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Escape From Caladan is resetreboot's second game for PICO-8. This time he went for a Xenon 2 type of vertical shooter, but the music could be improved. The premise is simple, kill enough enemies so you can escape from the level and then confront the boss. To do so, you have your stolen prototype ship, trying to jump back to Earth and safety. You've got ahead of yourself five levels, with each their own boss, and armed with five weapon levels to get away. The game also records high scores arcade style. Read more about Escape From Caladan v1.0 (PICO-8 Game)

Color Brothers is a puzzle game for PICO-8 by Dominik Dotzauer (Aizer) and Barbara Beil (JasminSky). Move both characters in their according gate. The blue character needs to go into the blue gate, the violet character into the violet gate. Read more about Color Brothers (07-01-2017) (PICO-8 Game)

Pico Factory by caranha is a game with a small twist on the "factory" genre, you have a limited time to play, and must make as much money as possible in that time. What is the optimal build order? Read more about Pico Factory v1.3.1 (PICO-8 Game)

Micro RTS is a PICO-8 game by gfcarstensen. Battle your computer opponent to the death. Build and upgrade your defences, attack enemy towers and explore the procedurally generated world. Win by defeating all enemy towers. Your minions harvest wood. Use this to build new towers or upgrade existing ones. Select your tower once warriors are present and target an enemy tower to attack. Read more about Micro RTS (05-01-2017) (PICO-8 Game)

One Room Dungeon is a PICO-8 Game by TRASEVOL_DOG. Explore a mysterious and exciting dungeon filled with exciting mysteries without ever leaving the same room! Why would you change rooms when clearly this one has all the danger and excitement and danger that one could possibly need?! Read more about One Room Dungeon (05-01-2017) (PICO-8 Game)

Brickcatcher is a PICO-8 game by PROGRAM_IX. Move the arrows to move your bucket. Catch the bricks before they fall offscreen! Read more about Brickcatcher v0.1 (PICO-8 Game)

Dusk Child is a PICO-8 game by Sophie Houlden. You have been drawn to a mysterious place, what secrets does it hold, and what will they mean for you? Read more about Dusk Child v1.2 (PICO-8 Game)

P-Tapper by Milkymalk is a remake/demake of Tapper known from the Commodore 64. Read more about P-Tapper v1.0 (PICO-8 Game)

Invader Overload is a PICO-8 game by morningtoast. Basically the game is Space Invaders with a few extras. Collect 3 of the same the color power-ups to gain a powerful new weapon. Shoot the UFO and collect the yellow drop to kick off fever mode! Then collect enough fever mode coins to switch stages and backgrounds. This game is endless. Survive as long as you can while chasing a high score. Read more about Invader Overload v1.7 (PICO-8 Game)

Cave Lizard by syrupneko is a simple one screen game inspired by the classic game POOYAN. Shoot the balloons to knock your enemies down from the sky before they can land on the ground to steal your gold and ultimately invade your cave. Press Z to shoot, and use up/down keys to move up and down. Read more about Cave Lizard v1.0 (PICO-8 Game)