Last day to get our story-driven rhythm game Agents of Groove for Playdate at 10% off on itch .io! 🪩🕺 And a big thank you to all those who already bought it, your support helps us continue to move forward 🙏 synapticsugar.itch.io/agents-of-gr...

We believe #accessibility to be important to allow people to enjoy videogames. Rhythm games and the @play.date controls can present unique challenges, so we designed #AgentsOfGroove to be fairly relaxed, and implemented features to tailor the experience further 🧵 #gamedev #indiedev #playdate

We believe #accessibility to be important to allow people to enjoy videogames. Rhythm games and the @play.date controls can present unique challenges, so we designed #AgentsOfGroove to be fairly relaxed, and implemented features to tailor the experience further 🧵 #gamedev #indiedev #playdate

It's Creator Day on itch.io! Support developers by buying their games on itch.io today, including Agents of Groove for #playdate! Very groovy! 🪩🕺 synapticsugar.itch.io/agents-of-gr...

It's Creator Day on itch.io! Support developers by buying their games on itch.io today, including Agents of Groove for #playdate! Very groovy! 🪩🕺 synapticsugar.itch.io/agents-of-gr...

A big shout out to @uncrankdpd.bsky.social and @xanialasagna.bsky.social for the relentless work of the past several years to spotlight developers, creating not only the first Playdate fan magazine but also events and multiple video series, all to #supportplaydatedevs!

Welcome to secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E., recruit! Agents of Groove, our story-driven rhythm game for Playdate, releases TODAY on itch.io with a 10% discount during launch week! Check it out now (and soon on Catalog)! synapticsugar.itch.io/agents-of-gr... #gamedev #indiedev #AgentsOfGroove #playdate

Welcome to secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E., recruit! Agents of Groove, our story-driven rhythm game for Playdate, releases TODAY on itch.io with a 10% discount during launch week! Check it out now (and soon on Catalog)! synapticsugar.itch.io/agents-of-gr... #gamedev #indiedev #AgentsOfGroove #playdate

Look Ma, it's us!!! Our very first collaboration on a @play.date-released title! 😲😳😍😁 It's gonna get G.R.O.O.V.Y in here!!! 👏👏👏

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart" Play Agents of Groove at launch in English, Italian, French, Spanish, or Japanese with localization by @thewarlocs.bsky.social! 🪩 🕺 💃 #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart" Play Agents of Groove at launch in English, Italian, French, Spanish, or Japanese with localization by @thewarlocs.bsky.social! 🪩 🕺 💃 #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

Having a partner who is also a game developer is awesome for so many reasons, but I never imagined that #Playdate (and frogs) would play a part in our engagement story. Needless to say, I said yes, and Paco & Lily is now available for free on itch for you to play too! 🥰 tkers.itch.io/paco-and-lily

Thank you Uncrank'd for featuring the #AgentsOfGroove trailer in the season 3 finale of Uncrank'd TV! 🪩 🕺 #playdate

Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success. Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them. Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.

We don't use generative AI and have gone to some lengths to find collaborators who don't. Focusing on the human element is an important part of our work and "made by humans" has become part of our motto!

We don't use generative AI and have gone to some lengths to find collaborators who don't. Focusing on the human element is an important part of our work and "made by humans" has become part of our motto!

credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point

In case you missed it, we recently released a new trailer for #AgentsOfGroove, and announced our goal to launch before the end of 2025! #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

In case you missed it, we recently released a new trailer for #AgentsOfGroove, and announced our goal to launch before the end of 2025! #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

New trailer for #AgentsOfGroove on #playdate! 🪩 🕺 vimeo.com/1121610427 We're aiming to launch on itch.io before the end of the year, with a Catalog release soon after! Learn more about this story-driven rhythm action game at synapticsugar.games/games/agents...! #gamedev #indiedev #TrailerTuesday

New trailer for #AgentsOfGroove on #playdate! 🪩 🕺 vimeo.com/1121610427 We're aiming to launch on itch.io before the end of the year, with a Catalog release soon after! Learn more about this story-driven rhythm action game at synapticsugar.games/games/agents...! #gamedev #indiedev #TrailerTuesday

Watch the Uncrank'd Pumpkin Patch & Play Showcase in only a few hours and you'll see a new trailer for our spy rhythm action game #AgentsOfGroove! 🕺 📅 - November 1st! 🕘 - 9 AM US Pacific / 🕛 - 12 PM US Eastern time 🪩 - youtu.be/G3HWYy5uM1o (Agents of Groove is coming soon to a #playdate near you!)

Watch the Uncrank'd Pumpkin Patch & Play Showcase in only a few hours and you'll see a new trailer for our spy rhythm action game #AgentsOfGroove! 🕺 📅 - November 1st! 🕘 - 9 AM US Pacific / 🕛 - 12 PM US Eastern time 🪩 - youtu.be/G3HWYy5uM1o (Agents of Groove is coming soon to a #playdate near you!)

The Catalog Fall Sale is back, bigger than ever, and it starts… NOW! ⚡ 🛍️ Over 200+ games on sale 📅 October 30, 10 AM PT - November 13, 10 AM PT ⬇️ play.date/games

Thank you for joining us on this series about the main characters of #AgentsOfGroove! Our story-driven rhythm action game is coming to #playdate soon, and we'll have many more updates shortly! 🕺 🪩 synapticsugar.games/games/agents... #gamedev #indiedev

What folk dare to whisper under cover of darkness about Angus Weathervane is steeped in mystery and rumors. Surely those tales of pirates controlling the seas with an army of birds at their command cannot be true? Find out in #AgentsOfGroove! #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

Everyone who worked on a video game needs to be in the credits!

