Popular games built on game engine PICO-8
A hardcore platform game for the PICO-8 fantasy console.
This is a small game, that asks the important question... Are you a pro enough gamer to defeat the God of rock paper scissors?
In 2021, the last time I taught the class, I didn’t want to hide the homework in the games. Instead I used the games as ways of presenting ideas. I made several, but I like this one, a reinterpretation of the fortune-telling minigame from Ultima IV.
Grab all 30 time pieces in this short platformer, based on the game A Hat in Time!
Pixel Session Vol.1 is a collection of 5 extra-polished eye-candy arcadey jam-style games, exploring experimental and minimalist gameplay and graphics! The Games GET DEEP INTO DESCENT GET LIGHTNING IN LIGHTNER GET WATCHED BY B1G BR0TH3R GET CLONES IN CHARGING PANIC GET BURSTING WITH CHROMA CANNON Each game is based on one simple but special gameplay mechanic and built around this mechanic. With a focus on visual feedback, the five games are fine examples of colorful video game juiciness. The results are five eye-candy arcadey games that will have you say "ok just one more time" a lot of times.
A retro-styled railway management strategy game!
Welcome to Matchy Matchy, the puzzle game of animal love. Connect pairs (or more) of matching animals to solve puzzles, get points, and make love not war.
More picross puzzles for PICO-8.
A demake of the X68000 Attack of the Deathstar game, complete with space/ground/trench missions. This version departs from the original with a less arcade/grinding gameplay.
Open the ancient portal and defend the crystal from waves of mysterious enemies! As an apprentice witch your magic is quite random so you have to come up with some strategy to make the best out of your luck.
Slimey, Jump! Is a tiny one-button platformer game with 28 levels and 4 bosses. It's meant to be a simple but challenging game that everyone can enjoy, regardless of their skill level!
In Yarn you control the character by using just a single button. Avoid the traps, collect the stars and stomp on the zombie cats to complete each level. This version of the game is a PICO-8 demake of the iOS game Yarn.
Sokoblox is a hybrid of two classic puzzle games: Sokoban (the push puzzle) and Bloxorz (the rolling block puzzle).
Soar to freedom in Feathered Escape, a platformer where you, as a trapped bird, navigate challenging environments, overcoming obstacles and adversaries to reclaim the open skies.
Cherry Bomb is a basic arcade Shoot 'em up game (Shmup) reminiscent of Space Invaders or Galaga. Pilot your red spaceship to blast your way through 9 waves of attacking aliens.
An action puzzle game with the concept of "recording and replaying movements."
Pröng is a mutant game of pong. Also a techno-thriller dating sim.
A demake of Super Mario Bros. for PICO-8 featuring 5 levels.
In Knight of the Dead, the apocalypse is upon us. To run from the inevitable horde, one must consider their moves wisely, lest time, and the undead, catch up to them.
Climb the tower of archeos and kill the evil sorcerer. An enhanced version was later released for itch.io and Steam.
Jump and fight your way up through this vertical platformer through various short levels, and challenge yourself to keep up the combo's.
When hordes of Youkai threaten the world, the Tanukis send a messenger to choose human girls to receive magical powers to defend humanity. They are known as SAKURA STARS. This is a horizontal shmup made on Pico-8, a retro fantasy console with purposeful limitations to simulate an 8-bit era console.