Classical music has gotten too far from its roots. We need to bring back traditional practices like: - performers cutting passages they don’t feel like playing - putting random pieces of unrelated music in between movements of a multi-movement work - hiring audience members to faint

FORLORN SHORES A puzzling adventure through strange lands. My biggest PICO-8 game yet. Scratch paper recommended. PLAY IT NOW, 100% FREE: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=157... jusiv.itch.io/forlorn-shores #PICO8 #Gamedev #Indiedev #Puzzle #Adventure

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Continues. Something I never even thought of adding to my games until requested a week ago for my #pico8 #moonpatrol. Seems a totally obvious QoL addition! I now give the player up to 3 continues. Hi-scores are ineligible if you use one. #retrogaming #arcade #gamdev

Summer Slow Jams dates & themes are live for June, July, and August! Learn and collaborate with the community to make games every month this summer 😎 🍀 Luck 💼 Inventory 🔍 Mystery pigsquad.com/summerslowjams Time to make games together 💖 Thanks to @marlowedobbe.com for this year's art!!

this is one of my recent favourites, mainly for the payoff when they all line up near the end of the gif loop

Silly test of the day: #picotron stencil shadows (yeah - 6bits depth buffer is not helping 😆)

thrilled to announce that A JACKPOT OF SKULLS has been selected for @wonderville.nyc's next pico-8 residency! for the next three months you can play our slot-machine storygame on a dedicated cabinet at the best arcade in NYC, and by extension the entire world. try not to sunder your realm this time?

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futuristic motorcycle #pixelart #art #ドット絵 #neonmoonlight

My #picotron port of Lemmings now has all the original levels playable (plus the replacement levels, plus all the holiday levels, plus a handful of others) It runs in the browser here: sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html

I had a great weekend at #pigcon meeting #pico8 folks and talking about design loops (which I believe will be available online later). I forgot to show this slide, which my Dad dug out of storage and appears to be the first fantasy machine I designed when I was around 8.

I've created an account here to keep in touch with those who left X. Maybe you don't know, but last years I've been working on a lot of things. One of them was released as a small freeware game. In case you don't know... I hope you enjoy Backstreet Warriors! =) sebagamesdev.itch.io/backstreet-w...

Deep below the river, long since its closure, the Mint's legacy yet thrives. Featuring music by @chaihigh96.bsky.social and a beautiful rimlight shader by @snakeblock.bsky.social #MEMAMORKIN #gamemaker

The demo is out now! 🐇 🐐 🦅 🐢 🐅 Mimic Meadows is puzzle game about transforming into animals by mimicking their movement. Discover creative ways to wield this power while solving mind-bending puzzles. And attempt to unearth the many secrets of the meadows! store.steampowered.com/app/4136640/...

💥 Soulbound Re-Cursed is out now on #pico8! 🏛 Explore an ancient temple! 💎 Get the space-warping gem! 🧠 Solve mind-bending puzzles! 🐍 Mind the snakes! Play now for free on punkcake.itch.io/soulbound !!

We've been working on the updated Seal of Solitomb for a while, so just as a reminder: the original #pico8 version is still awesome, and still free-to-play here: krajzeg.itch.io/solitomb If you haven't played yet and are in the mood to solitaire-up some sweet monster combos, give it a whirl! 🌀

...And we're back! Sorry for missing the stream last week! Come hang out with me for the PICO-8 Livestream tonight 5/26/26 at 8:30PM EST. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXvZ... pico8 #pico8games #indiegames #8bitgames #indiedev #gaming #indiegaming #livestream #cozygaming #chillgames #lexaloffle #gamedev

EMUUROM IS FINALLY OUT! store.steampowered.com/app/1634360/...

Virus Buster, a #pico8 game I wrote back in 2020 and totally forgot to ever publish on my itch site! pahammond.itch.io/virus-buster From memory, I wrote this straight after bubble bobble as a bit of a cool-down project whist still WFH due to lockdown. #gamedev #chiptune

#picotron 0.3.0d is up. Faster scoresub(), batch scaled sprites, and a whole bunch of little improvements. www.picotron.net Changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...

