Adam Atomic [Lexaloffle Blog Feed]

Sepsis 1K

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:54:52 UTC

My entry for the 1k jam! Zap stuff, get points, you know the drill. Thanks to my love Bekah for coming up with a great title. Inspired by https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=195760#p

1023 compressed bytes without the cartridge tags!

Graveyard Shift

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:53:49 UTC

Graveyard Shift

by Adam Atomic

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In GRAVEYARD SHIFT, you have to tidy up the cemetery while your cousin's away.

Punch Dungeon

Sat, 30 May 2026 19:33:29 UTC

Punch Dungeon

by Adam Atomic

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In PUNCH DUNGEON, you have to manage your anger as you punch your way to the top of the dungeon.

Runs are pretty short but it has auto save just in case!

UPDATE: Added support for P2 inputs (ESDF is more comfy on some keyboards than the arrow keys <3 )

_Update() Jam Vol. 1

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:15:43 UTC

_Update() Jam Vol. 1

by Adam Atomic

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Welcome to _Update() Jam! Three new games in three different genres by three different authors, all created from the exact same tiny sprite sheet.

In A Jackpot of Skulls by Brainfruit, your eternal fate rests in the capable hands of a cosmic slot machine. But if you spin the wheels right, it might let you make a few modifications... more info here -> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=jackpot

In Bird Watcher by Rémy Devaux, a curious cat gets the jump on exactly 84 birds. A puzzle-vania adventure that rewards experimentation and observation. More info here -> https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=154589

In Frogwell by Adam Atomic, a frog falls down a very deep hole.

Play using a gamepad or the X, C, and arrow keys.

If you want to make your own _update() game, the base PICO-8 cart (which includes the instructions, code, and sprites!) is available here.

_Update() Jam

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:49:10 UTC

_Update() Jam

by Adam Atomic

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_Update() Jam is a little launchpad cart that you can use to come up with new game ideas... the cart displays the "rules" for the jam, and also contains all the source code and sprites for you to start making your own jam entry.

If you're an advanced designer or pico-head it can be fun to follow some of the strict rendering rules, but sometimes its enough to have a bunch of funny little sprites to look at to guide your thought process.

Along with some friends we all created original games over the holiday break based on this jam, we'll be uploading those separately, as well as the launcher (also made with this cart's restrictions!) so that everything works in Splore mode.

NOTE: Had multiple questions about if using the full map space counts as messing with the sprite table, and in MY opinion, it does not, as long as you're doing it through either data compressors or the map tab <3

_Update() Jam games!

Stairway to Kevin - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=154769
A Jackpot of Skulls - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=jackpot
Bird Watcher - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=154589
Frogwell - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=182701#p

KOLYDR

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:30:33 UTC

KOLYDR

by Adam Atomic

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Clear out reds by crashing into blues until a green appears.

Pure arcade, not much puzzle here. Had a great time using the sprite sheet for decadent things since most of the game tiles fit into the first 16 sprite slots. Audio was tricky but I mostly got away with it (I think)

UPDATE: fixed a bug where trail and armed bombs could carry over to a restart

UPDATE: fixed screen-fill softlock and added option to control ship with player 2 inputs (nicer on keyboards with bad arrow keys)

Space Corgi 2: Snowhound Protocol

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 03:44:30 UTC

Space Corgi 2: Snowhound Protocol

by Adam Atomic

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Created for CorgiJam! Finally, a sequel to the original Space Corgi. There are 30 puzzles to solve using the unique powers of my real actual dogs. Based on real life events.

UPDATE: Slightly changed Level 16 to fix a Corgi position lock issue. I believe all levels are undo/restart-safe now!

UPDATE: 2 player mode ??

UPDATE: Slightly changed levels 24, 28 and 29 to fix 3 additional locks (UPDATE UPDATE - and 26 lol)

Super Dust Settlers

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:45:31 UTC

Super Dust Settlers

by Adam Atomic

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legally this is a sequel to Dust Settlers, a game i made around a year ago, but the gameplay is pretty different! weirdly this was inspired by the same thread of ideas that led to Lil Kobold's Big Stew, but yea just went to a very different place. In SUPER Dust Settlers, you terraform a planet .... by collecting resource cards. It's almost a city builder, but there's a very very light ecological sim that pushes things around some...

UPDATE: redesigned some of the training missions and rewrote some of the mission prompts. No changes to the main game mode or ecology mechanics. Hopefully made some of the core concepts easier to pick up without spoiling the fun of figuring out how the ecology works!

Lil Kobold's Big Stew

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:51:27 UTC

Lil Kobold's Big Stew

by Adam Atomic

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In Lil Kobold's Big Stew, you play as a little kobold who needs to collect special ingredients for his big stew.

