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.NET Dev by ☀️ | IndieDev by 🌃 🕹️ Made: https://bit.ly/UnDUNE2 • https://bit.ly/LowMemSky • https://bit.ly/SCUMM-8 on #Pico8 🏠 Liquidream.co.uk | He/Him ❤️ https://ko-fi.com/liquidream | 📅 Liquidream.omg.lol/Now 🦣 mastodon.gamedev.place/@Liquidream

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · Oct 20

My name is Paul Nicholas
#DotNet developer by day, #GameDev by night 👨‍💻
Created #Pico8 demakes like #LowMemSky & #SCUMM8
Most recently, #UnDUNE2:
🏗️ bit.ly/UnDUNE2
Currently making:
🗺️ #SAGEngine - Simple Adventure Game Engine
Support:
☕ ko-fi.com/Liquidream
Home:
🏠 www.liquidream.co.uk
#Introduction

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Benjamin Soulé @benjaminsoule.bsky.social · 1d

I finished the #pico8 version of clockwise knight ! You can play it here : www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=151...
#gamedev #indiedev How many days do you need to defeat Karnoth ?

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 9d

I need to send you a unique link, but can't seem to direct message you? Let me know if there's an alternative way to contact you directly.

Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 10d

No worries, Tréveron.
It is a month-long jam for reasons like this (e.g. so ppl don't feel pressured to get it done in a week/end).
But, it's also intended to be a "relaxed" one...
So, if u send me the itch URL of ur entry when published, I'll add it as a late submission, on this occasion 😉

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 10d

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

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JoeAMERICA Gayms @joeamericagayms.bsky.social · 10d

1kcity made for the best jam around the #pico8 #pico1k

Zone your own micro city

joeamericagayms.itch.io/1kcity

1kCity by joeAmerica Gayms

Little city, little buildings, big lives.

joeamericagayms.itch.io

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Mors - OPERIUS DX IS ON ESHOP @mors.games · 10d

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

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Mors - OPERIUS DX IS ON ESHOP @mors.games · 11d

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

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Munro @munrowyman.bsky.social · 11d

The car picks the driver and the driver screams.

munro.itch.io/driving-instruction

#pico8 #pixelart #gamedev #pico1k

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 12d

0️⃣ Scoreboard-1K 0️⃣
A #Picotron scoreboard app made in 1K of 🗜️code (for #Pico1k Jam 2025)
🕹️ liquidream.itch.io/scoreboard-1k
FEATURES:
👥 2-Player Scoring
↕️ Inc/Decrease score w/ single press
✏️ Edit Player Names
🎾 Starting Player Indicator
(e.g. who's break in cue sports)
⏱️ Game Timer (Pausable)

Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 12d

Nice one, mate. Congrats! 🥳

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 13d

death state
#pico1k #pico8

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 15d

#PerfectGif 👌

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zep.p8 @lexaloffle.bsky.social · 15d

This started as a #pico1k game but went off the rails
#pico8

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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 16d

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

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Paul Nicholas @liquidream.bsky.social · 17d

Only 1 week left of #Pico1k jam! ⌛
🌐 itch.io/jam/pico-1k-2025
So far...
👥 89 Joined
💾 38 Entries
itch.io/jam/pico-1k-...
You still have 1 week left to create:
🕹️ Games, 📺 Demos & 🛠️ Tools
in #Pico8 (or #Picotron) using ≤ 1KB of 🗜️ code
#GameJam #Demoscene #Sizecoding

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sizescape @sizescape.bsky.social · 17d

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

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OBONO @obono.bsky.social · 18d

つい勢いで PICO-1K Jam 2025 に Hopper を投稿してみた。いくつめの移植だろう… #pico8 #pico1k
https://itch.io/jam/pico-1k-2025/rate/3902059

Hopper-1K by OBONO for PICO-1K Jam 2025 - itch.io

A simple platformer game for PICO-1K Jam 2025

itch.io

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Andrew @andrewt.net · 19d

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

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Michał Rostocki @rostok.bsky.social · 19d

"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

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picopup🏳️‍⚧️ @brookp8.bsky.social · 19d

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!

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greguigi.bsky.social @greguigi.bsky.social · 19d

Here's my game Locate.Identify.Eliminate. I made for PICO-1K Jam 2025.
If you want to check it out, it is available on Itch: greguigi.itch.io/locate-ident...
#Pico8
#Pico1k

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sizescape @sizescape.bsky.social · 19d

Hitting up against the limits again for #pico1k. Added in a bunch the features that I wanted, and the game's starting to really come together. You can finally actually lose a run, and playing the game is cutting into my dev time, always a good sign. :D

#pico8

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Andrew @andrewt.net · 20d

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.

Questle Run by Andrew

A tiny arcade space race

andrew-t.itch.io

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