Great job on these (and on the game as well)! I’m making a picross game for the gameboy too, and would love to include some of these as optional selectable BGM in the game! I know it’s CC BY 4.0 but just wanted to make sure it’s ok with you, since it would be in such a similar niche of picross games on the gameboy. 😅

Good point, I’ve updated it!

Thanks for playing it on stream! The number of levels was just from me running out of time before the submission deadline, rather than due to any PICO-8 limits, but I do plan on revisiting the project after the jam is over to add more levels. Glad you enjoyed it!

Really unique gameplay mechanic where you have to really think through how many steps to take! I don’t think I’ve ever seen another game like it, definitely very cool level design.

I played part of this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone play your game. I haven’t finished it yet, but I had a great time playing so far!

Really unique idea! It was fun to see how many different ways the same level could be adjusted to feel unique and unpredictable each time. The only thing was that I didn’t understand the “control nothing” level, but solved it by accident somehow. I had a great time playing it though!

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Cool game! Can get pretty challenging to figure out how to coordinate your loops to get them to work together with the limited time (definitely had a lot of cases where I just barely missed the time cutoff right before the checkpoint), but I thought it was executed well!

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Love the concept of a rat racing game! The various enemies were entertaining too, though I realized I probably should have gone a bit slower to not aggro all the cats. Good job on the game!

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone play your game.

Loved the art in this one, and the idea of using a clock hand to advance time was a really unique idea! I think it would be nice to have something in-game to remind you of how the items combined, without needing to refer back to the cheat-sheet in the description (though maybe discovering them on your own is part of the fun). The game was really cool though, great job!

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Really cool game! I love the simplicity of the graphics, it’s a really nice visual style that makes it easy to tell what’s going on. The looping mechanic was also really creative, and makes you have to think ahead.

I did find myself wishing that the fast-forward button could go faster than the current max speed though, as I ended up drawing quite a few inefficient patterns that took a long time to complete (totally my fault though, I could’ve spent more time thinking of more efficient ways to do it).

I also played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone play your game. I had a good time with it, great job with the game!

Cool game that requires you to think through your moves multiple turns in advance. The puzzles can get surprisingly complex! Very nice matrix animation in the background as well. Good job on the game!

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Really enjoyed the vibe of this game! I did wish that I could speed up the yarn pulling sometimes though, as I felt like I spent a lot of time waiting (especially if I missed a click and had to wait for another cycle). But then again, patience is is part of the crocheting process, so the deliberate slow-paced nature of it does make sense thematically.

I played this on stream today (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game. Great job!

Cute art and nice visuals in general! The planet combining mechanic was satisfying when I was able to get them to collide, though I agree with some of the other comments that it was hard to tell where your planet was going to end up. It was also fun to just spam a bunch of planets and watch them orbit around. Good job on the game!

I played this on stream today (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Really enjoyed the art and visual effects on this one! Casting spells based on the drawn shape was a cool idea (even though I ended up mostly just drawing vague shapes as it was faster). Good job on the game!

I played this on stream today (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Really enjoyed the art and humor for this one! For some reason I didn’t realize that you could leave the roulette table by walking away (I kept looking for a clickable button or an instruction on how to exit), so I got stuck there for a while and gambled away all my money. I only hope that real casinos don’t learn this trick.

I also played this on stream today (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game. Great job!

Really cool game! Loved the subtle visual effects as well.

I played this on stream today (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game. I don’t think I made it too far unfortunately, but I had a good time!

Nice twist on a sokoban game! It took me a bit to realize you could walk on top of other blocks after falling on them, but that was a really cool mechanic that I don’t think I’ve seen much (if at all) in other sokobans.

I played this on stream today (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone’s playthrough of your game. I didn’t get to finish it, but the levels could get pretty hard. Good job on the game!

Great game with amazing art!!

You were already there when I played it on stream today but here’s the timestamped video for future reference.

The movement takes some time to get used to, but I think the idea of a looping level is cool!

Unfortunately I think I encountered some bugs that made it hard to tell what was happening (the top of the screen was a bit cut off), not sure if it’s an issue with my browser or something. I played through this on stream yesterday (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Really enjoyed the visuals, definitely very polished and stylish as usual! I had the same issue as one of the other comments where I didn’t understand why sometimes I couldn’t place a bone where I wanted, but I think in my case it’s just me misunderstanding the basic rules of dominoes.

I played this yesterday on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game. Please excuse the obvious mistakes I made 😅 (after watching it back, I’m thinking “of course you can’t place a domino there, duh”). I had a good time though, great job!

The stamping was really satisfying, especially the sound effects when you get something right!

I played this on stream yesterday (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game. I realized afterward that I totally misunderstood the how the graphs worked (for some reason I thought I just needed to stamp if the line ended going up, rather than it ending higher than it started). My fault for not reading the instructions fully… 😅 I somehow got away with doing it wrong for a few levels though, which maybe also says something about society.

I was really impressed with the graphics, really nice for a PICO-8 game! It was a bit hard to tell what was happening once you get a lot of circles on the screen, but the chaos was also satisfying in a way. Good job!

I played this on stream yesterday (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Glad someone else recognized the inspiration! The 1-bit style is such a good way to make the game look clean/readable at small sizes, I felt I had to give it a try. Thanks for playing!

ohh very cool!

Loved the hand-drawn aesthetic of this one, it was really charming!

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Really neat idea! It’s pretty hard, I agree with one of the other comments that it would have been nice to have a reticle to help with aiming. But the rendering is impressive!

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone’s playthrough of your game (please excuse me struggling at the beginning before I read the game description)

The graphics were really impressive! Really liked the clean pixel art and the particle effects. And the music is great too.

I played the game on stream (video here) if you want to see someone’s playthrough of your game. It took me way too long to realize that I had to rotate in the opposite direction after a certain point.

Thanks for playing! The pause menu does have an option to reset the level, though understandably it’s a bit non-obvious (I usually don’t expect anything to be in the pause menu when I play most PICO-8 games myself).

Nice game! Really had to use my brain to figure out the solutions for these.

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone play your game (and struggle to solve math problems 😅).

The visuals and graphical style are amazing! I really liked the attention to detail, especially how the floating particles in the goo react to your movement. I agree with some of the other comments that the wall jump can be a bit hard to do consistently, but I had fun regardless.

I played this on stream (video here), if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Cool metroidvania-style game! It was neat revisiting old areas with new abilities.

I played this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone’s playthrough of your game.

Really enjoyed the art and narrative of this one! The colors work together really well and the story was really cute. Amazing game as always!

I played through this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching a playthrough of your game.

Amazing game! I was really impressed by the visuals, especially the highlight to indicate which part of the yarn you’re colliding with (even when the other side is through a hole). The gameplay was really smooth in general and I had a great time with it.

I played through this on stream (video here), if you’re interested in watching someone’s playthrough of your game.

Really satisfying movement and it was cool to see the different power-ups available!

I played through this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone’s playthrough of your game.

Really creative idea! I had a great time with this one (typing this as I finished my Uma Musume dailies).

I played through this on stream (video here) if you’re interested in watching someone’s gameplay of your game.

Really enjoyed the aesthetics! I was able to cheat some of the levels by alt+tabbing and moving the cursor somewhere else (though it seemed to only work sometimes). I had a great time with this one, good job!

I played this on stream (video here), if you’re interested in watching someone play through some of the levels.

Thanks! I wish I had more time to add some more difficult levels, though I’m hoping to revisit the game and add more content after the jam is over.

For the doors and buttons, the buttons will actually open any doors on the same row/column. In the post-jam version of the game I’ll be sure to include a level to tutorialize that.

Thanks for playing!

Thanks for playing!

Thanks! Some other people have posted videos of their playthroughs below (like this one or this one) that you could check if you get stuck and don’t know where to go.

Thanks for playing!!