{"author_link":"\/users\/natpat","author_name":"natpat","author_uid":"natpat","comments":[],"epoch":1603391852,"event":"LD47","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":231813,"likes":15,"metadata":{"p_key":"151859","p_author":"natpat","p_authorkey":"1077099","p_urlkey":"368364","p_title":"The PICO-8 games of LD47","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD47","p_time":"1603391852","p_likes":"15","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1077099","us_name":"natpat","us_username":"natpat","event_start":"1601596800","event_key":"76","event_name":"Ludum Dare 47"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD47","removed_author":false},"_superparent":212256,"_trust":3,"author":77099,"body":"PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games. We used PICO-8 for the first time this LD, and absolutely loved it - I wanted to share what awesome things you can make with it and hopefully have a few more PICO-8 games next time round!\n\nI spent a couple of days playing all the PICO-8 games I could find that people have made for this Ludum Dare, and listed them here. Try some out and see what you think about PICO-8! If I've missed any (and I'm sure I have!) please let me know and I'll add them to the list :slight_smile:\n\nAll of these games are playable on the Web, as well as on mobile!\n\n### [Domain of the Time Wizard](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/domain-of-the-time-wizard)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/90f\/c2\/z\/358f0.gif)\nA little action adventure game where you must find the three time orbs to finally beat the evil time wizard!\n\n### [Soulbound](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/soulbound)\n![soulbound_001.png](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5e9.png)\n\nAn action\/puzzle game where you must retrieve the Soul Gem from its underground lair. But what strange powers does the gem hold?\n\n### [Mines of Movania](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/mines-of-movania)\n![minesofmovania_0.gif](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5ea.gif)\n\nA puzzle game about redirecting minecarts to the correct exit, only using the track you currently have - which the cart is probably using!\n\n###\u00a0[Stuck in the Sewers](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/stuck-in-the-sewers)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/cac\/92\/z\/36807.gif)\n\nYou play as a rat who just wants to go on vacation - but sadly you're stuck in the sewers! Make your way through a labyrinth of pipes to eventually reach your holiday!\n\n### [Flying Saucer Scramble](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/flying-saucer-scramble)\n![](\/\/\/raw\/5fd\/21\/z\/37852.gif)\n\nDraw loops around the enemy spaceships before they shoot you!\n\n### [Breadcrumbs](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/breadcrumbs)\n![breadcrumbs_000.png](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5ec.png)\nA small puzzle game about finding your way out of a maze. Use the breadcrumbs to mark where you have been - beware the birds don't eat them though! And - did I just see a person...?\n\n### [Super Jump Guy](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/super-jump-guy)\n![](\/\/\/raw\/da6\/11\/z\/3705d.gif)\n\nMake sure you play this years hottest new platformer! Maybe once more! Again?\n  \n### [For { }](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/for)\n\n![for    1 0_000.png](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5f2.png)\n\nA fiendishly hard Sokoban type puzzle game where programs are executed based on where the blocks are in the world. Packed full of fun little features!\n\n### [Orbitary](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/orbitrary)\n\n![orbitrary_000.png](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5f3.png)\n\nOrbit around the planet for as long as you can, picking up data packets. Lightning, asteroids, comets and more will make your job difficult - how long can you last?\n\n### [The Loop](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/the-loop-5)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/a6c\/d\/z\/38df1.gif)\n\nA small demo made in a few hours - circle around, picking up the right colour circles to grow big!\n\n### [Not Enough](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/not-enough)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/517\/6\/z\/37ab1.png)\n\nYour attempts at escape are good, but... NOT ENOUGH\n\n### [Disco Loop](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/disco-loop)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/db3\/53\/z\/37ef0.gif)\n\nA Sokoban type puzzle game where you must move to the beat - disco style!\n\n### [Pico Arena](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/pico-arena)\n![](\/\/\/raw\/17c\/8\/z\/35690.jpg)\n\nAn arena based fighting game where you must fight various gladiators\/enemies to escape... or not?