Popular games built on game engine PICO-8
A hardcore platform game for the PICO-8 fantasy console.
Tutankham is a combination of the maze, action and shoot 'em up genres. Taking on the role of an explorer grave robbing Tutankhamun's tomb, the player is chased by creatures such as asps, vultures, parrots, bats, dragons, and even curses, all that kill the player on contact. The explorer can fight back by firing lasers at the creatures, but he can only cover the left and right directions. The player is also endowed with a single screen-clearing "flash bomb" per level or life. Finally, each level has warp zones that teleport the player around the level, which enemies cannot use. To progress, the player collects keys open locked doors throughout the levels, searching for the large exit door. Optional treasures can be picked-up for bonus points. Each level has a timer; when it reaches zero the explorer can no longer fire lasers, and once a level is cleared the remaining time is converted to bonus points.
Pico World Race is a fast-paced racing game for PICO-8. Get in your supercar and take a trip around the world, testing your driving skills on challenging circuits against a host of opponents.
Sebi 16 packs sixteen curated singleplayer games into one charming collection: metroidvanias, puzzle games, platformers, a roguelike, and even a deck builder. Built with love in PICO-8!
30+ levels packed with cheese, what more could a mouse want?
A bite sized dungeon manager game that requires new strategies every time you play! Mine, build, and fight your way to success.
Revenge is a dish best served... Pixelated!
A metroidvania with a unique perspective mechanic. Find your missing clothes and confront your tiny brother...
A Pac-Man clone for PICO-8. You control Pic and your goal is to eat all pills to win the maze.
Foreverred is a mod of Celeste Classic developed in over a year. Starting as an update to the developer's first mod, Everred, it grew into a full sequel, and eventually into the biggest CELESTE Classic mod ever released (and possibly one of the biggest PICO-8 projects). The mod is over three times the size of the original game, and features brand new levels, mechanics, sprites, and music.
A simple shmup reminiscent of the arcade era. Your mission is to fly into enemy space and destroy the aliens that pose a threat to all life on Earth!
For my very final prompt, I wanted to leave the students with one lasting idea: that I make games for enjoyment and want to do it as much as I can, even when I’m limited to a day or two’s work and 8192 Pico8 tokens. I hope that came across in this little game.
Picopicotron is a toy desktop environment built with PICO-8. Use the mouse to control it like a standard computer from the nineties. Includes a Pyramid card game and a version of minesweeper.
A simple endless game that made during SGDQ 2020.
A PICO-8 demake of Street Fighter II.
You have nine lives. Make them count. Ninja Cat Remewstered is a challenging fast-paced platformer where a lone cat seeks to prove himself to the big bosses of the world. Starting with only shuriken on hand, he will find tools throughout his journey, laying claim to gold while he's at it! ...But stay aware! There are a variety of relentless enemies and hazards that will stand between him and his goals.
More picross puzzles for PICO-8.
A Touhou fangame made with the PICO-8 fantasy console.
A puzzle platformer about using friends to travel.
This is a short but sweet game about trekking through the woods to make a special delivery.
A demake of Super Mario Bros. for PICO-8 featuring 5 levels.
Help the magical bunny girl to survive for 10 minutes against hordes of evil. Collect gems to get new skills, find bunnies to heal, carrots to recharge. This is tiny roguelike bullet heaven with a bunny girl made for Pico-8 fantasy console.
Grab all 30 time pieces in this short platformer, based on the game A Hat in Time!
To a Starling is an indie fantasy platformer. Use your teleportation abilities to whirl through the rocky wastes and to find brighter stars.