This is my 15th proper game since last October and I'm really happy with how this one turned out.

Happy Halloween!

Wizard's Folly

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:32:35 UTC

Wizard's Folly

by Adam Atomic

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Got so inspired by the upcoming Falling Block Jam that I made one early oops !!

You play as a wizard who has bad aim and bad magic... your goal is to rebuild all the castles... includes a couple of cheeky references to a previous cart....

UPDATE - you can invert the spin direction and disable flashing from the pause menu

Dino Sort v1.1

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 02:41:40 UTC

Dino Sort v1.1

by Adam Atomic

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There are, uh, dinosaurs, and, well, you have to, you know, sort them out.

This one took me a while! I've never managed to make a whole game about dinosaurs before, which for a die-hard life-long dinosaur nut and chronic game maker is kind of absurd. But here we are and I'm really happy with this one. There's a set of authored puzzles, an infinite-mode that generates random puzzles, and a daily challenge so folks can hopefully have fun doing the same random puzzle each day. I had a really good time making the art for this one.

Dust Bunny

Mon, 05 May 2025 21:56:53 UTC

Dust Bunny

by Adam Atomic

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You're a small bunny with a big job - sweeping up the dust!

Controls are arrow keys to move, either button to reload the level.

Dust Bunny (PREVIEW)

Fri, 02 May 2025 00:55:32 UTC

Dust Bunny (PREVIEW)

by Adam Atomic

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This is a preview build of my upcoming puzzle game "Dust Bunny". It is intended to be used as a reference for other PICO8 folk in case they want to make games like this. The code base is very simple, and it only has 6 or 8 sprites total, but it still has a full 30 levels with fun twists and things.

Dust Bunny runs off my normal puzzle game conventions which are broken down and focused more in my other project "Soko Sample" https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=sokosample

LOADLEVEL() is something i started doing on MOLE MOLE after some of the PRINCE OF PRUSSIA setup was bugging me. Since i started out making overworld games like RAT DREAMS and SEBASTIANS QUEST, when i started making more single-screen puzzles, my thought was well, its still basically an overworld, we just move the camera around, etc. Voila. But I use tilemaps pretty destructively, which isn't great for reload heavy games like PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. I thought I was very clever by having POP literally reboot itself from scratch every time you die, and then auto-press the continue button basically. BUT IT TURNS OUT, you can just dump the title screen and copy each level into the first screen of the tilemap whenever you change levels. This makes level loading and moving to the next level all use the same block of code, and in order to find the player spawn tile and things like that, I was already having to mget() most of each level when they started anyways.

So anyways LOADLEVEL() basically copies-and-processes other screens into the first screen, which makes all the actual gameplay code very simple, and gives you lots of openings to modify the level data as it loads in. AND you can use the same block of code for lots of different game situations, like Continue From Title, Dying, Restarting, Move to Next Level, etc.

ANYWAYS

if you look at the code for MOLE MOLE you'll see a similar load level loop https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=148484 and pretty similar movement systems etc. ok thats it!!

I'll be posting the full version of Dust Bunny in a week or two!

Mole Mole

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:41:13 UTC

Mole Mole

by Adam Atomic

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Both buttons do the same thing, which is place bombs if you've collected any. 25ish levels of hopefully fresh-ish puzzle goodness <3

Prince of Prussia

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:56:18 UTC

Prince of Prussia

by Adam Atomic

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prince of persia and castle wolfenstein - two great tastes that go great together imo!!

Bandit Accountancy

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 21:14:11 UTC

Bandit Accountancy

by Adam Atomic

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very silly game. d-pad only. try to stay in the floooowww

Cave of Cards

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:48:11 UTC

Cave of Cards

by Adam Atomic

[Click to Play]

In Cave of Cards, you clear dungeons by making poker hands.

The X button opens the shop dimension, and the O button lets you crouch (preventing you from banging into things).

Find and unlock the exit door by clearing the dungeon.

High score is based on how many hearts you have left at the end.

Weasel

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:50:13 UTC

Weasel

by Adam Atomic

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Silly snake game for our corporate mascot and valentine's day... press X or C to "boost", allowing you to eat the otherwise lethal chocolates.

Skeleton Gelatin

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:54:05 UTC

Skeleton Gelatin

by Adam Atomic

[Click to Play]

possibly world's first blobtroidvania... no upgrades, no hp, no dying, no checkpoints, no jumping, no problem

i do not recommend trying an all-skulls run until you've finished a normal run at least once!

Soko Sample (Minified)

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:16:45 UTC

sokomin

by Adam Atomic

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Just my Soko Sample project, but minified to fit in a single bsky post.