Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderEvery time I look at this I'm absolutely baffled by the quality of little games, although many being clones. I just wasted 30' in 1 click. Something I can't say about my steam library. I think it has to do with the instant-ON aspect of the games. <click> -> start, immersed. As opposed to many screens, "oh that needs an update"...
See also http://puzzlescript.net which is even more minimalist but has some very interesting games, such as Heroes of Sokoban: http://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=6860122
We bought this and have been having non-stop fun with it for months. It's an incredible piece of software that I only wish I knew about sooner. It gives a retro 70s-80s feel to making video games that gives kids today a hint of what it was like to learn how to program back then, without being overwhelmingly difficult or giving up modern conveniences (built-in spite and code editors, lexical scoping, first-class functions and hash-maps, etc).
Recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14174427
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 411
- Total comments
- 134
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-22 | PICO-8: FANTASY GAME CONSOLE | pdknsk | 2 | 0 |
| 2015-08-20 | PICO-8: A fantasy game console | GuiA | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-09-14 | The PICO-8 Fantasy Console | putzdown | 3 | 0 |
| 2015-10-02 | PICO-8First breakout | jmduke | 154 | 45 |
| 2017-01-05 | PICO-8: A fantasy console | smacktoward | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-09-12 | Pico 8 Fantasy Console | mwidell | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-11-01 | PICO-8: FANTASY CONSOLE | doppp | 11 | 1 |
| 2019-01-02 | PICO-8 Fantasy Console | sephoric | 25 | 5 |
| 2020-11-02 | The PICO-8 retro, fantasy game console | azhenley | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-02-14 | Pico-8 Release 0.2.2 | tosh | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-09-09 | Pico-8 Fantasy Console | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-10-02 | PICO-8 – Fantasy ConsoleBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | hidden-spyder | 188 | 79 |
| 2023-01-09 | Pico-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games | tomduncalf | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-09-27 | Pico-8 Fantasy Console | montroser | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-02-21 | PICO-8 Fantasy Console | dpeck | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-05-29 | PICO-8 Fantasy Console | keepamovin | 4 | 3 |
| 2026-01-14 | The PICO-8 fantasy console | brainlessdev | 2 | 1 |