The classic arcade game from 1981, now re-made for the Pico-8!

The game was my submission for the 2025 Unconventional Game Jam, and was made in just one week. The game ended up coming first in the Unconventionality category, and was the overall winner of the event

I thought that re-creating a game that never existed fit very well with the theme of the Jam, especially to do so with the Pico-8, a console that doesn’t exist.

The movement system was inspired by Piturnah’s “Asteroid Loop”, which uses L/R to rotate around a circle and U/D to change the circles size.

Having the gameplay be very abstract leans into both the Urban Legend, and the theme of the jam.

Polybius is available to play now on my Itch.io page