Popular games built on game engine PICO-8
A hardcore platform game for the PICO-8 fantasy console.
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.
Defeat the boss! Melt his heart... with your sword!
A game in which one is tasked to control a body.
In Lil Kobold's Big Stew, you play as a little kobold who needs to collect special ingredients for his big stew.
Get pigment droplets, dodge the deadly razor discs, paint all tiles
A casual game where it's time to tidy up the solar system. Shove planets into each other to make bigger planets. No stress, take your time. Play strategically to trigger insane combos. Earn missiles to get out of tricky situations. A totally accurate simulation of celestial bodies.
Jump and fight your way up through this vertical platformer through various short levels, and challenge yourself to keep up the combo's.
A demake of Terraria, in PICO-8!
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!
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.
A Touhou fangame made with the PICO-8 fantasy console.
Virush is a survival turn based game where you have to build defenses to defeat all the virushes and survive the quarantine.
Slime Fantasy: the search for the lost sword is a game made on Pico-8, a retro fantasy console with purposeful limitations and low-resolution to simulate an 8-bit era console. Designed in a minimalist way, this game aims to simplify the gameplay by highlighting harmless solid objects from objects that the player must pay attention to, dangerous things, and platforms that are not safe.
A "One Level Concept" Demake of Contra for PICO-8!
A demake of Castlevania in PICO-8
A Pico-8 platformer about hiking around a mountain, made in three days for Celeste's third anniversary.
Hit the slopes, turn by turn! Play cards, clear gates, and don't crash!
Try to get the frogs to the top of the screen to fed, by playing cards
try to get some rest, don't miss your stop
Get back to your nest and finish your nap in this retro-inspired platformer! Pip is a baby pelican that is startled from its sleep during a storm and must find its way back home. Collect the feathers scattered around the island until you have enough strength to flap back to your nest
Enter the catacombs of the Cantina of Eight (that's the name of the community) and search for the Achtefakt! While you're at it save the Cantina residents who have been kidnapped by the zoo (which doesn't actually exist).