Shipz

Ships, a PICO-8 space game that uses genetic algorithm to evolve enemy ships

This small game shows how to use a genetic algorithm to evolve enemy ships in a space shooter game. The control scheme may be a bit complicated but it was made so that the player either maneuvers or attack the enemy ship.

Feel free to use this code as a starting point for your own games, or to learn how to use genetic algorithms in Pico-8!

Let's have fun while learning!

Game released under creative commons attribution-noncommercial 4.0 international license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Marco Mollinetti, 2025