this post is specifically referring to flashing between two colors at 60FPS.

1. the best way to get an exact grey is 3+14, rather than what i thought: 0+7

2. color 8 is the most red color even if you have color mixing, its just 8+8

3. the colors in pico-8's secret pallete are all recreatable in color mixing with acuracies all over 90%. however, colors 138, and 142, both cannot be recreated without causing an eyesore.

4. there are 14 shades of eyesoreless gray. (19 total)

5. the color you get from mixing green and blue in most digital software is recreated with colors 11 and 12, being, green and blue. this does not go for red+green or red+blue.

whenudontneedme

by DieterHorvat

Cart #whenudontneedme-0 | 2025-06-22 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

When You Don't Need Me Anymore

I made this short game to release alongside my new Single, "When you dont need me anymore" (Which goes live on Spotify in a few hours. I'll add the link here when it debuts)
get in. get your stuff. get out.

This is based on a true story.

(Press X to start over)

Hi.
Do you have any examples of crazy secret/bonus levels (or rom hacks) that don't follow the theme/aesthetic of the rest of the game?
I want to incorporate something like that into my own game (and nobody can stop me)

esperexile00

by lulublululu

Cart #esperexile00-0 | 2025-06-21 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | No License

this is the playtest version of the shmup I'm currently working on.

O - primary fire
X - reflect bullets (hold and release)

my goal is to release it at the end of the month.
it'll have 5 stages in total!

breath_of_water

by NonPienary

Cart #breath_of_water-2 | 2025-06-15 | Embed ▽ | No License

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Aim with the arrow keys, cast your line with X. Keep the line tension in the middle box. Use your arrow keys to pull against resisting fish (pull in the opposite direction of their movement).

If you can get enough points, you may be able to find the dragon!

This is a fangame inspired by Breath of Fire IV's fishing minigame. It is also my submission for Palette Lock Jam in June of 2025. Happy Pride!

Music by ShoiShoi10Two.

Hello Pico Maniacs

I'm starting a new YT channel soon, I used to have 2. On my channel I play games, no commentary. Are there any creators here who would like me to play their games and give me permission? Write please here or prov

eatme

by real

Cart #eatme-0 | 2025-06-10 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

About

Eat Me is a minimalist arcade survival game created in under 72 hours for Mini Jam 186 (Theme: Evolution · Limitation: Failure is Progress).

You play as a tiny organism trying to survive in a hostile ecosystem, not by avoiding danger, but by embracing it. To grow, you must be eaten. Each predator that consumes you pushes your evolution forward.

Controls

x / c : start game
cursor keys : move

Hello World :D

Spinning molecules

by ThePortalGuy

Cart #simehegawi-0 | 2025-06-05 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

Made for YSA (Youth Stemm awards)

Molecules featured:

Aspirin:
Heart medication used to prevent CHD and used in patients who have already had heart attacks because of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin

Paracetamol: Very common painkiller, usually comes in 500mg sugar tablets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol

Adrenalin:
Flight or flight hormone, does many many things. Is also used to restart your heart during defibrillation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenaline

Thank you to everyone who gave some feedback! I have reworked some of the levels and added a 5th world to explore! Ignoring potential bugs, this is the first full release of GLOF! I hope you have as much fun as I did making it. This has been one of the largest creative projects of my life and I'm excited to create more pico-8 games in the future <3

Play GLOF here!

glof_1_0

by fuzzl3

Cart #glof_1_0-2 | 2025-06-08 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

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If you get to the end of GLOF, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'd also love to see who ends up getting the best time/lowest stroke count!

-fuzzle

After some feedback, I have redesigned slopes and one certain feature (that was not well received) and added 15 new levels! Now including world 4, and a bonus world with 5 challenging levels! Glof is still unfinished, however I am ready to move onto a new project, but if you have any suggestions still drop them here!

glof 0.1

by fuzzl3

Cart #glof_0_1-1 | 2025-06-01 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

1

pico_go

by cbgr

Cart #pico_go-0 | 2025-05-30 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

Hi there!

I've made an (almost) fully-featured Go board game for the Pico-8 inspired by this tweetcart by Munro. Feel free to submit any bug reports if you encounter any weird behaviors.

Features:

• Auto capture
• Suicide restriction on placing pieces in eyes
• Piece capture counter
• Illegal placement feedback (cursor flashes red and won't allow you to make an illegal move)
• Awesome design - entirely thanks to Munro

I'm still a bit new to the game of Go, so I may have missed a few rules I'm not aware of, feel free to let me know if there's something I should add.

Planned features:

• Auto-scoring
• Pre-defined rulesets

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