Welcome to Tiny Code Christmas!
TCC started on the 11th of December 2023, 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 11th to the 22nd 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 last year in our Tiny Code Christmas New Years Eve Showcase Here!
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!
Day 12 is our final day, thank you so much for taking part! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Lovebyte’s Tiny Code Christmas!
The EXTRA Challenges:
Day 1 - Playing with Fire!
Explore the classic demoscene fire effect!
Day 2 - Enter the Metaverse
Actually, lets code some metaballs instead!
Day 3 - Connect the Dots
Create a proximitor/connected dots effect!
Day 4 - Roto
Create a full screen rotation effect!
Day 5 - Flyover
Combine rotation with a perspective effect!
Day 6 - Raster bars
Combine rotation with a perspective effect!
Day 7 - Snowflake
Get creative with a snowflake!
Day 8 - Bubble Universe
To code a demo from scratch, you must first invent the universe…
Day 9 - 3D Dot Landscape
Create a 3D plasma landscape!
Day 10 - Let it Grow!
Create your own custom grass!
Day 11 - Do or Donut
Create a spinning 3D voxel Torus!
Day 12 - Candy Cane
Create a spinning 3D Candy Cane!
Day 12 is our final day, thank you so much for taking part! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Lovebyte’s Tiny Code Christmas!
About Tiny Code Christmas
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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