RETURN TO GAMES

In 2019, I created a microgame in 24 hours for PICO-8 for the PICOWARE game jam.

PICO-8 is a reasonably popular fantasy console that you can program games for in a version of Lua. It has its own specification and graphical style. The PICOWARE game jam asked for submissions of microgames to compile them into one full WarioWare style game in PICO-8. I have always been a big fan of WarioWare, and at the time I was quite interested in PICO-8, so this game jam seemed like a perfect opportunity to make something small to contribute to the jam.

The game idea that I eventually landed on for my submission was the classic microgame from the WarioWare series: Gold Digger. It involves timing an input so that you can successfully pick your nose.

Once the game speeds up sufficiently, one nostril might have a tissue blocking it. I implemented this to make the game increase in difficulty as it gets faster.

Here is the cartridge for my game:

You can play just my microgame here:

However, I also very much recommend that you play the full game of PICOWARE, which includes my microgame, here:

https://is.gd/picoware