Howdy! I'm Taco Dave, a puzzle author and software developer in North Texas.
I recently discovered PICO-8 via a thread in a community I'm in, and decided to try my hand at converting one of my puzzle inventions into a puzzle game for PICO-8.
In this puzzle, there's a grid of mirrors and spaces where you need to place monsters. The number of monsters of each type is provided in the corners of the grid. Numbers outside the grid are observers looking into the grid and counting how many monsters they see. Their lines of sight turn 90 degrees at mirrors. However, the twist is that vampires don't have reflections, and ghosts can only be seen as reflections.
The game is still a work in progress, and I plan to have a much nicer menu system, track completed puzzles, and provide better in-game instructions/tutorials. Nonetheless, the game is still playable and ready to enjoy if you don't mind the slightly crusty experience. :)
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Generic Snake Game 0.1
This is my very first project on pico-8. I made this to learn the basics of this engine.
This game includes:
- The snake
- warping walls
- yummy fruit
- sharp tail
- messy code
Reset the game through the pause menu.
Thank you for visiting this game!
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Meteor Hammer
You play as a warrior skilled in wielding the meteor hammer, journeying through a dungeon to defeat enemies. You wear no armor, but you can use your meteor hammer to parry incoming attacks—when an enemy strikes, you block with the chain of your meteor hammer. Parrying continues automatically until your chain runs out.
I've drawn inspiration from some designs in Castlevania. Both the art and programming were done by me.
This is a project still under development. Currently, there's only a very short level, featuring just one type of enemy and one sub-weapon, with no ending yet.
When you reach this spot:
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Here's a rather relaxed recreation of a siemens phone game. Not the most faithful in terms of sprites or constants, more like "the way i imagine it now" kinda thing.
To make the game "beatable" and worth playing for longer than 20sec i've added a gallery mode where you can purchase 8 very rude EMS-like 1bit drawings of rude things. Here's one (children, stay away from your phone and computer screens!)
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I cant tell which fits the atmosphere of the game better, this one (no stamina bar)
or this one (has stamina bar)
PLEASE COMMENT WHICH ONE FITS THE GAME BETTER
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A little bit early, but here is my new Year's card for 2026.
Comparing with the cards from previous years, it feels that I'm slowly drifting away from sizecoding, and more into small games.
This time you can even interact with the card! Press X to launch more fireworks, press left and right to shake the board.
Feel free to hack this and send to your friends!
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Netherworld Tactics
A tiny tactical RPG prototype inspired by Disgaea.
About
Turn-based tactics on a randomized isometric grid. Move your characters, queue up attacks, then execute your plan all at once. Reach the exit gate or clear the entire floor, it's your call.
If you've played Disgaea or Fire Emblem, you'll feel at home. If not, it's pretty simple: move units, hit enemies, don't die.
Controls
| Button | Select Phase | Move Phase | Target Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⬅️➡️⬆️⬇️ | Move cursor | Move cursor | Cycle targets |
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The sunset is fading, and the night sky is beginning to rise. We take three steps to the right, completing another circle.
My submission to the 2025 Celeste Classic Advent Calendar.
Playtesters: złodziej, BebtheBeb, yellowtyper. Thank you!
My first attempt at a lot of things. No celeste tech knowledge required except (kinda) for one ending. Inspired by Regressor's Tale of Cultivation and Thich Nhat Hanh
Controls -
Arrows - Move
Z, C, or N - Jump
X, V, or M - Dash + other action
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i made a 1x96 strip sprite sheet of the pico-8 font which is useful for things like importing into gamemaker studio
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UPDATE
im forgot add a Mattel Aquarius text
removed a unused t=0 in code
V2
changed background and text color to blue and black, Similar to aquarius basic screen
added a easter egg, Press ❎ to activate the alt palette
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Mattel Aquarius Font
This cartridge truns normal PICO-8 font into Mattel Aquarius Computer font uses only
PICO-8's custom font.
you can use this font in your cartridge, But give me a credit
Issues
Downscale Letters on Normal letters and Upscale on Puny
No Supporting for PICO-8 emojis
Credits
Cartridge: TheRealNazar (aka Nazar897449, FloppaMaster7777)
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WARNING: AUDIO PLAYS AT FULL VOLUME!
I've assembled what I thought would be the most basic test of streaming PCM audio to the "serial port" 0x808: generating a sine wave and playing it in "real time" (the sample code uses a buffer of 512 bytes). When you run the attached cartridge, you'll hear the sine wave as well as a prominent alias. To make the alias more clear, press and hold the UP button; the sine wave will increase in frequency while the alias simultaneously drops in frequency.
I don't believe this is an issue of audio buffer size or timing. I'm aware that the PICO-8 sin() function gives decimal results in the interval [-1, 1] and the serial port 0x808 expects an unsigned 8-bit sample, so I wrote a small function to scale the sin() output to the integer range
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Adding some good games to the list that are chill, don't require quick reflexes, and can be easily played on a mobile device with a touch screen. I am sure I missed some good titles, so feel free to add in the comments below. Lesser-known games are certainly welcome.
Pork-like (Rogue-like)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=73825
Into Ruins (Rogue-like)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=119614
Shadows of Dunwich (Rogue-like)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=63959
Curse of the Lich King (Rogue-like)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=34134
Pico Monsters (Demake)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=4046
Descender (Rogue-like)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=146992
The Canine Within (Rogue-like)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=115417
Pico Wars - Advance Wars Demake
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=38084
Guncho (Rogue-like)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=114060
Cheflike (Rogue-like)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=110499
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