Popular games built on game engine PICO-8
A hardcore platform game for the PICO-8 fantasy console.
What's at the bottom of the pit? Could be anything! Could be everything! I have to find out!
Portal Golf is a physics puzzle game with portals. Place portals around the level in order to get the ball to collect every gold bar. You have no control over the movement of the ball and can only place portals before you start the run. Try to use as few portals as possible to earn medals, or just fill the whole level with portals and have fun!
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.
A rhythm-based game in the style of Dance Dance Revolution for PICO-8.
For 2019 I ran two prototyping classes – one in Pico-8 for the undergraduates and a graduate version with no platform constraint (which generally means they work in Unity). So this year I hid the same prompt in two different interpretations of the same idea. I tuned the Pico-8 game for the youthful reflexes of the undergraduate class, but I did not count on the fact that none of them would have ever played a bullet-hell game, and as a result, only one of them was able to reach the end and find out what the assignment was. I instructed that person that they could keep it a secret if they wanted to.
This is a pico-8 port of Klax, mainly based on the Atari Lynx version, featuring: -100 levels -5 different backgrounds -warps -full klax combos and scoring system.
An explosive homage to the old-time multiplayer classic made with PICO-8! In this game, your goal is to drop bombs on the battlefield to eliminate all other players in time and be the last manbomber standing. The game can be played with up to 4 players battling each other. While in the 2-player mode, both players can use the same keyboard to control their manbomber, a controller for each player is required for all other modes. Any Controller which can be connected to your device will do!
A little puzzle game with a little puzzle twist.
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.
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.
Pico Valley is a Stardew Valley demake for PICO-8.
The world is overflowing with Poop! You are summoned to help and collect it all! This game has 32 levels, each one has a countdown of only few seconds to clear and collect all of the scat laying around. A simple platformer made with PICO-8 where all you need to do is move left and right and jump from the start point to the exit door after everything is collected.
Experience a nostalgic throwback with this Pico-8 demake of the classic iOS game Birds and Saws. Dive into the retro charm and challenge yourself as you guide a bird, skillfully avoiding menacing circular saws to rack up high scores.
Sybil's Tail is a tiny, 15-30 minute long platformer made for PICO-8. Run, jump, slide, grab, and toss your way through 6 bite-sized areas as you search for a mysterious meteorite that fell nearby!
Pico Racer is a new and exciting racing game for your Pico-8 console. Overtake opponents and avoid obstacles! Drive through the night! Race your way through three continents! Enjoy geography that makes no sense!
In dreams, there are people you often meet, towns you often visit, and places you often die. Wake up in the morning and repeat.
This is a tiny flight simulator based on a Cessna-172R with a G1000 glass cockpit made with PICO-8.
Colette the mouse runs her own fromagerie after working years as an affineur for other restaurants. But it's a big world for a small mouse, and she's got to make a name for herself. She wants to curate the best cheese in the world. Will her cheese be CHEDDAR than the rest? Or will it BRIE no GOUDA?
In Sebastian's Quest, you have to shove gems and find the cheese.
A fan game heavily inspired by the early Mega Man series.
Intense and minimalistic Beat'em up made for Pico-8.
How far will you go? Take a roadtrip along peaceful country roads, as you fly through an ever changing sky, in this cosy, atmospheric, arcade game, with a retro aesthetic and soundtrack to match.
It's your virtual pet Blobby's adventure! Guide him through the virtual world until he reaches the castle in the sky. Defeat the castle boss to win the game. Collect hearts to refill your health.