A little rally driving game for the PICO-1K jam.
Race the clock down a windy country road. Reach the checkpoints to extend your time.
How far can you get before the time runs out?
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This is my little entry to this year's Falling Block Jam. It's been a while since I made something in Pico-8, it's so fun!
Hungry chompers are hungry!
Arrow keys: Move blocks
Z/X keys: Rotate blocks
When a chomper has a path of at least 3 food blocks, they will EAT and then DISAPPEAR. Paths must be contiguous with no gaps or backtracking.
Longer paths are worth more points.
If a chomper can EAT directly after the grid settles from a previous chomper EATING, it triggers a combo. combos also increase score.
... That's pretty much it, it's a simple idea, but I think it turned out pretty fun, with some surprising strategies based on the simple rules.
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This is the version 2 of a game that I made before this that was called fishing.
controls
❎-exit title screen
⬇️-cast
⬆️-reel in
🅾️-shop
⬆️/⬇️-scroll
❎-buy item
🅾️exit shop
rules
test your clicking skills with this cool fishing simulator, and start buying upgrades to be the bigger fish to fry!
behind the scenes
I am very young, and this game took a lot of time to figure out. one of the pros was making the clouds, fish, and other scenery, because I really like to do art in the pico 8 style. one of the cons though, was how long it took to make this whole thing. It took about an hour to get the casting to work, and even more for the shop. nonetheless, I hope you enjoy this fun fishing game that I have spent so long on.
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Made during Falling Block Jam 2026!
Controls:
Up - Hard drop
Left - Move left
Right - Move right
Down - Soft drop (Hard drop on Master★)
Z / C - Rotate (Counter-clockwise by default)
X / V - Rotate (Clockwise by default)
Rotation direction can be swapped in the pause menu at any time.
Screenshake effects can be toggled on/off at anytime in the pause menu.
To complete a puzzle you must fill in the pattern with bright tiles, without filling the board completely (excluding gutter) and without topping out.
Place tiles you don't want in the gutter. It will remove a determined amount of rows every few drops. The gutter is the three right-most columns, colour-coded purple.
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Find 9 cats lost in a cave...
For the PICO-1K Jam 2026. 1024 compressed bytes exactly! 🐈 (As per the 1k jam rules the game does not use the spritesheet/map; it's 100% code.)
Instructions
Arrow keys to move, O to jump. Green walls are bouncy and sticky. Find 9 cats and feel satisfied (there's no game over screen).
Sprite & Map Compression
The only real feature of note folks might be interested in is the sprite compression which uses a basic RLE system.
sprite_string = ""
last_pixel = 0
last_runlength = 0
for idx = 0, 128 * 8 do
current_pixel = sget(idx % 128, idx \ 128)
if (current_pixel != last_pixel and last_runlength > 0) or last_runlength == 15 then
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This game is inspired by Hilbert's finite hotel, a hypothetical infinite hotel.
This game was made for the garbage jam #7
Changelog:
v1.1.0: Added a Right Command Display and fixed Integer Overflow
v1.0.1: Minor bugfix
v1.0.0: Intial release
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Stuck in the evil sewers of Gutterville you must escape before it's too late. Inspired by Portal, Gravity Gutter takes the classic portal gun into 2d and gives it gravity flipping powers as well as teleporation. Use your wits upside down and right side up to escape the evil sewers.
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If you're looking for a cozy game... this ain't it.
2 Player CO-OP Supported ✅
Controls
⬅️➡️⬆️⬇️ Point
🅾️ Shoot
❎ Hustle
Jenn
AKA Battle Boss Babe, AKA B3, first of her name, breaking of brains, the modern day Amazonian warrior queen, never backs down from a fight, and wears her emotions on her sleeve.
Chad
Calm, intentional, but ferocious. When the hyenas circle, he walks with an unbothered and unwavering calm, only lashing out at the time and place of his choosing. All are welcome to the jungle, but don't cross the king.
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32 increasingly difficult levels!
RYB is a puzzle game where colors are the key to pushing blocks and solving each floor.
Controls
🅾️/Z to undo
❎/X to turn on/off lights
Head to the menu to reset a level or to go to level select.
Also beam flickering can be toggled in the menu.
My first cart!
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In pico-8 0.2.7, toggling fullscreen with Alt-Enter (actually option-enter) doesn't work for me. Note that I'm running the raspberry pi 64-bit build on Asahi Linux on a Macbook Pro. It works fine otherwise
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Hi everyone! I’m excited to share Mr. Dodgy, my very first PICO-8 game!
In this game, you play as a tiny computer trying to survive while collecting floppy disks containing system installation files. But beware: as we all know, the more software you install, the more bugs pop up—and they start spawning much faster!
Controls:
Arrow Keys: Move
X: Action
Since this is my debut project in PICO-8, I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or any bug reports (pun intended!). Hope you enjoy dodging!
