--- title: Install Antsy Alien Attack Pico on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Antsy Alien Attack Pico for on Ubuntu - A retro-style vertically scrolling shoot 'em up url: https://snapcraft.io/install/antsy-alien-attack-pico/ubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Antsy Alien Attack Pico on **Ubuntu** # Antsy Alien Attack Pico [Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/flexiondotorg "View all snaps from Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg)") * [Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/flexiondotorg "View all snaps from Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg)") * [Entertainment](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=entertainment) * [Games](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=games) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/antsy-alien-attack-pico/ubuntu#install) #### A retro-style vertically scrolling shoot 'em up **Plot** *The year is 2139. Planet Earth is under attack by aliens, and they're (still) antsy!* **Objective** 🚀 **You're a mercenary** with a state-of-the-art space fighter and a gun for hire 👾 The United Federation of Planet Earth has hired you to **dispatch the aliens and restore calm** 💰️ **Complete every mission** to fulfil your contract and earn your pay **One ship. One life. One mission** 💥 Destroy aliens by **shooting or colliding with them** 🛸️ **Avoid the aliens** if you can't destroy them 🔋 Collect power-ups to enhance your weapons and **charge the ship dynamo** 🛡️ A fully charged **dynamo boosts your shields by 50%** 🛑 **Weapons go offline** when travelling at hyperspeed 🌌 When your ship health is depleted, **you're lost to the vacuum of space** **Controls** 🕹️ The joystick interface might need to be connected before the controllers work. Run the following in a terminal. `snap connect antsy-alien-attack-pico:joystick` **Antsy Alien Attack Pico should work with most game controllers** 🎮️ The in-game visuals show the PICO-8 buttons, but the following shows the equivalent buttons for Xbox controllers. * Move with d-pad or left stick * A to Fire * B to Fire **1-UP Keyboard** 1️⃣ * Arrow keys - Move the ship * X or M or V - Fire * Z or N or C - Fire **2-UP Keyboard** 2️⃣ * S,D,E,F keys - Move the ship * Tab or Q - Fire * Shift or A - Fire **Game design** 📐 Antsy Alien Attack Pico is a *"sequel"* to Antsy Alien Attack. * Antsy Alien Attack Pico was developed during Linux Game Jam 2023🐧 using PICO-8. * * **Full source code and game design plans are available on GitHub** 🐙 * ### Package name * antsy-alien-attack-pico --- ### License * CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 OR MIT --- ### Last updated * 6 June 2023 - latest/stable This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- ### Websites * [wimpress.itch.io](https://wimpress.itch.io/antsy-alien-attack-pico "https://wimpress.itch.io/antsy-alien-attack-pico") --- ### Source code * [github.com/wimpysworld/antsy-alien-attack-pico](https://github.com/wimpysworld/antsy-alien-attack-pico "https://github.com/wimpysworld/antsy-alien-attack-pico") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/wimpysworld/antsy-alien-attack-pico/issues/new](https://github.com/wimpysworld/antsy-alien-attack-pico/issues/new "https://github.com/wimpysworld/antsy-alien-attack-pico/issues/new") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/antsy-alien-attack-pico/ubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install Antsy Alien Attack Pico Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*. Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install Antsy Alien Attack Pico To install Antsy Alien Attack Pico, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install antsy-alien-attack-pico ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/antsy-alien-attack-pico/ubuntu) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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