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picogame example games

Click a game to play it in your browser — or copy it to a PicoPad. Every one of them runs in the browser; most also ship their source in this repo.

Try a game

Section titled “Try a game”

▶ In your browser — easiest, nothing to install. Click any game below. It opens in the Playground and starts right away. Keys: arrows (or WASD) move, F (or Ctrl) = button A, G = button B.

💻 On your computer. Download the code once, then run a single line — the desktop simulator opens a window:

Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/MakerClassCZ/picogame
cd picogame
python3 sim/run.py demos/picogame_snake.py    # any demo/game

You need Python 3 (add pip install pygame for a live window; without it the run just saves a screenshot).

🎮 On real hardware. Any Raspberry Pi Pico with a small screen, a few buttons and a buzzer plays these — a ready-made PicoPad, or one you build yourself. Flash the firmware, copy the game’s files, done.

The games

Section titled “The games”
PlatformerPlatformerpicogame_cavern▶ play in browser Pseudo-3D racerPseudo-3D racerpicogame_picobike▶ play in browser Vertical shooterVertical shooterpicogame_squest_full▶ play in browser Plane shmupPlane shmuppicogame_picowing▶ play in browser Top-down RPGTop-down RPGpicogame_quest▶ play in browser Card rogueliteCard roguelitepicogame_picatro▶ play in browser Logic puzzleLogic puzzlepicogame_train▶ play in browser Survivor arenaSurvivor arenapicogame_corona▶ play in browser Tower defenseTower defensepicogame_salvo▶ play in browser Side-scrollerSide-scrollerpicogame_platformer▶ play in browser Maze chaseMaze chasepicogame_pacman▶ play in browser Falling-block puzzleFalling-block puzzlepicogame_picotris▶ play in browser BreakoutBreakoutpicogame_arkanoid▶ play in browser AsteroidsAsteroidspicogame_asteroids▶ play in browser SnakeSnakepicogame_snake▶ play in browser Top-down racerTop-down racerpicogame_picoracer▶ play in browser SportsSportspicogame_soccer▶ play in browser PinballPinballpicogame_pinball▶ play in browser Match-3Match-3picogame_match3▶ play in browser Endless runnerEndless runnerpicogame_dinorun▶ play in browser FlappyFlappypicogame_flappy▶ play in browser Catch arcadeCatch arcadepicogame_starfall▶ play in browser Missile defenseMissile defensepicogame_missile▶ play in browser Pseudo-3D gatesPseudo-3D gatespicogame_zoom▶ play in browser

Every game is one self-contained program, and its opening comment lists exactly what it uses — so it also works as a template: start from the closest one and reshape it. Most of them live in the picogame repo — a few are playable here without their source being part of the public tree.

Put a game on a device

Section titled “Put a game on a device”
  1. Flash firmware.uf2 — steps on Run on hardware.
  2. Copy the game’s code.py onto the CIRCUITPY drive, plus the helper modules and any asset files it imports (each game’s header comment lists them).

Power-cycle and it runs.