Here's the May edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/may-2026

Genuinely, this concern about AI is one of the reasons why I think having friction in video games is good and why it's increasingly important to have games that simply exist instead of catering to our expectations. Reposting this message from Kojima about "pre-digested" art:

PIGCON WORKSHOPS ARE LIVE 📝 Sign up in replies, we have some incredible stuff here ~ 🎮 PICO-8 Workshop, hosted by Dylan and @lexaloffle.bsky.social 🎮 Youth Game Making Workshop in new software Lil' Bitty Things 🎮 1-on-1 Professional Consulting Sessions (paid or showcase/speaker pass required!)

A while ago @retrofuntech.bsky.social and I met up at @picopicocafe.bsky.social to hang out and chat about #pico8. Now through the wonder of the internet, you can join us! (just get some coffee ready and pretend you are eavesdropping at the neighboring table). www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vWS...

Testing batch #picotron 0.3.0d sspr // draw many scaled sprites with a single call by passing a userdata table of call parameters. Each row has its own src and dest region + anchoring bits (bottom center in this case).

In general I find C and Lua occupy two completely separate parts of my brain, but it finally happened. #picotron

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I made a game called "Carrot Kingdom!" where you stretch a rabbit's ears to grab carrots! 🥕🐰 It’s a browser game you can finish in about 20–30 minutes. Check it out and give it a try! www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=156... #pico8 #gamedev

the treasures in the sky, #pico-8 #chiptune

There are still a few slots available for presenters if you'd like to show something tomorrow at #picotachi, including a *remote guest* slot (via video chat at the same time of day as this post). Give me a heads up via reply / DM / email. Info for presenters: www.picotachi.com

crowd rabid, chanting, short! legs! short! legs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhOc...

More batched sspr drawing for #picotron 0.3.0d. Bits 0xf0000 in the sprite index can be used to anchor each sprite centered or right justified (used here to scale each sprite centered).

batch sspr() calls for #picotron 0.3.0d The sprite index can have bits 0x4000, 0x8000 set to flip horizontally / vertically (same as the map tile bits).

It’s TweetTweetJam 11! Make a game in 500 characters of code from May 23-May 29, 2026. itch.io/jam/tweettwe... All engines and frameworks welcome! #pico8 #picotron #tic80 #gamejam #indiedev

I joined Jim Stormdancer (Frog Fractions) on Topic Lords to discuss Moss Moss design, PICO-8 and games that hide secrets. Discussion runs about 30 mins.

Happy weekend! I'm nearly done with my rework of @benjaminsoule.bsky.social's Soulbound! 🐍💎 Releasing next week on #Pico8! #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #gamedev

[Tokyo] #picotachi vol.82 is next week! Saturday May 23rd at @picopicocafe.bsky.social // 7pm~, cafe open from 2pm // DM us if you'd like to show or talk about something (tiny / WIP projects welcome), or email: picopicocafe @ gmail // ☕ More info: www.picotachi.com

WIP pickups for neko puzzle #picotron #pico8

The origin of "splore" as best I can tell: 2004 YOUR HEAD A SPLODE (Strong Bad Email 94 ) 2007 "Mr. Splode & the Fireworks Factory" (Ludum Dare #10) 2014 #pico8: If Explode -> Splode, then Explore -> Splore youtu.be/R22zSrpeSA4?...

🤓Did you know? Castaway used to be a #Pico8 project! (🚨Now only $2.79 on Switch! Link below!)

Next Level is out in just three days - some people already have their preorder copies, which is scary and cool! I'm doing a few threads this week about some of the stuff I cover in the book, today let me tell you about two very special games. (Pre/order it here: linktr.ee/next_level)

... and fixing the bug in the bullet collision detection also helps, apparently.

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what's the point of having a title screen if you can't mess with it? #picotron

Editor is editing! #picotron

Tickets are live, and the presentation schedule is up now! More details & full games list coming soon 🌲 We're just over 3 weeks away! pigcon.pigsquad.com

本日（5/8）も☕️やってます。 明日（5/9）はまったり自由なお絵描き時間『カキカキ会』を開催です✍️

Underneath the Viaduct #memamorkin