Pikobones is a pico-8 remake of the Knucklebones's Cult of the lamb dice minigame.

Push your luck in a turn-base dice game against spooky opponents.

Controls:

  • Arrows: Move cursor
  • X: Select / roll /place
  • Z: Back

Feats:

  • Spooky theme
  • Unlock game pals by betting on the career mode
  • Different AI game styles 
  • Versus mode to play with two controllers
  • Practice and watch modes

Never get bored in the nightly woods again!

Game is still in late development stages. Feedback welcome.

Lexaloffle BBS Cart https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=50221

More information
Updated 13 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Authorluistoledo
GenrePuzzle
Made withPICO-8
TagsBoard Game, Dice, Horror, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Spooky, Turn-based
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Gamepad (any), Touchscreen
MultiplayerLocal multiplayer
Player count1 - 2

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pikobones.p8.png 36 kB
pikobones_linux.zip 777 kB
pikobones_osx.zip 7.4 MB
pikobones_raspi.zip 2.2 MB
pikobones_windows.zip 1,016 kB

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Shane the Freestyler2 years ago

Apparently the game doesn't like it when you try to bet a 5-digit number.


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Shane the Freestyler2 years ago

I got a runtime error after losing all my money.

LINE 233, TAB 4
PLAYERS(GP.WINNER):SETREACTION("WIN", 0 'NOW')
ATTEMPT TO INDEX FIELD '?' (A NIL VALUE)
IN DOGAMEOVER LINE 233 (TAB 4)
IN UPDATE LINE 62 (TAB 4)
IN _UPDATE LINE 161 (TAB 0)
AT LINE 0 (TAB 0)

Hope this helps you track down the bug.

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luistoledo2 years ago (2 edits)

Sorry to hear that, go for a refund in the menu ;) wink wink

I fixed, thanks for the report. It twas a bug when game ends on a tie/draw.

thanks for playing

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