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picogame example games & demos

Each game is a standalone program (its code.py on the device). Generated art unless noted; the real-asset ones carry their data alongside.

Section titled “Gallery”
Meadow scene
Meadow scene — PicoLibSDK art port. picogame_pictor
Platformer
Platformer — real art, framed HUD. picogame_cavern
Pseudo-3D racer
Pseudo-3D racer — StripDraw road, leaning bike, ghost lap. picogame_ghost
Vertical shooter
Vertical shooter — pooled sprites, original art. picogame_squest_full
Top-down RPG slice
Top-down RPG slice — tilemap world, NPCs. picogame_arduventure
Side-scroller
Side-scroller — jump arc, scrolling world, coins. picogame_platformer
Maze chase
Maze chase — tilemap board, ghost AI. picogame_pacman
Falling-block puzzle
Falling-block puzzle — tilemap grid, 7-bag pieces. picogame_tetris
Breakout
Breakout — paddle, brick wall, particles. picogame_arkanoid
Asteroids
Asteroids — runtime rotation, wrap, splitting rocks. picogame_asteroids
Snake
Snake — Tilemap board, O(1) collision. picogame_snake
Top-down racer
Top-down racer — moving camera, ghost lap. picogame_topracer
Sports
Sports — two-goal pitch, simple AI. picogame_soccer
Pinball
Pinball — flippers, bumpers. picogame_pinball
Match-3
Match-3 — GridCursor, swap & clear. picogame_match3
Endless runner
Endless runner — picogame_anim cycles. picogame_dinorun
Flappy
Flappy — pooled pipes, one button. picogame_flappy
Catch arcade
Catch arcade — pooled drops, juice. picogame_starfall
Missile defense
Missile defense — aim & intercept. picogame_missile
Pseudo-3D gates
Pseudo-3D gates — scaling sprites. picogame_zoom

Deploy a game

Section titled “Deploy a game”
  1. Flash firmware.uf2 (board pajenicko_picopad_game).
  2. Copy the helper modules the game imports into CIRCUITPY/lib/ (see ../lib/).
  3. Copy the game file to the CIRCUITPY root as code.py, plus any asset files it loads (e.g. squest_assets.py, cavern_assets.py + cavern.bin).

The header comment of each game lists exactly which helpers/assets it needs.

Games by genre

Section titled “Games by genre”
  • Breakout picogame_arkanoid · Vert shooter picogame_squest_full (squest_assets.py, original art) / picogame_squest (generated)
  • Falling-block picogame_tetris · Fixed shooter ugame_ports/vacuum_port
  • Platformer picogame_cavern (cavern_assets.py+cavern.bin, real art) / ugame_ports/jumper_port · Side-scroller (Mario-style) picogame_platformer
  • Maze picogame_pacman · RPG slice picogame_arduventure
  • Sports picogame_soccer · Pseudo-3D racer picogame_ghost
  • Asteroids picogame_asteroids · Snake picogame_snake
  • Dig Dug picogame_digdug · Flappy picogame_flappy
  • Pinball picogame_pinball · Match-3 picogame_match3
  • Missile defense picogame_missile

Demos

Section titled “Demos”

*_demo.py exercise single features: scene/dirty-rect, tilemap, particles (+fade), canvas, scroll/camera, hud, audio, anchor, bitmap-swap, multirect, portable render.