Update 1.1

Fixed enemies spawning unfairly close to player.
Let me know if the spawn distance works!
added some comments. To make my spaghetti easier to read.

How to play

Use the directional buttons to maneuver the cube to the yellow pellets.
Each pellet collected gives you a point, and adds a new enemy to the screen.
If you run into an enemy, you lose.
Try to get as many points as you can!

About the game

This is my first finished PICO-8 game!

This game has many different game speeds / modes to choose from to fit your playstyle.

For those who have downloaded the cart, and are running it on their own copy PICO-8

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arcade skill-based firstgame

Just a little silly demo I hacked together to demonstrate an effect like the eyes from the robots of a certain popular tv show. It only uses a single sprite, and the animation is performed with the unused color indices of the robot sprite. Please excuse the programmer art! This effect can be adapted to many other things. Feel free to use the code or art or whatever in your own thing.

palette animation tutorial

my first game

A doohickey, a thingamajig even.

color

The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys independently and at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, including the complete works of William Shakespeare.

paint

ball

Second project! A pong clone using some of the physics in B_breaker. Let's see if you can beat the computer easily. I'll appreciate any feedback. Enjoy!

pong cartridge learning clone

Flickering ember effects for my game's opening crawl with some randomized sizes and movements

gfx

Pico Surfer!!

-0#]

controls

Up and down to move surfer
Hold A to enter barrel stance (allows you to go through barrels)
Hit the top of the wave to do an air

By. Griffin Flowers

surf surfing

Cut grass and mutated plant life to gain score and save the last members of humanity from the toxic fumes the plants produce! Spend your score to upgrade your lawnmower or save up to get the highest score!

arcade endless scifi lawnmower

Hello! My name is matthilde and i'm new here :D
Sharing my first cartridge, it's a tiny voxel demo thing with shows a cool animated uuuuh thing

Enjoy :)

demo

kaizo training

if you look to practice kaizo cc
go here
i guess

Landing Game

What is this game about?

In this little game you controll a little ball-rocket that is trying to land safely on the surface. Your goal is to reach the H on the ground without beeing too fast or running out of fuel!

You got here 3 level to play through with the option to replay the game in an instant. Your starting point is randomly generated.

Controlls

Z/C to confirm (O)
Y/V to cancel/go to title (X)
Left/Right Arrow Key to move Left or Right.
Up Arrow Key to slow down the fall/fly higher

Future Plans

• Adding more Level
• different challenges

Why did I create this game?

I wanted to create a little but simple project with pico-8 to get to know the engine.

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arcade

Hello! I'd like to introduce my game, Star Captain 32767. It's a retro-arcade shooter heavily inspired by games like Galaga, as well as rogue-lites emphasizing upgrading with permanent buffs over repeated replays such as 10000000. With nothing but your trusty torpedo launcher, minigun, beam cannon, time-slowing machine and tons of upgrades, blast your way through waves of enemies of increasing difficulty in your quest to get 32767 points to beat The Hive...somehow.

I hope you enjoy it!

retro arcade shooter rogue-lite

Toney the Music Tutor

Toney the Music Tutor can help you learn to read music!

Sequential lessons and interactive quizzes help you learn the notes of the treble and bass clefs, and where to find them on a piano keyboard!

Lesson progress is saved as you go, and you're free to jump around in the lessons as needed based on your interest and skill level.

Changelog

• v0.9.2 (2025-08-04):
  • Added lessons for the bass clef
  • Added lessons for practicing all treble and all bass notes
  • Visual improvements (including new note and menu colors)
• v0.9.1 (2025-08-01):
  • Fixed colors displayed on keyboard to match note colors
  • Added version number to main menu screen

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music educational

Simple little automation based game I made a few months ago!
Controls are simple:
Move cursor with arrow keys, place stations with X and scroll through shop with Z+[Arrow Keys]

Stations:

• Generator : Generates raw ore on tile below
• Smelter : Smelts any raw ore that passes by it on any side into ingot (worth more $$$)
• Conveyor belt : Moves any material on it. Placement is directional (arrow on cursor)
• Seller : Sells any item that passes by it on any side
• Wood generator : Generates wood material on tile below
• Crafter : Accepts wood and metal material and crafts them into furniture. Has 3 inventory slots which can hold items
• Destroy station

pico8 automation creation

Snake Run

A fast-paced survival shmup where light is your ally, bananas are your lifeline, and snakes are always watching.

Controls

Arrow Keys: Move character
🅾️ (Z): Fire bullets
❎ (X): Drop bombs

Rules

• Head into the grass to collect bananas and increase your ammo. The riper they are, the more ammo you get. Watch out for the rotten ones though!
• The more ammo you have, the clearer the map becomes... but you might not be able to hang onto it for long when the snakes emerge.

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action shmup survival snakes shooting running

This is my newest game, Jeri II: Tower's End! It's a sequel to Jeri Tower, which I made last year. I suggest playing that one first to get the hang of things. Here's its post!

This game requires a keyboard and mouse for shooting antics. Here's the...

CONTROLS

GENERAL:

• Left click - shoot, hold to charge a blast
• Shift,W - swap between RED and BLUE MODE

RED MODE:

• E,S,D,F - move up,down,left,right
• Right mouse - stab sword forward

BLUE MODE:

• S,F - move left,right
• E,Right mouse - jump,double jump

TIPS FOR JERI MASTERY

This game is very hard because I'm sick in the head. So here's some details that might not come naturally to peoples.

• Moving diagonally in RED MODE makes you move faster.
• Holding the jump button in BLUE MODE makes you fall slightly slower.
• Also allows you to bounce high off enemies. It will bounce you back to the highest point you were at.
• You regain your double jump after bouncing off enemies.
• The kickback from a charged shot will lock your movement. You can use a double jump to cancel the kickback and regain control.
• The text at the top is sometimes useful.
• Be patient, and use your sword to dispatch the most annoying enemies.
• [hidden]Press Q,W,E,up on the title screen to access practice mode, allowing you to freely seek through levels.

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jeri hard shooting keyboard mouse critters

Hey everyone! My name is Mark and I'm co-owner of a bar in Brooklyn called Wonderville. We have a custom 2P Pico-8 cabinet in our space and every three months we select a new game to install for a rotating residency. Applications are now open for our Fall 2025 residency, beginning on September 1st and ending December 1st.

If you'd like to submit a game, you can apply at the following link:

https://tinyurl.com/Pico8CabinetSubmission

We've been hosting this residency for 4 years and you can view some of the past games we've shown here:

https://wondervilleprojects.org/programs/residencies

The deadline to submit for this fall is August 24th at midnight - but don't worry because the form accepts rolling submissions so you can submit after that point for the Winter residency.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted! I wish we could pick more than one game! If you visit NYC please drop by and visit us!

arcade residency

Intro

My first ever pico-8 cartridge based on the theme loop for GMTK Game Jam 2025. Since it was done in 3 days for a jam, code is a mess don't even look at it. Almost no OOP or whatsoever, some heavy loaded ctrl+c/ctrl+v actions. Have fun, feedbacks are always welcome.

The Game

Dodge the projectiles while collecting hearts and using various powers to complete the game in the shortest time possible!

Left-Right: Move
Up:

Down:
X:
Z (O symbol in the game): [hidden]Quickly teleport to the direction you are looking at

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