SET! For PICO-8

SET! v1.0.2

by Vexxter

Cart #set-2 | 2025-09-20 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

SET! is a card game where you try to find a SET in the 12 given cards as fast as you can.

(if there aren't any SETs on the table, new cards will be added until there is at least one)

I made this game in around 2 weeks for my computer science exam in highschool a few years ago, so it's not that polished, but I figured it's better to publish it than to leave it for no one to ever see. This game is by far my favourite card game, although no one wants to play it against me anymore since I'm way too fast :P

NOTE: There is no support for playing with keyboard controls, you are going to have to use a mouse or a touchscreen, but I will add this in the future if there is demand for it.

How to play

In order to play this game you'll first have to know what a SET is.

You'll notice that every card has 4 different properties with 3 possible values:

Amount: One, Two, Three
Color: Red, Green, Blue
Shape: Bean, Diamond, Squiggle
Filling: Full, Striped, Empty

A SET consists of 3 cards, where every individual property has to be either all the same, or all different.

These 3 cards form a SET:

One, Red, Bean, Full
Two, Red, Bean, Striped
Three, Red, Bean, Empty

This is valid because the amounts are all different, the colors are all the same, the shapes are all the same and the fillings are all different

These 3 cards do not form a SET:

Two, Green, Squiggle, Full
Two, Red, Bean, Full
Two, Red, Diamond, Full

This is invalid because while the other properties follow the rules the colors are not all the same and not all different

From here it should be pretty easy to understand when 3 cards are a SET and when they aren't.

Speedrunning

My personal best is a 3:21. I will keep track of the top 5 best times in this leaderboard. I don't check the BBS every single day, so if you want your time on the leaderboard fast then send me a DM on Discord at @vexxter9.