Welcome to Tiny Code Christmas!

TCC is 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!

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!

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!

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!

Join the LoveByte Discord. Find us at #lovebyte on IRCnet! Follow LoveByte on Twitter and Mastodon!