r/pico8

took a break from the working on game logic to work on the title-screen.
the liquid effect came out much better that i expected!

Hey everyone!

Here's a new update of PicPic, the first native PICO-8 emulator on the App Store and Google Play Store. It's now available on Apple Watch (because literally everyone requested it). You can also now directly import from the web, use a controller in the menu, and more.

New Features & Bug Fixes:

• You can now play on your Apple Watch with any game compatible with the iPhone version (it's 1:1). I'm working on an Android version too :)
• You can use your controller to select games in the menu (and exit games), so you no longer need to touch the screen to change games.
• You can now directly import from the share sheet when you're on a .p8 or .p8.png file online, no longer need to download then import.
• You can now enable and disable buttons and the title on the game screen.
• Improved game compatibility, and as always, ongoing work in this area.

Next Update Plans:

• I'm still working on fully supporting multi-cart games (which is taking more time than I estimated due to the sandbox on iOS).
• Add a theme maker.
• Improve compatibility with more games.
• Translate the app into more languages (the next update will include German, French, Korean, and Japanese).

The app is forever 100% FREE, with NO ADS, on both iOS and Android, and completely UNLIMITED.

Download / Update:

Available now on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

Happy to answer any questions.

Note for moderation: Thanks for allowing PicPic on the sub. As always, the app does not encourage piracy. It does not contain a single line of code from PICO-8.

The stream starts after my daughter goes to bed, so let’s say around 9pm GMT Icelandic time, see you over at Twitch.tv/Leikjarinn 🍓

Hice esta pieza de 100x100 pixeles para la entrada de esta semana en pixeljoint.

Just wanted to share some progresses for BGRH, my WIP speedrun platformer.

The added features;

① SFX and BGM. How do you feel them?

② Brake and drift. Drift can keep Banana boost state when turning.

③ Parallax scrolling. I think I can improve the looks of these mountains...

Inspired originally by Devolver Digitals' Luftrausers, you play as a dolphin leading a pod trying to get the highest score possible by flying through the air, flipping and trying to keep your pod members alive. Be careful though because belly flopping will cost you pod members and speed!

let me know what you guys think! I'm not super artistically talented, so ignore the fact that they barely look like dolphins.

Enter at the angle streamline with the direction vector to get nice, great and perfect water entries. these will give you a speed boost! Avoid sharks but birds will give you +1 mult at the cost of changing your angle a little. flip to gain mult and the amount of pod members you have is also a mult.

Please enjoy!

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=156500

edit: some extra words

From the beginning, the project's codename was Pico Night. I've decided to make it the official name, too.

The HDMI output finally works as expected, but there is no mirroring for now.

I'm also testing OTA updates end to end, and potentially kernel OTA updates too. This means that all your settings and carts would survive without the need to reflash manually.

Right now, I'm polishing the stick to mouse bindings.

Before the first public release, the plan is to implement the most requested features and make the UI customizable. Currently, everything is code driven and no textures are in use.

Link to the first post

Thanks to the wonderful folks here and over on the forum I've now finished my PicoCalc Pi Zero 2W build!

And, it's awesome!

For some background, I've been using a uConsole for late night tinkering, game dev and pico-8 dev for a couple years. It's a great platform, but I'm disabled and holding and typing on it for too long can become painful.

I saw the PicoCalc, and that people have made the Pi Zero 2W run it... and well the rest is history.

It's much lighter than the uConsole, and the keyboard is easier to reach around. Hopefully many good dev days ahead.

My write up is here: https://codesthings.com/blog/2026-05-01-zerocalc.html

The Handle/Grip/Stand model is here: https://codesthings.com/blog/2026-05-01-zerocalc.html

I'm off to go start back through SpaceCat's tutorials because I'm rusty.

A Sprite for an upcoming fruit themed sticker sheet! Done in 32x32 and with the pico 8 full palette! ​

Trying to get PICO-8 accept as a GAME category on Twitch 🍓

Hey guys! About a month ago I started working on my very first game in PICO-8: YUM!.

It's a fruit dice game inspired by Balatro and the board game Miams. Each run features different bosses and over 20 unique stamps that can alter your gameplay.

It's a small game but I'm very happy that I stuck with it and published it. Working on the UI and making everything cohesive was particularly interesting.

Play/Download on Itch
Play on Lexaloffle

Hope you like it and i'd love to hear your feedback!

I implemented stage select area with multicart dset(), but I think this is not enough...

So I would like your opinion for these stage select things.
Thanks in advance!

I have been playing this one for a week now and it's a lot of fun.

Any other tower defense or strategy games you can recommend on Pico-8?