Pico-8 Workshop
Date: February 28, 2025 (Friday)Â
Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm
Venue: Makerspace A, Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One, HKU
Making games can be a low-barrier activity too! You can start coding, designing, drawing, and composing on any old laptop for FREE in a web browser with PICO-8! Come join this beginner-friendly workshop to learn how to start developing games! Just to bring a laptop and a curious mind!
Fireside Fridays are monthly game developer gatherings right here at HKU! Bring your projects to share your passion with the community!
Date: February 28, 2025 (Friday)
Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm
Venue: Makerspace A, Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One, HKU
Eligibility: Priority to Innovation Wing members. All HKU staff and students are welcome to join.
Johnson S. is a games community manager and co-organizer for Game Dev Happy Hour (a local game development community) and Global Game Jam Hong Kong 2025. He’s also a hobbyist game developer, making small games with unique engines like PICO-8, Ink, and Ren’Py.
Sky Chan is a puzzle game designer-programmer with more than 6 years of experience. His most recent title, “The Night Falls for the Day”, was featured at the Indie Zone during LEVEL UP Play 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Find his games and more at https://skyychann.itch.io/
| Topic | Details |
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Introduction |
A brief demonstration of the fully assembled controller Introduction to SIG - Matchbox |
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Explanation |
Explanation of keyboard functionality Explanation of the Matchbox operation |
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Assembly |
Putting together the bottom case and printed circuit boards (PCBs)
Building the breadboard and switches Connecting and organizing the controller's wiring Assembling the top case |
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Playtesting |
Playtesting of the assembled controllers |
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Workshop Recap |
A summary of the workshop
Comments, feedbacks and learning experience sharing by participants regarding the of the workshop |
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Q&A Session |
Question and answer session |
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Wrap-up |
Clean-up and housekeeping |
Matchbox
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