Using the API

The API can be used for transpiling JavaScript into the subset of Lua that PICO-8 uses.

Installation

npm install jspicl --save

import {jspicl} from "jspicl";

const javascriptCode = `
  // Your code here
`;

const {code, polyfills} = jspicl(javascriptCode);
console.log(code);


Array offsets	Lua uses 1-based indexing for arrays which differ from JavaScript's zero-based. Keep this in mind when looping inside for-statements, you will need to explicitly use 1-based indexing.
ES2015+	Not all ES2015+ features are supported. Run your code through a transpiler first such as babel or esbuild.
prototype chains	Not supported
Array methods	Not all prototype methods have been polyfilled yet.
Math.max	Only supports two arguments.
AST	Not all declarations, expressions and statements have been implemented. More will be added as needed.