A WIP for a vignette game (did not know that this genre exsist, before September 2026. Toy box, Diarama Games)
Controls
UP/Down Buttons change the Area where the Animation should start (right now all animations just run from the start off)
Button X starts/stopps the animation of the background houses (just Lights on/off)
WIP
There are obvoius logic flaws, but by uploading a cart I can get some testplayers, with just sharing an url.
I underestimated the layer problem if I want to add a useable reveal methode, or indicator, what element is about to be aktivated.
This cart is made for my son (3y) who loves trains and puplic transportation, let´s hope I can finish before he turns 12.
Thanks
Thanks on Lazy Devs youtube channel and his
" The 30 Circle Test " and " We Are All Game Beginners - Porklike Postmortem "
Insides
I love this unpack list combination for spritesheet coords and this rnd use with lists, but do not know if this a common way for little bigger games.

It's cake time!
My tiny game made during Falling Block Jam 2026 #FallingBlockJam, https://itch.io/jam/falling-block-jam-2026
How to play:
Hop gray bunny left and right by pressing left and right arrow.
Stand under falling pink cakes to stack them on gray bunny's head.
Spit (or fling, throw, pew) pink cakes by pressing Z/O.
Dodge incoming blue cakes spat from blue bunny by pressing X.
The amazing @Liquidream has been running the Pico-1K Jam since September 2021! After 6 editions this event has now turned 5, which is well deserving of a celebration. Therefore I have put my culinary skills to work and baked a sizeable cake (1016 bytes when compressed with Shrinko8) so that we can all have a slice. Enjoy!

Keep your patio clear of falling leaves. ⬆️⬇️⬅️➡️ to move the broom. ❎🅾️ to sweep left and right. Relax and live out your patio sweeping dream with the zen mode. During challenge mode, if the leaves build up too much the ants will swarm and you will no longer build your score. Clear the leaves to make the ants go away and start scoring again. Try to top your last high score.
Made during Falling Block Jam 2026
I've been trying to up my pico-8 game and was inspired by this breakout tutorial to attempt a physics sim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxV2i8pDWmk&t=1519s
I failed terribly, completely abandoned the everything-in-one-table-elegantly-reacting-with-each-other thing that tutorial had going on, and just said a prayer and brute forced it. But it still ended up being a workable game!
#Endless Dungeon
By Mike Jasnowski
Version 1.0
Introduction
The endless dungeon beckons you to explore it's depths! Take your trusty sword, gather treasures, fight minions and explore. Take care, the depths house not only deadly minions, but traps as well! The deeper you delve, the more dangerous it gets, but more rewarding! If you need a quick escape, your trusty sword of teleportation is your friend to make a hasty retreat.
Commands
The game has been tested on MacOS with keyboard and a PS5 controller.
Keyboard:
X - Leave dungeon using sword of teleportation (Hold down)
Z - Attack with sword
Arrow Keys - Movement
Z - Start Game
PS5 Controller:
X - Attack with sword
Square[] - Leave dungeon using sword of teleportation (Hold down)
PLOT
Race your rally car round the track for 5 laps. Try to make the fastest race time or beat the best lap!
Have you got what it takes to become the new Rally Ace, or will you EAT DiRT!!
CONTROLS
< STEER LEFT
> STEER RIGHT
Z ACCELERATE
X BRAKE
CREDITS
A DEFiANT WARCRY! PRODUCE copyright2026
by WDi
OUTRO
Thanx everybody comments welcome!!!
Want a sneak peak into the games of Pico32? Up until the November 30th release, we'll be linking dev-logs to this page. Come back and check here often - we'll be posting frequently until release!
--THE BLOGS--
Demon Chain: A Metroidchainia
https://itch.io/blog/1677468/demon-chain-a-metroidchania-devlog
this is a very simple implementation of the classic 3d spinning cube, written based on a simple logic I used for my pixelart simulation render python script. since it's the same python logic rewritten in pico-8, it's not the most optimal nor the fastest way to render a 3d cube, this is supposed to be easy to read and understand how these calculations work.
Slime Time
Slime Time is my attempt in making a game in week for "The Very Serious Juniper Dev Game Jam." I'm sure like everyone else who has participated in this Jam, I had a ton of ideas and tweaks that I cut for the sake of time. The beginning of this Jam was extremely challenging for me to hone in on a simple idea and execute it well. My idea is basically slime whack-a-mole with a surprise spin mechanic (since the theme for this Jam is "Spin to Win"). This was an interesting challenge that revealed to me what I think I do well concerning game development and where I'm most certainly weak. I have no idea how this will be received, but overall I had a fun time with this Game Jam especially when the game started to come together.

Alien Sneak
Alien Sneak is my submission for the PICO-1K Jam 2026 and this was a tough one. I'm still getting familiar with Pico-8, but thought this would be a good jam to hone in on the coding aspect of Pico-8. My idea was create a sneaking game with objects moving in a set path, and the player character has to get around them. The player character is an alien trying to dodge spotlights. I tried to create a tense atmosphere with rain particles and suspenseful music (hopefully the music is not too annoying). The set paths were taking up too much space, so I ended up randomizing the paths and increasing the speed of each spotlight as the player character advances in levels.

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?

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.

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.
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.

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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