mini pharma
Z or C or (A) or 〇
- swap
- hold with left/right to carry
X or (B) or (X) or ✕
- hold with any direction to push
Post-jam edit: I added a very quick tutorial to the game. You can find the original version of the game at the end of the Pico-8 BBS post if you're curious. (the lack of tutorial and minor visual changes on the title screen are the only differences)
Organize medical ingredients and complete recipes to heal some friends in mini pharma!
This is a small arcade puzzler made by Rémy in 9 days for the Falling Block Jam 2025! The optional theme was "Analog Memory", and this is why the people you help will give you beads as tokens of appreciation for your performance!
Ingredients come continuously from the top of the screen and you have to organize them to fill in recipes at the bottom of the screen. Completing the recipes continuously (no more than 2 gravity steps between ingredients) will get you better quality beads as thanks!
The gameover total score is calculated as follows: for each vial you completed, you gain 'level X bead quality (1/2/3/4)'. Reaching levels 4, 8, 12 and 16 will unlock difficulties to select on the title screen. (use 'reset cart' in the pause menu to go back to title screen)
You can also adjust the screenshake, the input repeat delay and interval (DAS and AAR) and change the side-wall tiles to your preference in the pause menu.
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mini pharma was made with Pico-8! Pico-8 is a fantasy console with simulated hardware limitations. It is very fun to work with and it is the home of many very cool games which you can play for free!
You can find mini pharma along with all those games on the Pico-8 BBS, and on Pico-8 itself with SPLORE!
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PUNKCAKE Délicieux is made up of Rémy, Benjamin Soulé, Pentadrangle, and Eris Desquilbet! They made Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate and over 25 other games.
This game will very likely serve as a prototype for a future premium PUNKCAKE Délicieux release!
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Development log
- mini pharma, free to play in browser, now!46 days ago
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Really good! I tried the web version and ive already downloaded the linux version.
This is really great! The concept is minimalist, but it has an unexpected richness. It kinda remind me of Wilmit Warehouse, a good part of the challenge emerge from your own organisation. It's really interesting to play. And pretty charming and engaging in its visuals and sounds!
at last... a competitor to big pharma
Amazing concept it's very fun. I quickly abandonned the idea to get only good beads and tried to stay alive X). Very polished and always a pleasure to hear the audio feedbacks used in all Punkcake games !
yayyy! this is so fun :3
the physical design of the grid is very well thought out
ux goes crazy