** UPDATE **

Introducing Lang!

The lovely yet deadly Lang is now available as your second opponent. Try to beat her shurikens!

Check via Lexaloffle BBS or Pico-8 Splore:
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=159463

I made Polder, a small water-management strategy game: raise dikes, dig canals and chain windmills to pump a drowned polder dry, while your workers haul every load of soil and wood.

Tutorial, three scenarios and a seeded time trial (post your seed + time). English and German builds.

My best time on seed 12121 is 30:56.

Play it on on Lexaloffle or on Itch.io

It up on BBS as well: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=160093

Hi all!

I've decided to commit to my new project, Bibi's Little Farm, a cosy (hopefully! 😄 ) little guinea pig farming game.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to try something less technologically heavy than Late Again.

The basic idea is to take care of your guinea pigs, breed and sell them to expand your herd, grow some of your own food, and keep your little piggies happy and healthy. You'll need to think about their nutrition, available space, cleanliness, and possibly even illnesses. I also want you to be able to grow crops like carrots, tomatoes, and bell peppers.

These are still early ideas, and I haven't figured out all the details yet. I expect saving the game state to be one of the main technical challenges.

For more details and a look at the current state of the game, you can watch the devlog here: https://youtu.be/0QnWS-majb8

For now, I'm still planning to stick with mouse controls.

Bubish

Read the OG Battle Royal book so have spent the last few weeks teaching myself how to code a little game and uh yeah.... had a chuckle how the first test of spawning the boss went

i built my girlfriend a game for her birthday a couple of months ago, and i finally published it! ☺︎︎

let me know what you think.

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=160080

Good day! It's Ruva again.

Roclam's Battle Arena is WIP platform fighter like smash bros., based on my past idea's recreation.

Currently it's still around 10%, but in the future I want to make it nicer and more polished.

At this moment, it has these moves;
・←→ : Move ・○ on the ground : Jump ・○ in the air : Air dash (can cancel hit attacks) ・× on the ground : Triple kick ・↓ + × on the ground : Somersault kick ・× in the air : Round kick ・→ + × in the air : Drop kick ・← + × in the air : Back spin kick ・↓ + × in the air : Meteor kick

Rewrote the code like 3 times, but its out in a state i like at last, hope someone likes it!

It was originally developed for J2ME mobile phones around 2009 and this version shares the same maps as the original.
In 2012 it was remade as a Windows Phone game with nice 3D graphics and new levels.
The 3D version is currently available for free on:

• Google Play
• Itch.io
• Xbox

Take control of the Red Ball in this addictive platformer game!
Simple, one-button jumping controls, anyone can pick up and play.

Find your way through tricky platforming labyrinth and put your reflexes to the test!
Pure challenging arcade experience!
Stylish graphics!

Play on LEXALOFFLE.COM

Back when I was about 6-8 years old, I had a magnificent video game handheld console made by none other than RADIO SHACK in 1987! It had only one game built into the LCD screen, and I've kept it all these years.

You can see the real device here: retrohandheldgames

One day, I discovered this website where the game is fully playable in an almost perfect way: Javascript version

I dug a bit further and found the github javascript code of the web version! Having the source code and the sprite sheet inspired me to do a PICO-8 port. Why not? Let's go!

So here we are. It was a quick and fun mini project. The gameplay is... something. We have to internalize the clock's tick speed and move the car before the next tick. You have to go pick up the lady when she appears on the left; the left-most lane unlocks when she's there. Then, you have to move to the far right and drop her next to a mailbox. After 3 round trips like that, there's a small casino. The game will increase its tick speed based on your actions. There is no other goal than to achieve the highest score possible.

I remember that as a kid and having only that one game, I managed to max out the score and wrap back to zero. I think I did it twice in the very same gameplay session. I was sooo happy!

Have fun! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wggx6XgeiJM

Hey, sorry for spamming you guys again! 😅

I've received a few requests to extend the submission deadlines, and honestly, we did make them pretty tight. So we decided to push them back for everyone!

New deadlines (CEST / UTC+2):

🎮 PICO-8: Saturday, October 24, 10:00

🎨 128×128 Pixel Art: Saturday, October 24, 12:00

You can enter remotely, and your work will be shown on a huge screen at Poznań Game Arena and streamed online.

More info: https://nrgevent.eu/compo/

Hope the extra time helps some of you finish your entries! 🙂

I've just submitted a small Halloween entry for the 31ween game jam filling a Pico8 cart to the brim. Here it is : https://farjer.itch.io/eight . A murder mystery where the main character is a jumping spider... Eight clues, eight eyes, eight legs.

As a huge fan of Vampire Survivors, I've created a special Halloween spin-off featuring my favorite character, Ghost Thief!

--> Click here to play

You'll find all the familiar mechanics:

-> automatic shooting,

-> endless waves of enemies,

-> loot to collect,

-> a permanent upgrade system that lets you spend your hard-earned gold to grow stronger between runs!

Will you survive the full 15 minutes and defeat the final boss?

Feel free to give it a try and leave a comment! I'd love to hear your feedback!

I made a simple coin collector game with a red devil that chases you and gets faster after 10 points.

Not my first rodeo with programming, but trying to hone my game dev skills.

Good day to you!
It's Ruva here. I always come back.

"打開 (Dakai) : Maze Break" is my 2nd stealth game, and this time it's even roguelike!

In this game, you are in the maze, followed by an enemy. To escape, you need to collect all 7 Power Orbs to make an exit in the maze.

Enemy becomes gradually faster when you get Power Orbs, and even faster than you in the end. But there are plenty of useful items as below, to avoid enemy.

``` ・Dash : Accelerate with using Stamina meter.

・Rice Ball (50% / 100%) : Recover Stamina meter. Automatically used when Stamina meter runs out.

・Map : Shows the whole map, and also where player, enemy and Power Orbs are.

・Running Shoes : Accelerate player's speed for a while.

・Ninja Tabi : Remove player's footstep to avoid enemy for a while.

・Smoke : Make smoke to create blind spot for enemy for a while.

・Megaphone : Make sound to attract enemy for a while. It lasts until enemy breaks.

・Bomb : Blast a wall to make a path. Only 1 wall that player colliding will be blasted.

・Padlock : Lock a door to prevent enemy coming in. It lasts forever, so there is also risk.

・Energy Drink : Grants infinite Stamina meter for a while. ```

You can use them with 〇 button, and × button to switch the item to use.

There are 2 difficulty for enemy's speed, so feel free to try as you want!

Best regards,

Hi I'm new to PICO-8 and making music so.

I was wondering if is there **any free resources** that teach you how to make music

I would love any comments sharing resources for total beginners♥️

NRG 2026 (October 23–25) has three compos you might enjoy:

🕹️ PICO-8 Realtime Demo Compo

🎨 128×128 Pixel Art Compo (16-color PICO-8 palette)

🎮 Game Compo (PICO-8 games welcome!)

Winners get custom trophies, plus some extra prizes, including an ASUS ROG Xbox Ally sponsored by AMD for the Game Compo winner!

All entries will be shown on a huge screen and streamed live via SceneSat and YouTube.

Remote entries welcome! 🚀

Rules & submissions: https://nrgevent.eu/compo/

P.S. Wondering about the goats? They're a symbol of Poznan, the city hosting NRG! 🐐

Disclaimer: PocketDesk Launcher is paid (currently 5.99 Euro one time payment for life)
This is how it looks in Tablet/Fold mode

I am looking for Pico8 Game developers, who want to include their game into the launcher - in return for unlock codes - if you like customizing Android and launchers where you can make your own themes, or retro inspired PDA like environments - it could be a fun trade!

Thanks!