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◢◤ CULTIVATOR is live now on @play.date Catalog! ◥◣ I started this project making a bunch of crazy 1-bit visual effects to go along with my music. Over the past year I've ended up building a short narrative farming sim experience around it. play.date/games/cultiv... #playdate #gamedev #indiedev

◢◤ CULTIVATOR is coming to @play.date Catalog on 1/6 ◥◣ A short, narrative-driven experience that combines intense music visualizers with a mysterious, atmospheric world. All on a tiny yellow handheld. #playdate #gamedev #indiedev

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Hey #PitchYaGame people 👋 Here is my game 🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️ It's a pocket-sized, 1-bit action RPG/Dungeon Crawler exclusively for @play.date 💛 It has reaction based fights, a node based overworld and of course Souls-Like elements 😏 I hope you like it 🥰

I started with Game Maker when I was 10. When I got into Playdate dev in 2023 it brought a flood of nostalgia back to those days that’s kept me going still 2 years later. If you’d told me as a kid I could’ve had a HANDHELD WITH A CRANK that I could load my games onto I would’ve fainted.

The Core EP from @vorso.bsky.social is absolutely phenomenal 😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vapK...

Thanks to all who've bought and played Capy Spa on the @play.date so far, we were able to make a donation of $125 to the ROUS Foundation today to go towards improving the lives of Capybaras. 🍊❤️ For those who haven't checked it out yet, you can pick it up for $1 at the link below from the Catalog!

I've been working on my first game and I'm excited (also so nervous) to finally announce it! Cherry Hill: A Trucking Adventure Simulator! Watch the trailer now: youtu.be/_oECyEonn4U Get it for the @play.date on September 16th! #gamedev #trailertuesday 👀 #playdate #indiegame #solodev

Nearly have an end-to-end experience here, so took a little time this afternoon to go to a rooftop bar and play through the whole thing.

Short snippet from what I was working on this afternoon. #playdate

Inspired by the scan line text from the Alien movies (and now tv show)

More visualizer iterations #gamedev #playdate

Putting all the visual pieces together into a scripted sequence using MIDI to toggle each layer/effect on/off. #playdate Will be perfectly synced to the soundtrack.

Inspired by Earthbound BG FX now - am trying to learn how to replicate some of the pixel shifting techniques. Thanks @kaasiand.cool for the introduction! #playdate

gfx->drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, 1, kColorWhite); etc etc 😵‍💫 Also just want to say THANKS to bsky compression in advance. #playdate #c

Really enjoyed writing the chippy lead lines for this one

Having a lot of fun learning the ins and outs of this thing

Learning a new toy #m8tracker

Layering in some pre-rendered video files #playdate

Playing with particle behaviors, time dilation, and occasionally not clearing the buffer #playdate

🍊 Capy Spa is out Today on @play.date Catalog! 🍊 You can pick up this adorable little arcade game for $1 and all proceeds will go to the ROUS Foundation (rousfoundation.com) to improve the lives of Capybaras. 🧡 Check it out here: play.date/games/capy-s... #playdate #gamedev #charity

Fine tuning the #playdate MIDI visualizer

Harvest time. #playdate

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Polishing the text rendering / fx

Doing a bit of testing on device #playdate

Whipped up a quick drum beat to help break in the live MIDI visualizer. #playdate #gamedev

LIVE MIDI authoring workflow straight from DAW -> Playdate Simulator. #playdate #gamedev

Refactored part of my MIDI-based visualizer. Details below. #playdate #gamedev

Some more work on the music for Cultivator

Added audio triggers to the pendulum wave effect for fun. #playdate #gamedev

While inside the Mountain, I've added a little rim light to the character to make you feel like you're in a movie theater 🍿 #playdate #gamedev

Experimenting with a very simple titlescreen idea. Wanting to try to play into the real-world time aspect of the game and reinforce that when you're not playing, your character is sleeping while their seed grows. #playdate #gamedev

The struggle is real.

Got inspired by the Alien movies last night so started overriding pdDialogue’s functions to get a more cinematic aesthetic. #playdate

Keeping me company in the studio

Finally hearing some results after reworking the studio setup 🎧

Another tremendous devlog from the developer of Atlantic '41. This game is shaping up to be something incredible…… stephanrewind.itch.io/atlantic-41... 🚢

May your holidays be as happy as this capy. Vote for Capy Spa in the @play.date Community Awards before it closes after the 17th! 🍊♨️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Vote for Capy Spa in the @play.date Community Awards! Can't believe it's already been 6 months and 500+ downloads since we released it for free on itch. Thanks to all who have played! studiomelonpan.itch.io/capy-spa

Doing some cutscene scripting for the sequence that plays when you enter the Void. #playdate

Smooth transitions in/out of the void. Starting to feel nice with some subtle volume/filter sweep + SFX.

…I thought this guy looked familiar (right: #playdate game I’m working on)

Some pendulum wave style visuals