Pico8 Shoot’em Up
Visit Website- Type
- Game Dev, Motion
- Roles
- Code, Design
- Year
- 2025
- Employer
- Self
This project is my second game dev training project. It’s a classic 8-bit shoot ’em up developed on the PICO-8 platform. It’s still in early stages, but I’ll update the content as I progress.
What am I looking at?
Recently I started a game development learning series on the PICO-8 platform. PICO-8 is an all in one game dev platform for developing small games and prototypes, and is considered by many as a great starting point in the world of game dev. Two things I find fascinating about the platform are that the games have a maximum size of 32kb, and the entire game can be stored in a PNG image file!
My project is still in the very early stages, but here is a playable version of where I’m at right now. I recommended loading the link on a mobile phone—the experience is like playing with a GameBoy.