Starting with Season 2 of #Playdate today.
So far addicted to Fulcrum Defender (Subset Games, makers of FTL and Into the Breach). I like trigger happy games, but dislike bullethell. But #FulcrumDefender mixes both amazingly well, with great controls and progression.
25MB of pure awesomeness. https://play.date/games/fulcrum-defender/
The playdate podcast has a good exploration of the story behind the game. The main dev talks about her struggles with Long Covid and how that impacted the game.
No game spoilers, worth a read if you like reading/listening #gamedev stuff: https://podcast.play.date/episodes/s02e02/
Another thing I love about #FulcrumDefender is the attention to detail in the UI - it takes a few games, but the use of space is absolutely amazing. There’s so many weapons+mod combinations, and timers, and points, and cooldowns, and keypresses, and level information.
The game UI manages to find a way to fit all of that in a 1-bit 400x240 display AND have a few enemies that darken the screen without any issues.
Lots of great #gamedesign inspiration.
nemo
