Piket: Pikmin e+ Card Tools

All-in-one package for converting and managing Pikmin e+ Cards, pronounced "picket".

Now with support for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon), and Linux!

Current Capabilities

• Decode .raw to editable level data
• Encode editable level data to .raw
• Built-in support for manipulating Plucking Pikmin, Connecting Pikmin, and Marching Pikmin levels, such as:
  • set_tile easily set a tile at (x, y), or set_tiles for (x, y, w, h) placement
  • encode to quickly and easily get your modified Card into raw format
• Export and Import custom treasure sprites (both 16x16 and 32x32) for cards with Marching Pikmin levels

Installation

Easily include Piket in your projects with pip:

pip install piket

Quick Start Guide

Use Piket as a Level Editor:

# for Plucking Pikmin
from piket import Card, PluckingPikmin as P
from pathlib import Path

card = Card("12-A001.raw") # decode the card

if isinstance(card.levels[0], P.Level):
    lvl: P.Level = card.levels[0]
    lvl.clear_all() # sets all tiles and pikis to 0x0
    lvl.grid = (3, 3) # sets the level to a 3x3 grid, maximum 11x8
    lvl.start = (1, 1) # sets the starting position
    lvl.player = P.Player.LOUIE # sets the player character

    lvl.set_grid(P.Tile.GRASS) # sets all tiles in the grid (3x3) to grass
    lvl.set_tile(0, 0, P.Piki.RED) # places a red Pikmin at (0, 0)
    lvl.set_tile(2, 2, P.Tile.FIRE) # places a fire geyser at (2, 2)

Path("12-A001-New.raw").write_bytes(card.encode()) # encode the card and write

For more detailed usage, check the dedicated Usage Guide.

Demo

Try Piket now with the Drag-and-Drop Converter! This demo allows you to easily drag-and-drop .raw files and get decoded .bin files -- and then vice versa! This requires tkinterdnd2 which may not work on all platforms.

pip install "piket[demo]"
python -m piket.converter

Acknowledgements

• Caitsith2: Original e-Reader Tools (nedclib)
• Lymia: Cross-platform, open source version of Caitsith2's nedclib
• breadbored: Maintainer of Lymia's now-archived nedclib
• BlackShark: headerfix.c source code

Nintendo is the copyright and trademark holder for Pikmin, its designs and its characters. This project is free, and for educational purposes only.