The Crow's Nest is under new management. Still no top-shelf liquor, though. #playdate

Our 3rd Catalog Anniversary Sale is right around the corner 👀🎂 200+ games will be on sale starting at 10 AM PST on March 5th ⚡

I wrote this as a *joke* in the Bedbeard's Revenge pitch deck for Playdate Season Two a couple of years ago.

What do you mean you'd already guessed that those screenshots lately were from a Post Hero sequel? They could have been from anything! #playdate

There is also a whole other place in the video game that has video games that you can play. #playdate

This is where you'll find the previously mentioned video game in the video game, by the way. #playdate

Not that anyone asked, but I'm procrastinating so here's a "how does it work?" thread ... #playdate

In case you thought this one took place entirely indoors, I wanted you to know that there are a lot of outside parts, too. #playdate

The neat thing about making video games is that when you're stuck on your video game's story you can just add other video games to your video game and you're still technically making progress. #playdate

For no reason other than "well, why not?" you can zoom in and draw on the whiteboard in this office, and whatever you draw is then transformed and overlaid on the in-world whiteboard. (You would not be surprised to learn what my teenage son drew when I showed this to him.) #playdate #pixelart

He's going to offer you a deal that you probably shouldn't turn down. #playdate #pixelart

Here's a few more. They are: The Admiral, Marcus, Brenda (who's had about enough of Marcus's bullshit), Sick Kid that shouldn't have eaten those deviled eggs, the lady that made the deviled eggs, and Jake. #playdate #pixelart

I've been having a lot of fun with character portraits for a new thing. Here's a few of my favorites. #playdate #pixelart

Our Top 10 Playdate Games of 2025 episode is up 🟨 😯 sites.libsyn.com/412607/top-1...

Happy holidays, everyone! Here's to more neat #Playdate stuff in 2026! 🥂

🟨🟨🟨 Four Corners: Square Off - Playdate gameplay + impressions 🟨🟨🟨 youtu.be/v0W5nkoaegQ #playdate

① Four Corners: Square Off is a sequal! Your mission is the same: make rectangles. Only this time, you'll have to fill your square counter before SAM-Y from Shift does! ⬜ play.date/games/four-...

I made a sequel to Four Corners - and its out today! #playdate play.date/games/four-c...

The Fog & Burlap Coffee Co. #playdate #pixelart

Can’t believe @play.date was so gracious as to help us host this collection to celebrate Episode 100. Best community in gaming 🥹🩵 Thank you Panic, Playdate and Arisa! play.date/games/hello-...

Raised and recessed the gray tiles so they stand out more and give the grid more texture, tweaked the counter view design, gave SAM-Y a thicker border and reinstalled the logic board a bit more expertly. #playdate

SAM-Y Pro Max Plus is an exceptional opponent thanks to the expertly installed Dynamo Defense Systems L19 logic board upgrade. #playdate

Added a parallax layer to make things feel less static, and it speeds up briefly when you or SAM-Y make a clear above a certain size. #playdate

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/

My daughter sent me this doodle she made of me while taking notes (being bored?) in class. Coffee and a #Playdate - pretty spot on.

This was just supposed to be a video of SAM-Y getting mad about having tiles stolen, but it turned into a video of SAM-Y doing the same thing to me but four times worse. #playdate

I'm curious if folks that were put off by the time pressure in the original game will feel more at home here. This is way more of a strategy game, though SAM-Y still manages to out-strategize me most of the time. #playdate

① Cheese 'n Crackers is a strategy game where your job is to re-arrange toppings on a cutting board to combine them into the most delicious snacks possible! 🧀 play.date/games/cheese-n-crackers/

Cheese ‘n Crackers for #playdate is out! play.date/games/cheese...

I wrote a hint routine for the iOS rewrite of Four Corners and realized I could make the game play itself. I've turned that into a mode where you fill up the entire counter before a CPU opponent can. I need to make it smarter than "pick biggest rectangle", but it's already pretty challenging.

Writing Swift for tiny devices: an article on Playdate game Four Corners, recently rewritten in Swift for faster performance news.play.date/news/four-co... TL;DR "Any game that is particularly demanding that you would typically want to write in C could probably be achieved with Swift."

What would a Playdate to iOS port be without a #playdate themed Easter egg? Illegal, I think.

Things in the iOS version of Four Corners that are different from the #playdate version: - There are specials that become the color you started on. - There are specials that reduce the board to two colors. - After level 10, a fourth color is introduced. - You can choose which color to bomb.

Fun with color tweens.

The Swift re-write was for Four Corners and it’s now live on Catalog! And, since a lot of the models weren’t #Playdate specific I figured I’d resurrect the iOS version of the game, too. It’s not done yet, but it’s getting there!

the second installment of the playdate community sale, augustravaganza 2025, is here!! over 60 titles, on sale all week! head to play.date/games/tags/o... to see what's on sale — something from your wishlist? something you've never even heard of? — and pick up some new games to ring out the summer!

@toopoo2002.bsky.social made sure to capture some of our process while making PURPLE NURPLE! vimeo.com/1104900514?s... Please check out our game at studioweenus.itch.io/purplenurple #playdate #gamedev #indiedev

happy birthday, HEXA! this game released one year ago on july 30th, and to celebrate...there's a new update out in #playdate catalog (hopefully) later today! • achievements! • custom missions! • a new-and-improved hard mode! • bunches of bug fixes read the patch notes: rae.wtf/blog/hexa-ma...

☘️ Coming soon: Playdate system update 3.0. Folders, Game Library, and it's optimized for enormous game collections.

Here's what's new in Catalog for Playdate!

Backbeat is out! #playdate play.date/games/backbeat

I'm re-writing an older #Playdate project in Swift because 1) I love Swift and 2) I'm optimistic that there could be performance gains. While I am delighted to have all the nice language features of Swift, I had no idea how much stuff the Lua API has that the C API lacks. This will be fun!

This is the closest I've ever come to a perfect daily jam in Backbeat. #playdate

One of the hidden achievements in Backbeat will unlock a kit with 8-bit style sound. (And the label for it mimics the 2600 font and has a little space invader next to it.) #playdate

An updated game play video for Backbeat - I'm using the compact kit and play the same groove on Normal and Fast difficulties. #playdate (Here you go @cdion.bsky.social!)

I bought a shadow box for all of the #playdate stuff I’ve accumulated and now I have a Playdate Wall at home. (The amazing cross stitch was made by @elephanteater.bsky.social!)

I've made a ton of UI updates to the main menu and its subviews, added a fifth drum kit and they now swap out in real time to make previewing them nicer. #playdate

Look how many cool shirts I have in my cool shirts collection now. #playdate