Check it out also on itch.io! -> https://noobsgames.itch.io/mrdodgy
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According to the docs[1], SUB(S, 5, TRUE) should return a single character, but it returns the rest of the string in pico-8 0.2.7. The example code in the docs prints QUICK BROWN FOX instead of Q
(S[5] works so i'll just use that)
[1] https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico-8_manual.html#SUB
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Welcome to Gustaw Explode.
My first Pico-8 game. A remake of my first tiny project made in Turbo Pascal in the early nineties (where I couldn't program anything more complex than "if button pressed - add 1 to food. if food >10 then Gustaw explode". I tried to add a little more to my original idea with some levels, menu and animations.
The idea is simple: keep Gustaw alive as long as you can, but don't overdo it! He tends to spontaneously combust. Can you get to the final screen?
🍔 Features:
- caring for your virtual pet
- some music
- bleeps and bloops
- stress-filled gameplay
- gamepad support
- picture of a rat
Feedback and comments most welcome!
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Star Hopper
Star Hopper is an arcade shoot-'em-up in the classic vertical style. Pilot your hopper through seven levels of alien attack waves, blast asteroids for power-ups, and face a different boss at the end of every level.
Originally written for the Picocomputer 6502 (https://picocomputer.github.io/), Star Hopper has been rebuilt for PICO-8, with its art, music and enemy patterns carried over to the fantasy console.
Features
- 7 levels, 7 bosses. Each boss has its own attack. Some dive at you, some drop through the screen, and one hunts you along the bottom. Hit the glowing weak spot when it turns yellow.
- 7 enemy types. Zig-zag chains, formations, snipers that dig in and open fire, and chasers that explode when they get close.
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Another autumn, another PICO-1k Jam. I love this jam so much ~ the 1024 byte .p8.rom size limit hits a sweet spot where every little design and code choice carries so much weight, and you end up with so many overlapping meanings, but still with a sense of broad possibility. For me the jam is like a tiny hyper PICO-8 inside PICO-8 that always carries me along to new places. Thanks @Liquidream for hosting and greetings to everyone taking part! You can find entries on the jam's itch page or on the BBS via the pico1k tag. And if you'd like to join, there is still just under a week left of September!
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Hey guys! I just finished building my own PICO-8 handheld from scratch! It has a custom PCB, a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, and a CNC-machined aluminum case.
I made a video showing the whole build, including all the struggles and questionable life choices along the way 😂
Check it out on my YouTube channel if you're interested! Would love to hear what you think.
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Welp, this is me. I'm an English teacher by trade, tiny character artist / animator by passion. Love Taskmaster, Tiramisu, Tetris and other T words (and blocks).
I discovered the land of Pico and I'm thrilled to learn the ins and outs and share my creations with all of You. Made my first game recently "Gustaw Explode" and though the code is far from clean I released it and I'm chuffed
(on itch.io so far, when I figure out how to post on BBS I'll make it happen)
Happy to be part of the community and will gladly answer any comments, questions or and hope to make some like-pico-minded people here.
Make mistakes, it makes you stronger!
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Pico-8 Kung-Fu
A "demake" of Konami's classic 1985 game "Yie Ar Kung-Fu." Based on the MSX and Famicom home versions.
1 Player only.
How to Play
Rules
Wang Stage
- 2 lives per game.
- Full health for Lee and Wang is 9 health points each.
- Reduce Wang's health to 0 to win the round.
- Scores for each successful hit are per chart above.
- Upon winning, remaining health points are counted. +800 points for each remaining health point.
- "Perfect" Bonus of 5000 points will be awarded if all 9 health points remain at the end of the round.
- If Lee loses, a life will be deducted and round starts again. If no lives remain, Game Over.
Bonus Stage
- Try to punch or kick all 10 items successfully.
- If an item hits Lee, this will instantly end the round. No lives will be deducted.
- Scores for each successful hit are per chart above.
- "Perfect" Bonus of 5000 points will be awarded if Lee gets all 10 items.
Stage Sequence repeats endlessly until Game Over.
Tips
- Focus on hitboxes
- Physics is your friend
Notes
A quality of the Famicom version which carries over here:
- The High Score is persistent only in the same playthrough. Rebooting Pico-8 will also reset the High Score.
Conversely, the Famicom version also awards extra lives after 30,000 points or so, which is not present here.
About
A sophomore project of mine, I thought it would be a nice challenge to demake Yie Ar Kung Fu. As an early fighting game, the game seemed doable in Pico-8. I had a bit of fun doing this, and learned a lot.
Since asset space is the number one factor, I realized I couldn't include all the fighters in one cart, so perhaps in the future I may look into the mult-cart approach.
Credits
Mark Neri - Programming, Art, and Music
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