Pico Hunt!!

Note: Vs. mode Leaderboards are implemented!

Picohunt

by Turbochop

Cart #picohunt-23 | 2025-07-11 | Embed ▽ | No License

I wanted to try something much smaller in scope this time around; A game I can finish in a considerably quicker time frame.

Why not Duck Hunt?

Pico Hunt aims to bring the best of the NES and arcade VS. game together into one whole experience!

All music and sound effects are in
Almost all character art for the vanilla console experience. VS. mode art is in, too!
Title screen
Main menu screen, with a small nod to Duck Hunt Medley from Super Smash Bros. (Thanks go to Nathan Silver and their NES rendition of the song for the inspiration!)
Duck hunting game with background art by @HeyNetters , gameplay and rounds of increasing difficulty
Clay shooting screen with placeholder dev art, gameplay and rounds of increasing difficulty
Vs. mode gameplay for one or two players with high scores and a leaderboard

Full, end-to-end remakes of duck hunting and clay shooting modes, as well as the full VS. arcade gameplay experience, kept separate so the NES-style games can be played, too!
All graphics, hand drawn and higher res than the originals!
- Possibly some extras!

(7/10/25)

(7/7/25)

Adjusted duck clumping behavior to select which duck to diverge
Duck hunting background art added. many thanks to @HeyNetters
Beefed up clay shooting gameplay
- Clays now fly into the screen more
- Every so often there is a chance for a two-clay trick shot to fire. this chance increases every time a trick shot doesn't happen
Bonus round has been tweaked for faster and more frantic gameplay
- More ducks can be onscreen than before, and the round ends much faster with less dead air

(7/5/25)

Vs. mode has been added
- play duck hunting, clay shooting and a bonus round in a loop of progressing difficulty.
- Vs. mode doesn't use a quota system like the NES game, instead a missed target subtracts a life. zero lives and it's game over
- every third loop is a frenzy round: three targets, three shots. don't miss.
- scoring system is in place. A life is awarded for the first 45000 points, then every 90000 points after that
Added new buttons and menu behavior
The gamepad can control the duck in NES one duck mode

(6/8/25)

Added some polish to the main menu
Added an option in the pause menu to disable the reticle. This is good for light guns or touch screens!
Sorto now waits for the current game to finish before he begins sorting, if he arrives early.

(6/5/25)

Added a new text renderer
Changed the Duck Hunt Medley to fill it out a bit and give it more of a "Menu" vibe
Added rounds with increasing difficulty for Duck hunting and Clay shooting
- Added fly away mechanic to duck hunting
Added a basic scoring system
Added a commendation when clearing every tenth level
Added duck behavior variety, denoted by color
- Black ducks Bounce off the screen edges
- Blue ducks steer in flight
- Red ducks do all these things as well as change course when you fire
- Red ducks only appear every sixth round until Round 20 where they begin appearing every other round
Removed bonus round button for now, until I can get it working better

(5/12/25)

(5/11/25)

Duck hunting gameplay has been added
- Shoot ducks in groups of two... don't miss
Early round logic in place for both duck hunting and clay shooting.
- Merely the loop is in, no progression yet
Added art for the ducks and the dog... pretty much everything except VS. arcade stuff!

(5/2/25)