing game #1: Fun With Vectors	Lua	@msx80
Building a racing game #2: Driving Model	Lua	@msx80
Raycast 3D FPS game	Lua	@wojciech-graj
A retro FPS tutorial	Lua	@btco_code
daves84 Nanobrd	Fennel	@parlortricks
daves84 Nanostack	Fennel	@parlortricks
Conway's Game of Life Tutorial	Lua	@triko88

Mechanics/Tools Tutorials

Tutorial	Language	Author	Screenshot
Bounding Ball Collision Detection Text and/or video	Lua	Bytes N Bits
Bounding Box Collision Detection Text and/or video	Lua	Bytes N Bits
Sprites and Maps	-	@BearThorne
Handling Mouse/Touch Events	Lua	@BearThorne
Spawning and Managing objects	Lua	@BearThorne
Building A Menu	Lua	@BearThorne
Camera tutorial	Lua	@trelemar
Using mset() and mget()	Lua	@BearThorne
Simple Collision Detection	Lua	@BearThorne
Grid-Based Camera Movement	Lua	@BearThorne
Making Realtime Minimaps	Lua	@BearThorne
Title Graphics for Non-Artists	-	@BearThorne
Auto Tileset Mapping	Lua	@BearThorne
Level Generation꞉ Drunk Walk	Lua	@BearThorne
Level Generation꞉ Random Point	Lua	@BearThorne
Pathfinding꞉ BFS Algorithm	Lua	@BearThorne
Pathfinding꞉ GBF Algorithm	Lua	@BearThorne
Accessing carts from multiple computers	-	Borb
How to make Text Box	Lua	@ATS_xp
Splitting a TIC 80 project into multiple files	-	Borb
How to make Scene Manager	Lua	@ATS_xp
Crash course tracking music in TIC-80	-	psenough
Managing Scenes	lua	ATS

Non-English Tutorials

Tutorial	Natural Language	Programming Language	Author	Screenshot
Programmation en TIC80 Vidéo	Français	Lua	@eric-studio40a

Good tutorials non-specific to TIC-80

Tutorial	Comment	Author	Screenshot
Platformer-toolkit	Interactive video essay about how platformer characters are designed. Adjust over 30 variables that drive the hero’s movement.	GMTK
Pixel Art Tutorials	The biggest collection of pixel art tutorials on the net!	Pedro Medeiros
Introduction to the A* Algorithm	Tutorial about the A* pathfinding algorithm	Red Blob Games
The Guide to Implementing 2D Platformers	Great technical article explaining multiple in-depth collision approaches.	gdarchive
Swept AABB Collision Detection and Response	Swept AABB collision detection tutorial assuming you understand the AABB algorithm	stu_pidd_cow