Blue and Lefty is up on the BBS with some dev GIFs showing how the gfx&map data is stored in 360 bytes by encoding it as repetitive P8SCII sequences:
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151...
#pico1k #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151...
#pico1k #pico8
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Blue and Lefty is up on the BBS with some dev GIFs showing how the gfx&map data is stored in 360 bytes by encoding it as repetitive P8SCII sequences:
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151...
#pico1k #pico8
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151...
#pico1k #pico8
𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗢⬩𝟭𝗞 𝗝𝗔𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 has now finished 🏁
We had 75 awesome entries! 👨💻
Please check them out:
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
A mix of 🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools.
All done in #Pico8 (or #Picotron), using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
Congrats everyone! 👏🤓
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
We had 75 awesome entries! 👨💻
Please check them out:
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
A mix of 🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools.
All done in #Pico8 (or #Picotron), using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
Congrats everyone! 👏🤓
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
September 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗢⬩𝟭𝗞 𝗝𝗔𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 has now finished 🏁
We had 75 awesome entries! 👨💻
Please check them out:
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
A mix of 🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools.
All done in #Pico8 (or #Picotron), using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
Congrats everyone! 👏🤓
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
We had 75 awesome entries! 👨💻
Please check them out:
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
A mix of 🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools.
All done in #Pico8 (or #Picotron), using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
Congrats everyone! 👏🤓
#Pico1k #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
Blue and Lefty // a tricky puzzle platformer in 1024 bytes for #pico1k: zep.itch.io/blue-and-lefty
From inside #pico8:
>LOAD #BNL
From inside #pico8:
>LOAD #BNL
September 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Blue and Lefty // a tricky puzzle platformer in 1024 bytes for #pico1k: zep.itch.io/blue-and-lefty
From inside #pico8:
>LOAD #BNL
From inside #pico8:
>LOAD #BNL
heya folks! i made my first pico-8 game, and it's for the pico-1k jam 2025!
it's a game where you're an rc car and you're trying to collect batteries :D
you can play it from here:
mors-games.itch.io/drift1k
and yes, as per the jam's rules, the game is under 1024 bytes!
#pico1k #pico8 #gamedev
it's a game where you're an rc car and you're trying to collect batteries :D
you can play it from here:
mors-games.itch.io/drift1k
and yes, as per the jam's rules, the game is under 1024 bytes!
#pico1k #pico8 #gamedev
September 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
heya folks! i made my first pico-8 game, and it's for the pico-1k jam 2025!
it's a game where you're an rc car and you're trying to collect batteries :D
you can play it from here:
mors-games.itch.io/drift1k
and yes, as per the jam's rules, the game is under 1024 bytes!
#pico1k #pico8 #gamedev
it's a game where you're an rc car and you're trying to collect batteries :D
you can play it from here:
mors-games.itch.io/drift1k
and yes, as per the jam's rules, the game is under 1024 bytes!
#pico1k #pico8 #gamedev
apparently there's a pico-8 game jam going on where the goal is to make a game under 1kb. that's 1024 bytes! sounds like a fun excuse to make my first pico-8 game :D
though, turns out it's over in less than 24hrs...
well, i guess im speedrunning it then! #pico1k #pico8 #gamedev
though, turns out it's over in less than 24hrs...
well, i guess im speedrunning it then! #pico1k #pico8 #gamedev
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The car picks the driver and the driver screams.
munro.itch.io/driving-instruction
#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev #pico1k
munro.itch.io/driving-instruction
#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev #pico1k
September 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The car picks the driver and the driver screams.
munro.itch.io/driving-instruction
#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev #pico1k
munro.itch.io/driving-instruction
#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev #pico1k
Finished up my entry for this year's #pico1K Jam!
Pivop1K is a demake of an older game of mine squished all the way down to a single kilobyte of compressed source code!
Wow! That's so small for all this head-swinging action!
andymakes.itch.io/picop-1k
#pico8 #indie #sizecoding #tweetcart
Pivop1K is a demake of an older game of mine squished all the way down to a single kilobyte of compressed source code!
Wow! That's so small for all this head-swinging action!
andymakes.itch.io/picop-1k
#pico8 #indie #sizecoding #tweetcart
September 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Finished up my entry for this year's #pico1K Jam!
Pivop1K is a demake of an older game of mine squished all the way down to a single kilobyte of compressed source code!
