This is a very minor modification of Brenda Holloway's beautiful "Monterey" wallpaper cart
which allows it to display a random sequence of desktop background images (one every 10 minutes
by default) with dithering transitions between them.
To use, create the folder "/desktop/backgrounds" and populate it with 480x270 PNG image files.
(You'll need to disable sandbox mode on the cart for it to be able to access the image files.)
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I am working with the Raspberry pi-3 to make a pico-8 console. But I noticed that cartridges with embedded stuff can't load properly. When I play Linecraft, for example, I hit new world, shows the cart loading icon, then sends me straight back to the main menu.
For a lot of others, it just forever loads, never loading beyond the initial cart.
I have no way of fixing this or diagnosing it. I use pico8_64.
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My first account on PICO-8.. Despite what the post might say, today is January 30, 2026 (get out of here you time travelers, stop looking at my past). I can't wait to actually learn how to use this website properly and make cool short projects.
I love Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Deltarune (you have to believe me, Asriel is The Roaring Knight, time travelers this aged perfectly didn't it?)
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Fox Jump – a tight vertical platformer for PICO-8
A little fox has to climb higher and higher, jumping from platform to platform while collecting apples and dodging (or stomping) enemies.
🌞 20 hand-crafted levels — 10 sunny days + 10 starry nights
🏃 5 modes: Easy • Normal • Hard • Endless • Monster Mash
🍎 Apple hunting gives bonus points at the end
💥 Squash enemies from above for extra score & satisfying confetti
Very classic old-school feel with smooth controls and increasing challenge.
Controls:
←→ move
Z / X / ⬆️ jump
Cart #foxjump or whatever number it gets
Play in browser / download .p8.png
Would love to hear how far you got and which mode you liked most! 🦊✨
PICO8 #platformer #indiegame #gamedev
Thanks for playing!
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Controls
Arrow Keys to move
X for spread shot
Z for focus fire
Rules
As the name implies, Caravan Angel is inspired by the caravan modes of many PC Engine/TG-16 shmups. The focus is on using speed, precision, and memorization to rack up large scores. The game only ends when the timer runs out, or when the player hits zero lives. If the boss is beaten before the timer runs out, the game loops back around to the beginning, allowing more time to score.
Power-ups spawn whenever a wave is destroyed with no enemies escaping. They stay on the screen indefinitely and can be collected at the player's convenience. Which power-up spawns depends on what the player needs in that moment.
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Hey, community! My first time posting here so thanks for any help!
The game I'm working on has started to consistently skip some frames every ten seconds. My question is high-level and abstract; I'm not looking for general advice on computational complexity or whatever.
Basically, do people know how frame skips manifest?
Like, is there a "backlog" of "too much stuff per _update" that eventually results in a few skipped frames? Or would the slow down be more consistent, like if I'm pushing 110% per frame I'd expect every eleventh frame to be skipped, or thereabouts. It's very strange to me that the frame skips happen every 10 seconds-ish regardless of what's going on: lots of sounds/no sounds, lot's of particles/no particles, etc.
I'm asking because I'm trying to narrow down the problem. Am I just doing too much per update? Or have do I need to be looking for a weird spike in computation that happens every 600 frames or so?
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Overview
A nostalgic arcade romp inspired by the classic arcade game Food Fight. Charley Chuck races to eat the melting ice cream, grabbing and throwing food at relentless chefs who are chasing him.
- Controls
Directions = move Charley Chuck (walk over food to pick up)
X = Throw food
- Gameplay
Regular mode
Score points by hitting chefs with food, collecting leftover food bonuses, and keep the ice cream from melting as levels grow more chaotic.
Endless mode
Score as many points as possible hitting chefs with endless food before losing all of your lives.
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How to Play
A fast-paced Breakout/Arkanoid-style game with a twist: your paddle can jump! Jumping lets you save falling balls, hit them at unexpected angles, and even boost their speed.
You're also equipped with a laser cannon that recharges over time. Use it to destroy hard-to-reach blocks or clear dangerous situations.
Controls
⬅️ ➡️ - Move paddle
🅾️ (Z) - Jump / Launch ball
❎ (X) - Shoot laser
Gameplay
Power Ups
- Slowdown - Slows down time
- Extra Life - Grants an extra life
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Anagrams (updated)
A simple word game.
Swap letters using the 🅾️ to select a letter and the Arrow keys to move to another letter you wish to swap it with. Use 🅾️ again to swap letters. Continue swapping letters in order to find the correct word.
The Dictionary is incomplete but it will attempt to see if you have a found an alternative word and ask you to retry. Correct words add to the score by the number of letters in the word, if you don't find the correct word in the allotted time it will subtract 10 points.
Update: Cursor now wraps around to speed up selection.
This is my second word game, if you like this please try WORDMINE
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This game was completed as a part of the Library Videogame Programming Bootcamp.
The course material is based upon LazyDev's "Cherry Bomb" shmup and youtube tutorial.
Well done to all the attendees, you should be very proud of what you made here!
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his game was completed as a part of the Library Videogame Programming Bootcamp.
The course material is based upon LazyDev's "Cherry Bomb" shmup and youtube tutorial.
Well done to all the attendees, you should be very proud of what you made here!
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This game was completed as a part of the Library Videogame Programming Bootcamp.
The course material is based upon LazyDev's "Cherry Bomb" shmup and youtube tutorial.
Well done to all the attendees, you should be very proud of what you made here!
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Frustrated and dismayed by my lack of "real game" progress, I have made a clone of the simplest game I could think of besides the dinosaur one. Today the shower drain wasn't working and the bathtub filled halfway with water and the wall plug in the bathroom was being weird so I couldn't get the hairdryer to turn on and then all the electricity in the bathroom went out and then I fell over and cut my foot on something (the foot is ok now)
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