https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?uid=132655 <p> <table><tr><td> <a href="/bbs/?pid=175633#p"> <img src="/bbs/thumbs/pico8_picotan-0.png" style="height:256px"></a> </td><td width=10></td><td valign=top> <a href="/bbs/?pid=175633#p"> picotan</a><br><br> by <a href="/bbs/?uid=132655"> dumenglume</a> <br><br><br> <a href="/bbs/?pid=175633#p"> [Click to Play]</a> </td></tr></table> </p> <h2>About</h2> <p>Picotan is a simple but addictive brick-breaker game inspired by the original BBTAN (2015), and similar titles Ballz (2017), Holedown (2018), Piffle (2018).</p> <img loading="lazy" style="margin-bottom:16px" border=0 src="/media/132655/picotan_v16_5.gif" alt="" /> <h2>Instructions</h2> <ul> <li>Launch balls at bricks and destroy as many as possible in a single turn</li> <li>Each time a ball hits a brick, that brick's health reduces by one</li> <li>Once a brick reaches zero health, it is destroyed</li> <li>New bricks will spawn with more health after each round</li> <li>If a brick reaches the bottom of the screen, the game is over</li> <li>Try and reach the highest score possible!</li> </ul> <h2>Controls</h2> <p>This game supports keyboard, gamepad, mouse, and touch input, all of which can be switched between on the fly.</p> <ul> <li>Z / Left mouse (hold): Aim shot</li> <li>Z / Left mouse (release while aiming): Launch balls</li> <li>X / Right mouse (release while aiming): Cancel aim mode</li> <li>X / Right mouse (release while launching): Recall all balls / skips current turn</li> <li>You can also press the Recall button that appears while launching</li> </ul> <img loading="lazy" style="margin-bottom:16px" border=0 src="/media/132655/picotan_v16_4.gif" alt="" /> <h2>Brick Colors</h2> <p>Normal bricks change color based on their health relative to the number of balls:</p> <ul> <li>Red: Brick health is more than twice the current ball count</li> <li>Yellow: Brick health is higher than current ball count</li> <li>Blue: Brick health is equal or less than current ball count</li> <li>Gray: Triggers a powerup when destroyed (see below)</li> </ul> <h2>Powerups</h2> <p>Gray bricks that spawn will trigger different effects when destroyed.</p> <ul> <li>Ball: Increases maximum ball count by one</li> <li>Bomb: Destroys surrounding bricks in a 3 x 3 radius</li> <li>Row: Destroys all bricks on then same row</li> <li>Col: Destroys all bricks on the same column</li> <li>Aim: Temporarily increases aim range (3 turns)</li> </ul> <img loading="lazy" style="margin-bottom:16px" border=0 src="/media/132655/picotan_v16_2.gif" alt="" /> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=152106 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=152106 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 05:37:01 UTC