Alien Sneak

Alien Sneak is my submission for the PICO-1K Jam 2026 and this was a tough one. I'm still getting familiar with Pico-8, but thought this would be a good jam to hone in on the coding aspect of Pico-8. My idea was create a sneaking game with objects moving in a set path, and the player character has to get around them. The player character is an alien trying to dodge spotlights. I tried to create a tense atmosphere with rain particles and suspenseful music (hopefully the music is not too annoying). The set paths were taking up too much space, so I ended up randomizing the paths and increasing the speed of each spotlight as the player character advances in levels. 

Controls

Use the arrow keys to move up, down, left, and right.

Rules

Go past the top of the screen to get to the next level and don't get caught by the spotlights!

Behind The Scenes

There's still so much for me to learn with Pico-8 and game development in general. It's motivating to see everyone else's project and how they tackled the 1k constraint. 

Credits

Shout out to Krystian Majewski and the Lazy Devs team for all the content they create. It's been great material to learn from and experiment with as I continue with my own game development journey.