more people should make stuff for the Playdate!! if you've written it off as a gimmick, you're sadly missing out on an awesome community and great indie games.

the sdk is free, and there's an emulator so you can make things for it without owning one.

it's a striking, 1-bit black and white screen that will surprise the heck out of you with what developers can pull off. coolest of all, most of the games are designed around a crank on the right side of the device.

it feels like tapping into a console from the 90s that was ahead of its time.

rad games to look at:

-Root Bear (https://play.date/games/root-bear/)
-Angel Pop (https://play.date/games/angel-pop/)
-Blippo+ (https://play.date/games/blippo/)
-Mars After Midnight (https://play.date/games/mars-after-midnight/)
-Echo: The Oracle's Scroll (https://play.date/games/echo-the-oracles-scroll/)
-A Balanced Brew (https://play.date/games/a-balanced-brew/)
-Overseer (https://youtu.be/j-eOptGleME?si=oYv00slG1HHKlC-z)

and i didn't even highlight all the amazing puzzle games there are!

#VideoGames #gamedev #playdate #PlayDateConsole

In honor of the recent Community Awards, I'm sharing out my #PlaydateConsole × #SurfSocial feed! https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jkcfp7nfewr5xx2vp86k8jaf The future is tiny and yellow
Playdated by Noah Mittman :oh_no_bubble: on Surf

Surf - It's about the cutest handheld console that's ever existed! Brought to you by Panic!

2 minutes of gameplay of Dinopirates of inner space, 2 years of game development lead me to this, still a bunch of things to improve and features to code. #playdate #gamedev #1bit #playdateconsole
(yes you can see the collisions at the beginning)
From the PlaydateConsole community on Reddit: Postmortem: Wastebraver https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/comments/1h4abj5/postmortem_wastebraver #PlaydateConsole #GameDev
RT @The3DPrintist: Building a level from scratch on device!
#Playdate #PanicPlaydate #PlaydateConsole #PlaydateDev #1bit https://t.co/XBAnR
pdblix by gatesphere

A casual puzzle game for Playdate

itch.io

One of my favorite things about #playdateconsole is how well it fits in your pocket. Well, unfortunately, that means you might accidentally leave it there when you do laundry.

Yeah.

"What follows is the entire devlog for the first game I ever really finished — ElectroLight for the Playdate!" - ElectroLight Devlog https://weakty.com/posts/electrolight-devlog/ #PlaydateConsole #GameDev
ElectroLight Devlog

The process of building "Electrolight" my first game for the playdate.

weakty

Just released my first game for the Playdate -- a port of the old flash game 'Blix'. I'd be chuffed to bits if you checked it out.

https://gatesphere.itch.io/pdblix

#Playdate #PlaydateConsole #PlaydateDev #PlaydateGame

pdblix by gatesphere

A casual puzzle game for Playdate

itch.io