One of the younger #AgentsOfGroove, who often teases Daley for relying on time-tested methods, Paul Hanover may not be the sharpest tool in the shed but is nevertheless an invaluable ally and a skilled tinkerer with H.Y.P.E. equipment in the field! #playdate #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday

What is this robot after, and how is it connected to the G.R.O.O.V.E. case? A case more unsettling at every step, like a tall tale told by an excitable sailor in exchange for the promise of more attention. Find out in #AgentsOfGroove! #playdate #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday

3️⃣ OUT TODAY: Playdate system update 3.0. Now with Folders, and a new Game Library app. Organize your games, your way. ⬇️ Get it: Playdate > Settings > System > System Update 🔡 Read more about it: help.play.date/manual/3.0/

Melody Handler, information expert on the #AgentsOfGroove team, works behind the scenes planning missions, accessing remote systems, and guiding the agents. Often Daley's last defense against danger, she just as often has to save him from himself. #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

The clock is ticking! Don't miss the deadline to submit your trailer by October 7th for the upcoming Autumn #Playdate Community Direct on November 1st. forms.gle/1LGaTVp1Mw3R... Make sure to spread the word and get those submissions in!

It's not too late to get into #playdate, in fact now may be the best time! Thanks @mattkamen.bsky.social and WIRED for interviewing us for this piece!

My deep dive retrospective on @play.date at three years old, over @wired.com - from getting started to the current development scene of this quirky handheld! Thanks to developers @synapticsugar.games, @raphcal.bsky.social, and @loudo.lugludum.com for their contributions!

It's not too late to get into #playdate, in fact now may be the best time! Thanks @mattkamen.bsky.social and WIRED for interviewing us for this piece!

Let's start a series about the characters of #AgentsOfGroove! And who best to start with than Daley Bellbottoms, legendary undercover dancer and Rhythm wrangler of secret organization G.R.O.O.V.E.? 🪩 #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday #pixelart #1bit

Let's start a series about the characters of #AgentsOfGroove! And who best to start with than Daley Bellbottoms, legendary undercover dancer and Rhythm wrangler of secret organization G.R.O.O.V.E.? 🪩 #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday #pixelart #1bit

You've seen how the art for #playdate game #AgentsOfGroove evolved over time, but how did the game levels come together? We made a simple visual editor to make the process a lot easier, especially for long levels like this one. This is what it looks like! #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday

You've seen how the art for #playdate game #AgentsOfGroove evolved over time, but how did the game levels come together? We made a simple visual editor to make the process a lot easier, especially for long levels like this one. This is what it looks like! #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday

💡🔬🎮 Playdate brings game design into education! The Playdate handheld console has made a big splash in indie gaming. It can do the same in your classroom! • Easy to create games for, whether students can program or not • Learning-by-doing at its very best • For elementary to grad school students

You can now pin posts & save them for later, so save this post for later and look at it every once in a while: You matter. What you do and make has meaning, the games you create and the comments you give. You touch lives in ways you may not even see. You help make the world a little bit brighter ✨

We call #AgentsOfGroove a story-driven rhythm game, and conversations are an important part of the experience. Here's another example of how the art for these evolved during development, comparing the current state against the earliest prototype. #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

We call #AgentsOfGroove a story-driven rhythm game, and conversations are an important part of the experience. Here's another example of how the art for these evolved during development, comparing the current state against the earliest prototype. #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

Thank you Debug Magazine for including our #playdate story-driven rhythm game #AgentsOfGroove in the Magnify feature, alongside so many cool games! Check it out at www.teamdebug.com/magnify

Thank you Debug Magazine for including our #playdate story-driven rhythm game #AgentsOfGroove in the Magnify feature, alongside so many cool games! Check it out at www.teamdebug.com/magnify

Calling all @play.date creators! The #Playdate Community Direct: Autumn Edition - cool air, warm vibes, and dev magic ahead! Submit your trailers & surprises by October 7th. forms.gle/1LGaTVp1Mw3R... 📺 Premieres on YT on Nov.1st, Start time TBA. Tag a dev, tell a friend! #supportplayadatedevs

Continuing the series on the evolution of #AgentsOfGroove: the club level art as well as the button matching gameplay UI both changed a lot over two years. This was the first level we prototyped when we started experimenting on the #playdate! #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday #pixelart #1bit

Continuing the series on the evolution of #AgentsOfGroove: the club level art as well as the button matching gameplay UI both changed a lot over two years. This was the first level we prototyped when we started experimenting on the #playdate! #gamedev #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday #pixelart #1bit

As development on #AgentsOfGroove gets ever closer to completion, let's recap how some of the art evolved over time, starting with a sequence of screenshots for the sneaky docks level. From its earliest prototype era to its likely final form! #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday

As development on #AgentsOfGroove gets ever closer to completion, let's recap how some of the art evolved over time, starting with a sequence of screenshots for the sneaky docks level. From its earliest prototype era to its likely final form! #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #ScreenshotSaturday