Trying to follow this video in pico-8 but using player or io.read doesn't highlight or do anything. What am I doing wrong?
P#38862 2017-03-29 18:27 ( Edited 2017-03-29 22:35)
I'm sorry to tell you this, but PICO-8's Lua is nothing like real Lua. While the syntax is similar, I wouldn't call it Lua, as it is missing many of your standard API endpoints.
For detailed information on how PICO-8's "Lua" compares to Lua 5.2 (Which it was based on!), you can check out this gist I compiled: https://gist.github.com/josefnpat/bfe4aaa5bbb44f572cd0
To answer your question specifically, io.*
is not available in pico8.
P#38863 2017-03-29 18:35 ( Edited 2017-03-29 22:35)
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