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rollup-plugin-jspicl

This plugin uses jspicl to convert your JavaScript into a PICO-8 cartridge with lua code.

Installation

npm install rollup-plugin-jspicl --save-dev

Related projects

jspicl - A Javascript to PICO-8 Lua transpiler

games - Games created with jspicl

Usage

import jspicl from "rollup-plugin-jspicl";

export default {
  input: "src/game.js",
  output: {
    file: "build/game.p8",
    format: "es"
  },
  plugins: [
    buble(),
    jspicl({
      // options
    })
  ]
})

Options

Property	Type	Default	Description
cartridgePath	string		Path to an existing cartridge to load map, music and sfx from. Ideally this should point to the generated cartridge so you can edit the assets directly. This setting however gives you the option to use a separate cartridge as the source for your assets. MANDATORY
includeBanner	bool	true	Adds a comment at the very top of the generated bundle with jspicl info.
jsOutput	string		Output generated javascript code to a file. Useful for debugging when used in combination with astexplorer.
luaOutput	string		Output generated lua code to a file.
polyfillTransform	polyfills => string	undefined	Callback method for modifying the polyfills that are needed. An object hashmap will be passed in where the keys represent the function names and values the lua code. You may replace the existing polyfills with your own versions or even add additional ones.
showStats	bool	true	Display useful stats about the generated cartridge
spritesheetImagePath	string		Path to a png image to be used as the spritesheet. Colors will be downsampled and mapped against PICO-8's fixed palette using a distance based approach. Using colors close to PICO-8's palette will yield best results. MANDATORY
pico	object		PICO-8 specific options. Default options will be used if not supplied. See table below for details.
jspicl	object		Options to pass into jspicl. Default options will be used if not supplied. See repo for detailed info.

PICO-8 Options

Property	Type	Default	Description
autoRun	bool	true	Start up PICO-8 when starting the build with npm start
customPicoPath	string		Path to PICO-8. If not specified the default path will be used.
pipeOutputToConsole	bool	false	When true, will output console.log calls to terminal that launched PICO-8.
reloadOnSave	bool	true	Automatically reload the cart when source files have been modified.

Versioning

This project uses semantic versioning