Welcome to Tiny Code Christmas!
TCC started on the 9th of December, but you can join at any time!
LoveByte’s Tiny Code Christmas is an event to help you take your first steps in demoscene sizecoding with Lua based fantasy consoles like TIC-80 and PICO-8! Over 12 days, from the 9th to the 20th of December, learn the effects and techniques used in Byte Jams, Byte Battles, and Tiny Intros!
Watch the TCC invite by jtruk and dave84 that was released at Inercia for both TIC-80 and PICO-8!
You can check out our participant’s amazing work from previous years in our Tiny Code Christmas New Years Eve Showcase Here!
If you’ve already completed Tiny Code Christmas and are looking for a new challenge, why not try MicroW8, a web-assembly based fantasy console designed specifically for sizecoding.
The 12 Daily Challenges:
Day 0 - Getting Started
All you need to get ready for tomorrow!
Day 1 - Making Shapes
Get to grips with the basics of TIC-80 and PICO-8!
Day 2 - Snow time() Like the Present
Add some basic animation to your scene!
Day 3 - Little By Little
Create a full-screen effect by manipulating each pixel individually!
Day 4 - Sines of the Times
Create an animated plasma effect!
Day 5 - Polar Express
Create an animated tunnel effect using polar coordinates!
Day 6 - Hello, Demoscene!
Create an animated sine-scroller effect!
Day 7 - Mix and Match
Show us what you got by combining effects!
Day 8 - Round and Round
Create an animated tentacle effect by rotating circles!
Day 9 - Shade the Bob
Create a classic shadebob effect!
Day 10 - The Big Squeeze
Create a multipart effect and learn about packing!
Day 11 - The Third Dimension
Create a spinning 3D voxel cube!
Day 12 - Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree!
Create a spinning 3D christmas tree!
Explore the classic demoscene fire effect!
Actually, lets code some metaballs instead!
Create a proximitor/connected dots effect!
Create a full screen rotation effect!
Combine rotation with a perspective effect!
Create the classic rasterbars effect!
Get creative with a snowflake!
To code a demo from scratch, you must first invent the universe…
Day 9 - 3D Dot Landscape
Create a 3D plasma landscape!
Create your own custom grass!
Create a spinning 3D voxel Torus!
Day 12 - Candy Cane
Create a spinning 3D Candy Cane!
Join us for 12 days of tiny challenges to gradually introduce you to size coding and effects! A new video will be released each day to introduce a new concept and outline the challenge.
A little bit of programming knowledge will help but you don’t need a lot. The challenges will introduce demoscene concepts without jargon so it is friendly for newcomers to the scene! Tell your friends!
Keep In Touch!
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