\n\n### [a nice place](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/a-nice-place)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/d54\/z\/392cc.gif)\n\nA story based game about waking up on an island, and finding yourself.\n\n### [Bad Panda vs The Cursed Maze](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/bad-panda-vs-the-cursed-maze)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/953\/z\/35385.png)\n\nHelp Bad Panda escape from the Cursed Maze! A small memory game.\n\n### [Red Venom](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/red-venom)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/c5e\/53\/z\/35e92.gif)\n\nBlast the aliens and destroy their villainous leader to bring peace... or not?\n \n### [Stuck in Orbit](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/stuck-in-orbit)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/c96\/3\/z\/35718.gif)\n\nAnother space shooter - avoid enemies and orbit faster and faster until you escape the planet!\n\n### [Swing-by](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/swing-by)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/992\/43\/z\/35b7f.gif)\n\nAnother orbiting game - this time escape an exploding core by using planet's gravity to increase your speed! Swing round and jump from planet to planet.\n\n### [Swop](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/swop)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/49c\/72\/z\/364ce.gif)\n\nGet to the flag by pushing around bubbles that can swap the path you can walk on. The puzzles get pretty tricky!\n\n### [office hours](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/office-hours)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/3a7\/03\/z\/35ca5.png)\n\nAnything can happen in office hours... play as the manager in this office simulator. Deal with customers, wipe up spills, call the guards, pick up a knife...??!!?\n\n### [Chixculub](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/chicxulub)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/14b\/31\/z\/38692.gif)\n\n(self-promotion alert - this is the game I worked on!) Play as the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in its final moments - avoid the dinosaur onslaught to reach the planet!","comments":8,"comments-timestamp":"2020-10-27T23:50:46Z","created":"2020-10-22T17:37:31Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":231813,"love":15,"love-timestamp":"2020-10-25T18:57:57Z","meta":[],"modified":"2020-10-27T23:50:46Z","name":"The PICO-8 games of LD47","node-timestamp":"2020-10-23T15:06:20Z","parent":216000,"parents":[1,5,9,212256,216000],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/chicxulub\/the-pico-8-games-of-ld47","published":"2020-10-22T18:37:32Z","scope":"public","slug":"the-pico-8-games-of-ld47","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":708174},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"231813","n_urlkey":"368364","n_parent":"216000","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/chicxulub\/the-pico-8-games-of-ld47","n_slug":"the-pico-8-games-of-ld47","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"77099","n_created":"1603388251","n_modified":"1603842646","n_version":"708174","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/chicxulub\/the-pico-8-games-of-ld47","text":"PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games. We used PICO-8 for the first time this LD, and absolutely loved it - I wanted to share what awesome things you can make with it and hopefully have a few more PICO-8 games next time round!\n\nI spent a couple of days playing all the PICO-8 games I could find that people have made for this Ludum Dare, and listed them here. Try some out and see what you think about PICO-8! If I've missed any (and I'm sure I have!) please let me know and I'll add them to the list :slight_smile:\n\nAll of these games are playable on the Web, as well as on mobile!\n\n### [Domain of the Time Wizard](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/domain-of-the-time-wizard)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/90f\/c2\/z\/358f0.gif)\nA little action adventure game where you must find the three time orbs to finally beat the evil time wizard!\n\n### [Soulbound](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/soulbound)\n![soulbound_001.png](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5e9.png)\n\nAn action\/puzzle game where you must retrieve the Soul Gem from its underground lair. But what strange powers does the gem hold?\n\n### [Mines of Movania](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/mines-of-movania)\n![minesofmovania_0.gif](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5ea.gif)\n\nA puzzle game about redirecting minecarts to the correct exit, only using the track you currently have - which the cart is probably using!