Stephan SteinbachNov 20, 2022

Hey gamedev mastodon, if you're into the #playdate console, check out our new game, a 1bit port of the 16bit classic:

https://lonelystarsoftware.itch.io/playdapon

I guess the cost of releasing stuff as twitter melts down is lots of cross posting to figure out where people are going?

PlayDaPon by Lonely Star Software, stephan_gfx

The classic 16-bit action puzzle game brought to your playdate in vivid 1-bit color

itch.io
Show threadRyan HoyeNov 26, 2022
@stephan_gfx ooooh! First game I’ve seen with the rotated orientation.
Show threadStephan SteinbachNov 26, 2022
@hoyeboye If you give it a shot, let me know how you feel like it works! We really wanted the bigger board + bigger blocks that rotating the screen gave us.
Show threadRyan HoyeNov 28, 2022
@stephan_gfx Once I found a comfortable way to hold it so I could press the A button, it was super fun! I found myself using my left thumb for the B button instead of my right.
Show threadStephan SteinbachNov 28, 2022

@hoyeboye oh nice! that totally makes sense! I was bummed to see some folks on the itch page saying they didn't like the orientation -- if you'd like to post on the itch page that you've got a nice arrangement, folks might be interested to hear that.

For this game we liked the bigger, more readable board with this arrangement. Regardless, glad to hear you're enjoying it!

Show threadRyan Hoye
@stephan_gfx Done! I did want to note that while I was on the main menu after playing a game, the music became loud and distorted. Exiting and re-opening fixed it.
Nov 29, 2022 at 12:30amWeb
Show threadStephan SteinbachNov 29, 2022
@hoyeboye oh thats interesting... I've seen some issues with the sound system but haven't seen that one. I'll keep an eye out for it, thanks for the heads up.