Picotron Roadmap
Picotron Playground
// Open-access web build for testing // try it [here]
Architecture // File system, system events, memory mapping, wm
GFX Pipeline // Colour tables, draw state
API // Based on Lua 5.4, compatible w/ PICO-8 where possible
CPU // Find costs that roughly match slowest hosts
Picotron 0.1 (2023)
Binary Builds // Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspi 64-bit
Editors // Code, Pixels, Tiles, Tracker
Audio // Node-based synth
Desktop // Minimal desktop for running window-based programs
File Formats // Plain-text .p64, Compressed .p64.png
HTTP GET/POST // From local apps and exports only; not BBS carts
BBS Integration // Submit carts to a sub-forum, browse carts from splore app
HTML Exporter // .wasm runtime + bundled cartridge, licensed similar to P8
Picotron 0.2 (2024)
Binary Exporters // Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspi 64-bit
Websockets // All platforms
UDP / TCP sockets // Not supported under web
Picotron 0.3 (2025)
API & Runtime Freeze
Picotron 1.0 (?)
Extra Bundled Software
Runtime C src + licensing
Notes
- From 0.1, Picotron will cost $20 (or $12 for Voxatron or PICO-8 owners)
- Carts will be mostly backwards compatible starting from 0.1, but not guaranteed until 0.3
- Runtime licensing is TBD but will be similar to zlib in terms of permissiveness