\n\n###\u00a0[Stuck in the Sewers](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/stuck-in-the-sewers)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/cac\/92\/z\/36807.gif)\n\nYou play as a rat who just wants to go on vacation - but sadly you're stuck in the sewers! Make your way through a labyrinth of pipes to eventually reach your holiday!\n\n### [Flying Saucer Scramble](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/flying-saucer-scramble)\n![](\/\/\/raw\/5fd\/21\/z\/37852.gif)\n\nDraw loops around the enemy spaceships before they shoot you!\n\n### [Breadcrumbs](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/breadcrumbs)\n![breadcrumbs_000.png](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5ec.png)\nA small puzzle game about finding your way out of a maze. Use the breadcrumbs to mark where you have been - beware the birds don't eat them though! And - did I just see a person...?\n\n### [Super Jump Guy](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/super-jump-guy)\n![](\/\/\/raw\/da6\/11\/z\/3705d.gif)\n\nMake sure you play this years hottest new platformer! Maybe once more! Again?\n  \n### [For { }](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/for)\n\n![for    1 0_000.png](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5f2.png)\n\nA fiendishly hard Sokoban type puzzle game where programs are executed based on where the blocks are in the world. Packed full of fun little features!\n\n### [Orbitary](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/orbitrary)\n\n![orbitrary_000.png](\/\/\/raw\/b2d\/21\/z\/3a5f3.png)\n\nOrbit around the planet for as long as you can, picking up data packets. Lightning, asteroids, comets and more will make your job difficult - how long can you last?\n\n### [The Loop](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/the-loop-5)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/a6c\/d\/z\/38df1.gif)\n\nA small demo made in a few hours - circle around, picking up the right colour circles to grow big!\n\n### [Not Enough](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/not-enough)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/517\/6\/z\/37ab1.png)\n\nYour attempts at escape are good, but... NOT ENOUGH\n\n### [Disco Loop](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/disco-loop)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/db3\/53\/z\/37ef0.gif)\n\nA Sokoban type puzzle game where you must move to the beat - disco style!\n\n### [Pico Arena](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/pico-arena)\n![](\/\/\/raw\/17c\/8\/z\/35690.jpg)\n\nAn arena based fighting game where you must fight various gladiators\/enemies to escape... or not?\n\n### [a nice place](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/a-nice-place)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/d54\/z\/392cc.gif)\n\nA story based game about waking up on an island, and finding yourself.\n\n### [Bad Panda vs The Cursed Maze](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/bad-panda-vs-the-cursed-maze)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/953\/z\/35385.png)\n\nHelp Bad Panda escape from the Cursed Maze! A small memory game.\n\n### [Red Venom](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/red-venom)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/c5e\/53\/z\/35e92.gif)\n\nBlast the aliens and destroy their villainous leader to bring peace... or not?\n \n### [Stuck in Orbit](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/stuck-in-orbit)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/c96\/3\/z\/35718.gif)\n\nAnother space shooter - avoid enemies and orbit faster and faster until you escape the planet!\n\n### [Swing-by](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/swing-by)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/992\/43\/z\/35b7f.gif)\n\nAnother orbiting game - this time escape an exploding core by using planet's gravity to increase your speed! Swing round and jump from planet to planet.\n\n### [Swop](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/swop)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/49c\/72\/z\/364ce.gif)\n\nGet to the flag by pushing around bubbles that can swap the path you can walk on. The puzzles get pretty tricky!\n\n### [office hours](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/office-hours)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/3a7\/03\/z\/35ca5.png)\n\nAnything can happen in office hours... play as the manager in this office simulator. Deal with customers, wipe up spills, call the guards, pick up a knife...??!!?\n\n### [Chixculub](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/chicxulub)\n\n![](\/\/\/raw\/14b\/31\/z\/38692.gif)\n\n(self-promotion alert - this is the game I worked on!) Play as the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in its final moments - avoid the dinosaur onslaught to reach the planet!","title":"The PICO-8 games of LD47","wayback_source":[]}