DEFAULT CONTROLS

Arrow keys → Movement
z x / c v → O X

My first Game

I have various ideas to make games, but never got around to actually doing anything. Discovering Pico-8 was awesome because its restrictions didn't overwhelm me, and actually helped me to create this project. This simple game will be the foundation that helps me bring all my ideas to life.

In the near future, I would like to make a "Don't touch the spikes" port using Flappico Bird as a base, and after that, I'm confident I will be able to craft my own ideas.

SCREENSHOTS and GIFS

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firstgame

A tiny helicopter like, guide a little bird to the end where something awaits.

CONTROLS: Hold the down arrow to flap, let go to fall, x to restart.

Enjoyed relearning pico8 and excited to make more!
Thank you to thunderjams and cyps for the fun times while making this!

helicopter arcade action bubble bird

It's the usual snake game. Be careful, avoid hitting the walls and eating yourself.

snake

Sokoban with a twist! The box pusher is always in a bubble. Which boxes it can see and push depends on the bubble it is in.

The game still needs polishing, but the basic idea seems sound. Only small puzzles so far, but they are already challenging. Can you solve all eight puzzles?

ggj2025 puzzle sokoban

Sprudel Land

Sprudel Land is a game where you play as a bartender, serving beers to customers. Be quick to survive to the next day and unlock new beers!

Controls

When a new customer arrives, press X at the right time to select the beer they ordered. Next, pour the beer by smashing X as quickly as possible to speed up the process. At the same time, press the up arrow to keep the indicator in the green zone and pour the beer more quickly.

Credits

Thanks to the Global Game Jam and Game Dev Saar for hosting the event

Special thanks to the developers:

• Stardddude
• Elisée
• Loïs

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ggj2025 bubbles beer bar

Welcome to the Cozy Winter game!

Controls
to move press the Left, Right, Up and Down keys.
In Cookie Printer, move and press X to shoot!
In Pong, the first player plays with Up and Down, the second player plays with N and M.
In Snow Ball, just use the direction keys.

Credits:
Made by Jachym and Ghazal,
For Cozy Winter Jam 2025

How to Play

Use the mouse to connect 3 or more adjacent gems of the same color (horizontal and vertical connections only). There are 2 modes, Normal and Timed. In normal mode, the goal is to clear 100 gems to finish the game. In timed mode, the goal is to clear as many gems as possible within 60 seconds.

Scoring

In normal mode, the ending pop-up shows how much time it took to clear 100 gems. In timed mode, the ending pop-up shows how many gems were cleared within 60 seconds. Please share your score screenshot as a comment! :)

Dev Notes

This is my very first game for PICO-8 and my very first project that is open source. Feedback and suggestions about the game and the source code are greatly appreciated as I am eager to grow and learn. Thank you!

match3

Experience what it is like to fire the cannon of the Gianicolo hill in Rome, which since 1st of December 1847 fires at noon to synchronize clocks.

rome ggj25

What Is It Like to Be a Bubble?

A meta-interrogation of the physiological patterns, intra-structural semantics, and conscious fabrics of nothingness pockets.

With BULLET HELL ACTION🔥🔥🔥

A game by Team Peaceful Bubble for Global Game Jam 2025. Made at the Let's Games! Tokyo site in Tokyo, Japan.

Credits

@acedio - Programming
@douglasdriving - Programming, Writing
@kitasuna - Programming, Level Design
@mabbees - Programming, Music
Shane - Art

ggj2025

Guide your cactus to the skies, being careful to maintain enough water and enough air to stop the bubble bursting.
Uses left and right arrow keys to move (keyboard) or d-pad(controller)
Tap x (keyboard) or a/x (xbox or ps controller) to spend resources to move upwards
Use x (keyboard) or a/x (xbox or ps controller) to start/replay

How high will you get?

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Made for Global Game Jam 2025 "Bubble"

global game jam ggj25

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um joguinho simples de cara ou coroa que eu fiz! o código é bem curto, então se você for brasileiro e estiver começando, espero que isso ajude de alguma forma!

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a simple little game of heads or tails i made! the code is very short, so if you're brazilian and just starting out, i hope this somehow helps!

disclaimer: i don't know the rules of language in the forums, but please let me know if I infringed any of them and i'll gladly update my post!

coinflip jogarmoeda caraoucoroa ptbr

observed: a function definition in which there's a line break between the function keyword and the name will not be visited when using alt+up and alt+down
expected: it will jump to the line with function on it

i use this convention to maximize the space i have for writing parameter lists so that i don't have to scroll horizontally, and to me this is the most aesthetically pleasing place to insert a line break

TJ: OH MY GOD GAL THE GGJ WAS TODAY!

GAL: What?

TJ: THE GLOBAL GAME JAM! I overslept! God! I need the prize money we gotta GO GO GO.

GAL: Prize money? what the hell are you going on about?

TJ: THE PRIZE MONEY! To cover my severe gambling debt!

GAL: Gambling debt?

TJ: OK, here's the deal, let's just give the prompt theme to ChatGPT and see what comes-

GAL: It's already done.

TJ: What? ChatGPT did it that fast?

GAL: No. We've been working on this thing for 2 days. You just slipped and fell on the way to make coffee and I think you have a concussion.

TJ: That would explain why everything is purple...

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Hi everyone! We made this! It's a game where YOU get to be the AI.

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no-ai

This is a game I made over Christmas Break!
Collect Coins, get keys, open doors, and complete the maze!

So... i may have made a Rom hack of "Jelpi Extended" by NOTCL4Y... which is a hack of the original Jelpi demo...

Here it is i guess

that's all, bye, have fun.

ok fine, description.

-STORY-
Some Flying Centipede things is attacking Jokyo City, but that city is for you to destroy, not them, so kill em'!

-CONTROLS-
...you can guess...there's like 2 buttons and a d-pad, so figure it out yourself.

-ITEMS-

	[8x8]

-COP CARS-

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Sharing results of learning Pico8!

learning bone music colors

Introduction

Mary Raleigh (Dr. Roly Poly), a whimsical professor of robotics engineering, has developed a game to teach her students concepts in automation. The aim of the game is to guide a marble through a maze using only a small set of context-based rules. You can try to solve the various challenges she’s devised or make your own!

Control Terminology

Term................controller / keyboard / mouse

Navigation..........d-pad / arrow keys / mouse
Primary button......O button / Z or C key / left mouse button
Secondary button....X button / X or V key / right mouse button
Menu button.........options button / enter key / middle mouse button

Quick Guide

The main game is a series of challenges available from the main menu. Open challenges will appear with a name and illuminated preview. Simply press the primary button to play it. Completing unfinished levels will unlock new ones.

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wip puzzle automata

Rules

You have 10 roll attempts to match the current target. If you succeed you win Points!
Try to gain as many points as you can!

If you exceed 10 rolls you will lose points and the target will be reset

Controls

Left and Right to move the cursor

Button O to roll all dice
Button X to roll selected dice

Up button to reset Target. Deducts 5 points.