Big ups to Blippo+ for being the wildest thing I experienced last year - and now getting rightful recognition!

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

First Playdate Unofficial of the new year? It's Mad City, a game from 2022 about how bad it is to drive in a city. www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/mad-city

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Mousegun is a fantastic action game with procedural elements for the Playdate. It's finally up on Catalog. Go get it!

Poignant and wonderful little story with daily elements. Subdivision is finally out on Catalog!

Just added a bunch of new YouTube shorts to the PD Arcade Playlist. These are some of my favorite games on the @play.date that can be described in under 3 mins 🤣 Feel free to comment to be featured in the next round of these www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I've played a bit of this and will Absolutely be picking up the full version on Catalog tomorrow

Love to see an update from this absolute incredible looking @play.date game

📡 Planet Blip’s Best Earthlings of 2025! ❤️ We’d like to take a moment to thank some early supporters who took a risk in shouting out our unapologetically experimental independent project. We’re new to this wild world of games and you all made us weirdos feel welcome. Thank you! 🧵

the very kind folks at stripe — our good (corporate) friends who power the financial parts of playdate and playdate catalog — stopped by our office and made a nice little playdate video for us. thank you stripe! onward to 2026!

Lots of gratitude for the @play.date community in supporting Hall of the Dwarf King - OVER 650 SALES and counting! Today's its day on the Playdate Advent Calendar, it's on Sale on Catalog and the tabletop version is helping folks share the Playdate experience! playdateadvent.com#/calender/20...

I love seeing the tabletop get into hands! Please always share pics of products from artists and small creators. It's extremely fulfilling to see 🎁

What a year! Wrapping things up for 2025 with a thoroughly empty tank: - Launched Shadowgate PD as part of @play.date S2 - Part of Ware-wolf Campfire Stories with @ldbrart.bsky.social - Announced LTS for Steam - Secret work on a @play.date project Thanks to everyone involved! #indiegamedeveloper

And 2 Catalog blasts from the past....💫 Hidey Spot - Sneak around the house and find presents before your family wakes up! 🎁 play.date/games/hidey... A Ghost in the Gallery - Join Bop and Ghostie in the search for their missing dog on Halloween in an art gallery. 👻 play.date/games/a-gho...

We're coming to the end of @play.date Community Awards Nominations Hit the link to get yours in (and maybe consider HALL of the DWARF KING, PUP CUP & Ware-wolf Campfire Stories while you're at it 😁)

Ledbetter Games Holiday Sale live on @play.date Catalog now! Off-Planet Dreams - Pulp Game of the Year 2024! Hall Of The Dwarf King - tabletop boxset available on thegamecrafter.com! As well as: PUP CUP A Ghost in the Gallery ART&.. More play.date/games/search...

So happy to see the tabletop out in the wild 🙂

Delightful shout-out from @play.date It's so great seeing the Hall of the Dwarf King boxset get out to people (and to make it's way home!)

The Playdate Community Awards are upon us and Nominations are Open! Please consider PUP CUP, HALL of the DWARF KING, and Ware-wolf Campfire Stories! You can vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Playdate Community Awards are approaching, and there have been so many great games on @play.date this year. If you've got a minute, we'd love if you'd consider nominating Blanche for this year's ceremony. www.carteblanche.cards/vote

Awooooooo! Day 4 of the Playdate Advent Calendar to remind you to go get Ware-wolf Campfire Stories! It's free, fun and has a ton of open-source @play.date projects to learn from! playdateadvent.com#/calender/20...

It's true! We're the mystery deal behind door #3 for teenage engineering's Flipped Out Calendar! Get both Playdate and the delicious Playdate Cover, FREE for you this holiday season. That's $34 in savings. Available today only!⚡ 🛍️ play.date/shop/bundle...

getting really frustrated at it but...👀 this is extra fun compared to my HEXA port, because these are both running off a *shared* codebase — which means theoretically, i have a framework that lets me instantly be able to make games for both #playdate and PC with no extra work aside from set-up

Ware-wolf Campfire Stories for the @play.date is Free and mostly open-source, if you want to dig in and see how it all came together! Thanks as always to @engadget.com for their coverage along with two other fantastic games! 🧀 🧀🐺

I teased it over the weekend but.. HALL of the DWARF KING has an official REAL boxset available now on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social This @play.date game went from a screenshot to a game jam to our fastest selling title yet and now you can have it on your shelf! www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateCo...

