PICO-8 Game Stream! YouTube video by RetroFunTech

After a long hiatus, the Pico-8 Livestream is back.
Join me tonight 8/29/25 @ 9PM EST for some pixelated fun!
www.youtube.com/live/C8z7_B9...

PICO-8 Color Palette Studio YouTube video by Nerdy Teachers

New Video and webpage!
#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev

youtu.be/iJmQr-mXbcU

PICO-8 Arcade Night Livestream! | Hang out & Recommend Games! YouTube video by RetroFunTech

Join me Thursday June 5th at 10pm EST for a fun livestream on Pico-8 games!
youtube.com/live/fEz6Au1...

❓ How many ways are there to teach players how to play?

We compiled a huge list of onboarding methods in a reference page for you! We even added free-to-play in-browser example games for each method so you can see them in action.

Find out here:
nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/Game_...

#gamedev #pico8

cover art for the game

[unnamed radius] is now on #newgrounds with scoreboard! #indiegame #pico8 #gamedev #game
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Each tutorial includes examples of these collisions used in classic 2D games (redrawn in the #pico8 palette) and has tips about how to make the collisions feel great to the player.

Each tutorial also breaks down an example function in both an expanded version to see all the steps and a condensed version to use in your games.

The math is made simple with step by step explanations and visual aids.

Example: Circle to Circle Collision

Each tutorial has an interactive demo with a button that lets you view the underlying variables used in the math of the collision detection for that type.

Here is Boundary Collision, locking a game object to the designated area.

Collision Detection is one of the first major hurdles for new developers, especially in PICO-8.

We made 8 tutorials that should help you understand and apply these different collision methods in your games.

nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/Colli...

#gamedev #pico8

Can you imagine living under constant existential threat? Crazy, right? Rock of Damocles submission to #tweettweetjam #pico8
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Will The Man Get Frog flyers & stickers

Preparing #WillTheManGetFrog flyers & stickers for
@amazefest.bsky.social next week. Can't wait to be there!

#indiegame #gamedev #pico8

[unnamed radius] is now released on www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=148...
#pico8 #gamedev #retro #arcade #indiegame

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Only 1 day left in our #pico8 Game Design Jam!

We have 11 entries so far, and many copies of PICO-8 to give away! So if you have joined but haven't submitted yet, this is your final call!

#gamedev

Snekburd by Werxzy A Snakebird demake made in Pico-8

New game released on #pico8 by Werxzy

Snekburd (Snakebird demake) is free to play here:
itchio : werxzy.itch.io/snekburd
Lexaloffle BBS : lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=166...

#gamedev #indiedev #itchio

I'm a mole and I'm digging a hole ... | Mole Mole | FULL PLAYTHROUGH | PICO-8 Game YouTube video by AchieGameDev

It is digging time! ⛏️

We played the amazing Mole Mole by @adamatomic.bsky.social and gotta say, for anyone who hasn't played it, go and PLAY IT!

Half an hour of amazing sokoban puzzles for your pleasure!

#pico8 #indiegame #sokoban

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DgI...

Flowering cherry blossom, with one big flower and a few smaller ones on a dark branch to enhance the contrast between the colors.

🌸Spring just isn't the same without cherry blossom, right?

16x16
PICO-8 extended palette
Aseprite

#pixelart #nature #flower #art #cherryblossom #sakura

The forget me nots at three difference stage of blooming. One just only starting to sprite, while the other is fully blooming.

🌼 Forget Me Not

For today, quite coincidentally I drew some Forget Me Nots for the little exercise! So let's not forget our friends and let's enjoy the beauty of the slowly blooming spring!

Aseprite
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PICO-8 Extended Palette

#pixelart #nature #flower #art #forgetmenot

Our Game Design Jam is starting soon!

32 participants already joined. Over 10 licenses to give away.

Learn how to design a game easily with our template document, and you could win PICO-8, and we hope to see you bring your game idea to life with our lessons and resources!

12 - The Startup Sequence YouTube video by Nerdy Teachers

New Video in our PICO-8 Course

This breaks down the startup sequence, introduces the init function, and creates a strong foundation for organizing your game code and reading it in the order that it will be run.

youtu.be/T23NF1E-J9Y

#pico8 #coding #gamedev

"Kiting" is alive and well in my #AgeOfEmpires demake.
This is a little stress test of the game, due to the rather small map this is probably one of the larger standoffs you'll see.
#pico8 #sologamedev #gamedev #demake

Shown are 6 title cards for Fletch's games: XTRIS, Terrapy, Canyon Crisis, SPEED CAT, OOPS Airlines, and A Pocket Full of Wonder. Fletch's PNG avatar is in the lower right corner. A label indicates that Fletch uses he / him pronouns.

Re-introduction time!

I'm fletch, and I make smol games 🫶 I love PICO-8 and Playdate - games are just so much better when they are in the palm of your hand.

I also stream twice weekly on Twitch - Tue & Fri @ 9am ET! Join us for some cozy moments while we exist together 💜

✨ fletchmakesstuff.com ✨

Picotron icon editor showing four rows of colours that correspond to the four icon colours used by themes. A preview of the themed vs. colourful verison of the icon is show at the bottom left.

I like 4-colour themed #picotron icons, but sometimes it's nice to be colourful too and I don't want to make everyone manage multiple icons. So.. standard colour mappings? (each row maps to a theme colour). meta.icon_themed could possibly still be optional but hidden for icon nerds.

Don't know who needs to hear this, but we're halfway through #FletchFest!

Come join us for a week of reveling in the joy of creating stuff! Details: fletchmakesstuff.com/fletchfest

Scroll down to the bottom of that page to see this year's first submission!!

This year's theme is "Warmth" 🔥🫂☀️

PICO-8 - Game Design Jam - April 2025! #gamedev #pico8 #coding YouTube video by Nerdy Teachers

Win PICO-8 by designing your first game!

Join our #pico8 Game Design Jam on itch, starting April 1st. We’ve got a starter template to make it easy—just bring your game ideas. Open to everyone!

Announcement video: www.youtube.com/shorts/nmfKm...

Jam page: shorturl.at/6rfLZ

#GameDev #GameJam

PicoShorts #12 - Puzzle game bonanza Achie Game Dev published a post on Ko-fi

🧵 PicoShorts mega thread

Once upon a time I started a short review series of cool #pico8 games I found, combine that with my old love of typing things and we got PicoShorts! A "bite sized review series"

After a year, with a new entry!

ko-fi.com/Post/PicoSho...

#indiegames #retrogames #review

#picotron 0.1.1e binaries are up! www.picotron.net
Changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...

0.1.1e now sandboxes bbs carts by default. See: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...

We have updated the Global Table of Contents with articles from this latest issue. If you missed any or want to look back on specific topics, this is a great way to browse the #pico8 webzine, Pico-View:

nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/Pico-...

Read a developer interview of #EveryoneDraw (Infinite Canvas) using the #pico8 palette and how we are building our own growing mural off in a distant corner, celebrating the fantasy console and all the great #pixelart and games.

nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/Pico-...

I made the cover art and wrote a small article of my picotron textmode graphics tool in the recent Pico-View.