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

Took a little time today to make YGMTB and Generations compatible with Trophy Case. #playdate

The hotel room I’m in has the perfect setup for the #Playdate.

"Slowly, gradually, the Playdate has evolved into something more like a large-scale, collaborative, physical version of UFO 50. It’s an alternate history Game Boy with dozens upon dozens of genuinely great games." 👍 pushtotalk.gg/p/how-much-game-can-you-fit-in-27-inches

How about some fun behind-the-scenes trivia about the development of The Whiteout? This will contain some mild spoilers, so save it for later if you need to! #playdate 🧵

G3RSt - 21st Century Playdate Boy (Bad Religion vs Playdate) Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy vs. Cabel Sasser & Simon Panrucker - Playdate Theme youtube.com/shorts/lZNfG... D/L: www.g3rst.com #mashup #mashupmusic #mashups #g3rst #badreligion #playdate #90s #retrogaming #mixmusic

A patch for The Whiteout is now available that adds the ability to hold the B Button to move faster to address walking speed feedback. The caveat with that is if there is dialog displayed, you'll revert to normal speed to ensure dialog events still end where they are designed to. #playdate

lol #playdate

The Whiteout also features squirrels!

Cleaned up the text in the logo and separated the words into their own assets to animate them independently. "Back" jumps a little bit after "Beat", and the amount that it jumps is directly related to the volume of the note. #playdate

The last twenty or so levels in Backbeat feature grooves you may recognize. #playdate

💥 Season Two is OUT NOW! Grab your Playdate and check out the games premiering today. LET'S DO THIS (You can get S2 here: play.date/s2)

24 hours to go—don't be late. 🔜 play.date/s2

I've been AWOL for a minute but I finally released a new video! This one's for the #playdate crowd 💛

I've never done a demo release before, but Backbeat seemed like a pretty good candidate for it, so why not? Check it out and let me know what you think! #playdate scenicroutesoftware.itch.io/backbeat-demo

Added some additional visual/audio feedback when you're doing well, AND figured out a work-around for the input lag I was noticing when the game was connected to Mirror. #playdate

Backbeat now has 150 levels! With three difficulties, that's 450 things to go for three stars on. #playdate

ONE week to go until Season TWO. 🐣 Make sure to pre-order so you're there from the very first moment: play.date/s2 🏋️‍♀️ Then, update your Playdate to be 100% ready for all the new goodness: help.play.date/update 🐎 LET'S DO THIS

There are four different drum kits you can use in Backbeat, and the logo bops along with a random groove. #playdate

I've added a "Daily Jam" mode where everyone will play the same five beats. Your score is your rounded, cumulative accuracy. I've also added a meter that shows your three-star progress across all difficulty levels. #playdate