Wow! That's so small for all this head-swinging action!
andymakes.itch.io/picop-1k
#pico8 #indie #sizecoding #tweetcart
Pivop1K is a demake of an older game of mine squished all the way down to a single kilobyte of compressed source code!
Wow! That's so small for all this head-swinging action!
andymakes.itch.io/picop-1k
#pico8 #indie #sizecoding #tweetcart
Only 1 week left of #Pico1k jam! ⌛
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-2025
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#GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
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September 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Only 1 week left of #Pico1k jam! ⌛
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#GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
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itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
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Pico1K Entry submitted! Came in at 1020 compressed bytes in the end, and was a ton of fun to make. Check it out on itch at sizescape.itch.io/qball
My high score is 348, let me know if you manage to beat it! :D
Thanks @liquidream.bsky.social for hosting this jam!
#pico8 #pico1k
My high score is 348, let me know if you manage to beat it! :D
Thanks @liquidream.bsky.social for hosting this jam!
#pico8 #pico1k
September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Pico1K Entry submitted! Came in at 1020 compressed bytes in the end, and was a ton of fun to make. Check it out on itch at sizescape.itch.io/qball
My high score is 348, let me know if you manage to beat it! :D
Thanks @liquidream.bsky.social for hosting this jam!
#pico8 #pico1k
My high score is 348, let me know if you manage to beat it! :D
Thanks @liquidream.bsky.social for hosting this jam!
#pico8 #pico1k
I have also made a 1k racing game. Honestly it's kind of wild what you can fit into 1kB of Lua, a decidedly not-small language, even if we are compressing it by nearly 50%. There's some really cool stuff in the #Pico1k jam.
1k Rally by Andrew
Play in your browser
andrew-t.itch.io
September 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I have also made a 1k racing game. Honestly it's kind of wild what you can fit into 1kB of Lua, a decidedly not-small language, even if we are compressing it by nearly 50%. There's some really cool stuff in the #Pico1k jam.
"Caverns of the Souleater"
Father told you these caverns hold a great treasure. But all you've found are endless tunnels and venomous snakes. As your torch burns low, you wonder if the gold was ever real. And why he didn't share this with your brother?!
#pico8 #indie #pico1k #sizecoding 1/2
Father told you these caverns hold a great treasure. But all you've found are endless tunnels and venomous snakes. As your torch burns low, you wonder if the gold was ever real. And why he didn't share this with your brother?!
#pico8 #indie #pico1k #sizecoding 1/2
September 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Caverns of the Souleater"
Father told you these caverns hold a great treasure. But all you've found are endless tunnels and venomous snakes. As your torch burns low, you wonder if the gold was ever real. And why he didn't share this with your brother?!
#pico8 #indie #pico1k #sizecoding 1/2
Father told you these caverns hold a great treasure. But all you've found are endless tunnels and venomous snakes. As your torch burns low, you wonder if the gold was ever real. And why he didn't share this with your brother?!
#pico8 #indie #pico1k #sizecoding 1/2
Caverns of the Souleater is my entry for Pico1k 2025 game jam itch.io/jam/pico-1k-... Play here rostok.itch.io/souleater 2/2
#indiegame #artgame #generative #sizecoding
#indiegame #artgame #generative #sizecoding
Caverns of the Souleater by rostok
was the path you took the right one?
rostok.itch.io
September 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Caverns of the Souleater is my entry for Pico1k 2025 game jam itch.io/jam/pico-1k-... Play here rostok.itch.io/souleater 2/2
#indiegame #artgame #generative #sizecoding
#indiegame #artgame #generative #sizecoding
PICK-1K
I made a wordlike roguesearch. You have to pick 1 "K" in a letter grid, and after each success you pick a new detriment -- AND the letters of the detriment you selected get added to the grid, making it harder to find the next K. Made in exactly 1024 bytes for #pico1k jam!
I made a wordlike roguesearch. You have to pick 1 "K" in a letter grid, and after each success you pick a new detriment -- AND the letters of the detriment you selected get added to the grid, making it harder to find the next K. Made in exactly 1024 bytes for #pico1k jam!
September 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
PICK-1K
I made a wordlike roguesearch. You have to pick 1 "K" in a letter grid, and after each success you pick a new detriment -- AND the letters of the detriment you selected get added to the grid, making it harder to find the next K. Made in exactly 1024 bytes for #pico1k jam!
