I'm nominated for four awards! Three for Cranky Cove and one for helloyellow. I have no idea if I will actually win, but I will definitely be watching the awards on March 14th. And trying not to obsess about it between now and then. 🫠

I have no words. Cranky Cove was nominated for #Playdate Game of the Year. I... wow. I am incredibly honored. This is wild.

Play the first level in Agents of Groove and unlock new custom emojis for #playdate voice messaging app helloyellow! Get both on Catalog or itch 🪩 🕺 play.date/games/agents... play.date/games/helloy... synapticsugar.itch.io/agents-of-gr... jonsimantov.itch.io/helloyellow #gamedev #indiedev

My #Playdate game Cranky Cove has been nominated for Best Arcade Game in the 2025 Playdate Community Awards! Holy crank! 😁 I am incredibly honored. Cranky Cove was truly a labor of love, and I am so happy that people have been playing and enjoying it for almost a year now. 🥓

Wow, my #Playdate voice chat app, #helloyellow, was nominated for Best App in the 2025 Playdate Community Awards! It's up against some really fantastic apps (including @blippo.plus!) so I will just say now that it's an honor to be nominated. 😁

Oh, cool! @jonsimantov.bsky.social’s helloyellow voice chat app for the Playdate is now available on the Catalog; it has on-device voice note recording and asynchronous voice chatting between users and via group voice chats of up to 10 people. My user code is hy-512714. play.date/games/helloy...

Guess what: helloyellow is now available on #Playdate Catalog! It's a voice chat app for @play.date that lets you send voice messages to friends, show off your 🏆 Playdate Achievements, and more. And now it's easier to install than ever! 💬 Visit play.date/games/helloy... to grab it!

Guess what: helloyellow is now available on #Playdate Catalog! It's a voice chat app for @play.date that lets you send voice messages to friends, show off your 🏆 Playdate Achievements, and more. And now it's easier to install than ever! 💬 Visit play.date/games/helloy... to grab it!

That's fun, @jonsimantov.bsky.social! : D The sound quality is surprisingly good. : )

Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

Hmm, if there's anyone still looking for a holiday present to get me, I'm size L. 😁

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

The time has come to nominate your favorite games from the past year for the 2025 @play.date Community Awards! Nominations start now and close on the 22nd of December, so get to it! The form can be found here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Join our community Discord here: discord.gg/zFKagQ2

The only menorah photo I've got is the one I took in Berlin last night as we gathered at the Brandenburg Gate for the lighting of the largest menorah in Europe. And then I ate a donut.

doom creator id software just became the latest microsoft studio to unionize. though the neutrality agreement that has allowed CWA to organize so many studios recently lapsed, id devs told me that only applies to activision blizzard for now aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa

Okay boardgame friends, let's say I'm in Berlin for a few days. Any tabletop gaming store suggestions?

Earlier this year I released Cranky Cove, a #Playdate game that I think is pretty great (and others do too)! With the 2025 Playdate Community Awards coming up, please consider nominating Cranky Cove for some of those awards! Visit crankycove.com/vote to nominate!

If you've seen my #Playdate voice chat app #helloyellow, please consider nominating it for the 2025 Playdate Community Awards! Anyone can submit nominations - visit helloyellow.app/vote to nominate. (And helloyellow.app/get to download the app!)

It's on The Verge this morning as well!

Woo, helloyellow got a write-up on Engadget!

My latest #Playdate project, helloyellow, is out now! It's a voice chat app using the Playdate's wi-fi networking capabilities. You can chat with your friends, share achievements, and more. 💬 Download it now at jonsimantov.itch.io/helloyellow!

playdate continues to blow my mind every day

There's more info and screenshots at helloyellow.app. Voice chat on #Playdate is now a reality!

My latest #Playdate project, helloyellow, is out now! It's a voice chat app using the Playdate's wi-fi networking capabilities. You can chat with your friends, share achievements, and more. 💬 Download it now at jonsimantov.itch.io/helloyellow!

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WOW, what a wonderful review of Cranky Cove by the Hello Playdate podcast! I'm so glad you enjoyed the game, and I appreciate all your compliments and kind words! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYAF...

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!! 📡 Steam blippo.plus/steam 📡 Switch blippo.plus/switch 📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫

BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry. Hail to you, union champions 💪

Whoa, Japanese YouTube channel Yukkuri #Playdate Channel posted a video about Cranky Cove! "You can really feel the love the creators have for the game." ☺️ youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE

Whoa, Japanese YouTube channel Yukkuri #Playdate Channel posted a video about Cranky Cove! "You can really feel the love the creators have for the game." ☺️ youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE

Went ahead and put some quotes praising Cranky Cove on its #Playdate Catalog page. My favorite one is from @indievoice.bsky.social: “It's like a zen garden, if the zen garden demanded perfectly-aligned crab cakes.” 😁 play.date/games/cranky...

We do! The term is "game night."

Back Marceline up if (when) the BGG trolls come out! CGE made a mistake, and they can listen to trans leaders like Marceline about how to make it right. But until they do, #BlacklistCGE

Played a Peak Kickstarter Euro game & it was like Stefon fr Saturday Night Live: "This game has EVERYTHING! Area control, deck building, multi-use cards, set collection, modular board, tech trees, auctions, worker placement, variable player powers, tile laying, expansions, Game Trayz, & solo mode!"

It's Cranky Cove day (from @jonsimantov.bsky.social) on Playdate Unofficial, and if you like what you read it's ON SALE right now, too! www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/cranky-cove

I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.

Buy this game if you have a playdate. It is the perfect example of what creativity the playdate can inspire. No other game makes me want to hurl my device through a wall due to my own incompetence but also play “just one more round” Also achievements!

Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc

Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc

Wow, their tepid statement doesn't even name the Codenames game. They truly hope this will just go away. CGE, you fucked up, but it's not too late to do the right thing. Don't you get it? It's not just "we don't like mean lady," it's "she LITERALLY hurts people with the money YOU are giving her."

I sent CGE an email expressing my profound disappointment and other thoughts. Hopefully many others do the same.

You mean the character created by two children of immigrants, who is himself an immigrant from another planet, is pro-immigrant? I am shocked.

I feel this so hard.

"The Playdate might be more of a Nintendo console than Nintendo’s own console. …and at half the price 😉 www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/play...

ZeniMax Workers United becomes the first game developer union to win a contract at a major studio, with Microsoft agreeing to wage increases, minimum salaries, and better credit procedures for Bethesda QA after years of negotiations. (Read more: Kotaku)