I just published a small Playdate game about 2 frogs. I originally made this as a gift for @jazzie.bsky.social, but if you like the idea of hopping around a pond, you might enjoy it too! 💚 tkers.itch.io/paco-and-lily

Night continues! With @gamesyall.bsky.social

Great show tonight with @gamesyall.bsky.social ! Tons of folks played Ware-wolf and the new ARTuTOo. Perfect for studio tour!

Cooking up something a long time coming

🚨The Catalog Fall Sale wraps up tomorrow morning at 10AM PT!! Snag some classics + fan-favorites at a great discount before it's too late ⚡ play.date/games 👾

Getting ready for Games Y'all Roundup this Saturday! Will have several @play.date projects there including arcade machines! @gamesyall.bsky.social

Showing a new @play.date exclusive gallery for the Constellation Browser on a new arcade setup! This is happening SATURDAY in Austin, TX at Highland Collective as a part of @gamesyall.bsky.social Round Up

I made a minigame for this! A Bump in the Night is a memory game where you play as bat boy, picking up candies in the dark. Honestly it's worth a play for the music @wolfcash.bsky.social made alone.

Great write-up from @thegamellama.bsky.social on Playdate Unofficial! Actually rundown for Every game. Heck yes 🎃🐺🔥

I may have contributed something to this 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👻

I made a micro-game for this! Check out Candy Catch in the Ware-wolf Collab for Playdate 🍬🐺

As part of this awesome collaboration of Playdate devs, I created a top-down action game called LOVE and HATE that’s a tough as nails love letter to some 8-bit classics. Individual game product page: serratonin.itch.io/love-and-hate So fortunate to be a part of this project!

Thanks to new capabilities from @play.date 15 dev teams came together to make a spooky Halloween TREAT available NOW and for FREE! ledbetter-games.itch.io/ware-wolf Ware-wolf Campfire Stories shows off some of the most creative and varied gameplay in the Pulp engine - exclusive to the Playdate!

Trick or... TREAT!? Ware-wolf Campfire Stories is OUT NOW for FREE! Happy Halloween! ledbetter-games.itch.io/ware-wolf youtu.be/i7lkqJNRcoY

Continue your adventure with Tunic: Design Works! 🦊 @finjico.bsky.social Uncover the secrets of Tunic's development (and even some of our own!) in our latest Design Works edition by award-winning writer Christian Donlan ⚔️ Deluxe Editions closing 8th January 2026: lostincult.co.uk/tunic

MASSIVE Catalog Sale including all Ledbetter Games! play.date/games/search...

Oh what's this? A new trailer for a new Treat? Just in time for Halloween? youtu.be/UxgN88_cjmg

Reminder to @play.date devs, you still have the weekend left to join the Ware-wolf Collab and make a focused, spooky Pulp game by Sunday Midnight CST to be included! Come join us in the discord - we have several submissions in, and more coming!

Now finished with art on this and imported into Pulp. Just the task of programming the systems and figuring out what on earth is going on with the different characters :-D Mostly this has been just drawing what comes to mind first to hit the deadline.. #indiegamedeveloper #gamedev @play.date

One of my favorite games from the @play.date comes to @steampowered.com !

Battle system now features your friends that you find throughout the world, and if your courage stat is high enough, they'll do extra things for you in a fight

it has long been my dream to play on that giant playdate

Announcing a collaborative Halloween themed project! Come join us and make a spooky @play.date Pulp game... Full details at the link and organized in the PD Squad discord. Submission cutoff Midnight 10/19/2025 ledbetter-games.itch.io/ware-wolf

From Terratopia: March of the Demon King. So good