I made a wordlike roguesearch. You have to pick 1 "K" in a letter grid, and after each success you pick a new detriment -- AND the letters of the detriment you selected get added to the grid, making it harder to find the next K. Made in exactly 1024 bytes for #pico1k jam!
I made a tiny space arcade game for the #Pico1k jam, so it's 864 bytes of compressed Lua code (and no assets).
It's a "run through the rings to gain time and shoot targets for points" game. Not loads to it but pretty pleased with it given the constraints.
It's a "run through the rings to gain time and shoot targets for points" game. Not loads to it but pretty pleased with it given the constraints.
Questle Run by Andrew
A tiny arcade space race
andrew-t.itch.io
September 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I made a tiny space arcade game for the #Pico1k jam, so it's 864 bytes of compressed Lua code (and no assets).
It's a "run through the rings to gain time and shoot targets for points" game. Not loads to it but pretty pleased with it given the constraints.
It's a "run through the rings to gain time and shoot targets for points" game. Not loads to it but pretty pleased with it given the constraints.
Making good progress on #pico1k!
Moved all of the sprite assets into code, smoothed the animations, and shrank a bunch of the logic code down, made it down under 1009 bytes compressed.
Now time to enter my favorite loop--each byte I remove gives me more bytes to add new stuff in. :D
#pico8
Moved all of the sprite assets into code, smoothed the animations, and shrank a bunch of the logic code down, made it down under 1009 bytes compressed.
Now time to enter my favorite loop--each byte I remove gives me more bytes to add new stuff in. :D
#pico8
September 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Half-way point of #Pico1k jam!
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
So far...
👥 85 Joined
💾 15 Entries
itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
You still have until end of Sep to create
🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools
in #Pico8 (or #Picotron) using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
#GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
So far...
👥 85 Joined
💾 15 Entries
itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
You still have until end of Sep to create
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#GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
September 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Half-way point of #Pico1k jam!
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
So far...
👥 85 Joined
💾 15 Entries
itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
You still have until end of Sep to create
🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools
in #Pico8 (or #Picotron) using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
#GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
So far...
👥 85 Joined
💾 15 Entries
itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
You still have until end of Sep to create
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#GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
September 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🗣️ Here is Sp1ko-8 an itsy bitsy Text To Speech, in 925 bytes on #Pico8 using formants and PCM sound synthesis for #Pico1k
Type something to hear Sp1ko8 speak it, or better yet, type some cool beat box tunes 😎💙
Enjoy 🤘🏻
iamp01.itch.io/sp1ko8
Type something to hear Sp1ko8 speak it, or better yet, type some cool beat box tunes 😎💙
Enjoy 🤘🏻
iamp01.itch.io/sp1ko8
Sp1ko8 by Mahtieu 'p01' Henri
Text To Speech for pico8 in less than 1024 bytes. Play in your browser
iamp01.itch.io
September 13, 2023 at 7:45 PM
🗣️ Here is Sp1ko-8 an itsy bitsy Text To Speech, in 925 bytes on #Pico8 using formants and PCM sound synthesis for #Pico1k
Type something to hear Sp1ko8 speak it, or better yet, type some cool beat box tunes 😎💙
Enjoy 🤘🏻
iamp01.itch.io/sp1ko8
Type something to hear Sp1ko8 speak it, or better yet, type some cool beat box tunes 😎💙
Enjoy 🤘🏻
iamp01.itch.io/sp1ko8
what the hell is going on at itch.io? every time i go there it seems down. starting to worry about #pico1k jam
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September 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Less than 24 hrs left of #Pico1k jam! ⌛
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
If you're still crunching your entry - may the byte gods be with you! 😅
#Pico8 #Picotron #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
If you're still crunching your entry - may the byte gods be with you! 😅
#Pico8 #Picotron #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Less than 24 hrs left of #Pico1k jam! ⌛
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
If you're still crunching your entry - may the byte gods be with you! 😅
#Pico8 #Picotron #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
If you're still crunching your entry - may the byte gods be with you! 😅
#Pico8 #Picotron #GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding
i just found out that 'do' acts like 'then' in #pico8
that might get you some extra bytes in #tweetcart's/#postcart's or in #pico1k jam
that might get you some extra bytes in #tweetcart's/#postcart's or in #pico1k jam
August 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
i just found out that 'do' acts like 'then' in #pico8
that might get you some extra bytes in #tweetcart's/#postcart's or in #pico1k jam
that might get you some extra bytes in #tweetcart's/#postcart's or in #pico1k jam