What you can build

Every game below is a real, runnable example in the project — not a mock-up. They run in the simulator on your computer and on the PicoPad. Open one, read its header comment, and you have a working starting point for that genre. Browse them all in the examples gallery.

**Meadow scene** — drawn-art still. `picogame_pictor`

**Platformer** — real art, framed HUD. `picogame_cavern`

**Pseudo-3D racer** — StripDraw road, leaning bike, ghost lap. `picogame_ghost`

**Vertical shooter** — pooled sprites, original art. `picogame_squest_full`

**Top-down RPG slice** — tilemap world, NPCs. `picogame_arduventure`

**Side-scroller** — jump arc, scrolling world, coins. `picogame_platformer`

**Maze chase** — tilemap board, ghost AI. `picogame_pacman`

**Falling-block puzzle** — tilemap grid, 7-bag pieces. `picogame_tetris`

**Breakout** — paddle, brick wall, particles. `picogame_arkanoid`

**Asteroids** — runtime rotation, wrap, splitting rocks. `picogame_asteroids`

**Snake** — Tilemap board, O(1) collision. `picogame_snake`

**Top-down racer** — moving camera, ghost lap. `picogame_topracer`

And the full set is in the examples gallery — soccer, Dig Dug, Flappy, pinball, match-3, an endless runner, missile defense, and more.

Ready to make one?

Make your first game — five minutes to something moving.
The tutorials — build a Breakout, a shooter and an RPG step by step.
Picking a genre? Each example’s header comment lists exactly what it uses, so it doubles as a template. Start from the closest one and reshape it.