Pico’s School: The game about school shooting that changed the Flash Gaming scene forever

Content Warning: School shooting, violence, gore, blood, discussion of racism, homophobia and sexism <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:704/1*3T_eCmIiVs3uzzRLwe1mbw.png" style="height:436px; width:640px" /> Pico’s School (1999) [Edited 21/09/2022: Tom Fulp contacted me to add a bit of informations and context about a few key points that I feel is important to add.] I have a profound respect for people who make games for free. It is still amazing to me to see people from all around the world, amateurs or professionals, making games with little to no monetary goal. There are various reasons for that, but often it is very simple: They make games to be part of a community. Many communities online are created around a technology like Flash or a genre like RPGs or visual novels, and evolve over the years, creating their own identities and refining what makes them unique, to the point where not a single game can be mistaken for being part of anything other than this website. Take, for example, Friday Night Funky, the colorful and absurd rhythm game that became one of the most played web games in 2021. Despite being created at first for a game jam and then published on various websites, it is very clearly a product of the Newgrounds community. <a href="https://medium.com/@touloutoumou/picos-school-the-edgy-flash-game-about-school-shooting-that-changed-the-flash-gaming-scene-d30a8bf8a445">Learn More</a>