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Juggle Cat v2022.09.08 (Pico-8 Game)

Juggle Cat by Altrix Studios is an arcade game made for the PICO-1K Jam.

It is a simple juggling game where you move the juggle cat with ‘arrow’ keys and constantly bounce the white balls to keep them in the air, while avoiding the red bombs. Watch out for your lives, you’re only given five chances. The developer himself has challenged the players, that whether you can beat his high score of 46 or not? โ€‹

Escape Pod 1K v2022.10.08 (Pico-8 Game)

Escape Pod by Brian Vaughn is a space action game made with PICO-8 and is an entry for 2022 PICO-1k Jam. This game is heavily inspired by Shaun Inman and his game “Flip’s Escape”.

Your home planet just exploded, but you and your family were lucky to get on an escape pod and survived the blast. The shockwave is right on you: Avoid the oncoming meteors, while collecting all the energy crystals to power your shields and boosters. Your ship moves automatically and high scores resets with reboot. Collecting an orbiting blue crystal will power up your shields. Better be careful, and don’t slow down, as the shockwave will get closer!

Snakedventure v2022.10.20 (Pico-8 Game)

Snakedventure by BlueTieCasual is a short puzzle maze game developed with PICO-8.

The goal of the game is not so much different from the rest of the snake games, you move around in the different levels, collecting fruits and completing quests. You grow long in each passing level so better be careful when you control the snake, it gets difficult to manage him with his long tail. The upper bar shows how many lives you have left and if you get stuck, you can use the ‘undo’ feature.โ€‹

Poker Squares v2022.10.01 (Pico-8 Game)

Poker Squares by Will is a retro-solitaire card game made for PICO-1K Jam 2022.

As the developer says, to play the game, you need to follow the following rules:

  • Cards are placed one at a time and can no longer be moved once placed.
  • Points are scored on poker hands of 5 cards formed in rows or columns. (order does not matter)
  • The goal is to get a score equal/higher than 100 or a high score.
bOXed v2022.09.30 (Pico-8 Game)

bOXed by negative_seven is a puzzler made for PICO-1K Jam 2022.

This game is a recursive Tic-Tac-Toe, redeveloped and modeled into something new. You can be a pro as you know the simple rules. Toggle your way by challenging your opponent and score as high as possible.

Snake Cave v2022.10.03 (Pico-8 Game)

Snake Cave by joeAmerica Gayms is an adventure game. It is an entry to the PICO-1k Jam 2022.

In this adventure, you explore the caves but better be careful of the holes and snakes, that are crawling and roaming around in each dark chasm. Collect diamonds to increase your score, find openings in the outer walls to enter new rooms. The more you explore, the more you expose the deep caves.