Lukas

Exclusively working with 1-bit pixel art for over two years now.

The duality of black and white is fascinating: the lack of color makes it seem a bit dull at first but at the same time it's a neutral canvas for your mind to interpret and fill in the gaps i.e. color, tone and emotions.

People don't realize how fast their computers could be. It's a shame.

You can just do stuff, you know?

The thin flip cover's connection already is prone to failure after a good amount of use. The pen is charged 24/7 if stored inside the device so its battery will give up faster (better store it externally). You can't change the device's battery because everything is glued up.

Expensive lesson...

Embracing my inner nerd and going for a Thinkpad T/X 2-in-1 as my new portable machine.

Read great things about the durability/repairability of these models which became important to me after the poor quality of MS - keyboard and pen died after 2, battery and thus full device died after 3.5 years.

Webdev always seems like a special kind of hell to me.

Any particular reason to go with these libraries instead of plain html, css and js first? Afaik all of the libraries build on top of those. Looking to get into webdev at some point, too.

Hey! check out this article written by Ricardo Gallegos at @butwhytho.net about us! and our game CatchaDiablos! :D

A 1-Bit game on the Playdate handheld. A knight is standing battle ready across a giant stone monster

I'm going to present my current Playdate-project next Monday at @indietreff.bsky.social in Hamburg.

It's called

🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️

and it's an action RPG with reaction based fights, a node based overworld, Souls-Like elements and still looooots of missing features. But I'm getting there😅

Just by the looks of it you've won already. Amazing, and I can only imagine how it would play like. Promising!

The speedrunner ZeroCounts holding up a yellow Playdate console.

Birds - casual.
Runner - present.
Playdate - crank?!
Join @zerocounts.bsky.social as he winds through Casual Birder🐦 #SGDQ2025

Looking so forward! Name of the podcast is spot-on for this episode.

Our next chat is with @play.date and Panic Studios co-creator, @cabel.panic.com.

Cabel is a designer, developer, and co-founder involved with publishing standout indie games such as Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game, and the Playdate handheld.

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1-bit cover art of Owlet's Embrace

Excited to release a demo of Owlet's Embrace!

If you own a Playdate, download it over here:
strupf.itch.io/owlets-embrace

I'm also moving the full release into 2026. This is allows me to realize my full vision of the game - nonlinear world, replayability, multiple bosses, fleshed out narrative!

Swapping between (B) to grapple and (B) to attack. The companion's position indicates which mode is active.

What initially started as a workaround for the Playdate's constraints became a natural, intentional and smoothly integrated part of the gameplay.

Photo of the Owlet's Embrace snow area on the Playdate

Mockup for the snow area including subtle parallax foreground elements.

The "bad part" about getting better at making assets is that eventually you redo them not only once but sometimes twice just because you improve so much and the old assets don't hold up against the new ones anymore...

I’m gonna allow myself a moment of pride in my workplace here and note that we are currently on the front page of The Verge with a game we’re publishing (Big Walk) and a handheld console we make (Playdate).

Panic is a company of 30. We don’t have investors. We’ve been around for 28 years 🙂

"The Playdate might be more of a Nintendo console than Nintendo’s own console.

…and at half the price 😉

www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/play...

My favourite picture I took this year in spring so far.

Making sound effects from scratch for the first time is humbling.

What should that action sound like? I mean, exactly, in detail? And how to arrive there? Slowly getting the hang of it.

But the only thing I can focus on in daily life is how all the stuff sounds like.

Usually it makes me think it's like a lesser version of the game being referenced! I prefer genre descriptions, ie "Roguelike-Puzzle Game W/ an Architectural Twist! - Blue Prince" or something like that

Hello!! 👋
Join us for our next Playdate Update, diving deep into everything you need to know about Season Two!

📅 Premieres Thurs., April 17 @ 10 AM PT
➡️ live.panic.com

Congrats, well deserved! Crazy bump for sure.

Thanks for being transparent about this. I greatly appreciate every data point about sales on the Playdate I can get.

WIP main menu. Design goals:
- playful and fun
- intuitive
- seamless transition into gameplay

In the future the owlet will be asleep in the save room. The companion will fly through the "4th wall" from menu into the gameplay scene upon starting and gently wake up the owl to continue the game.

black & white pixel art cover of Owlet's Embrace

Owlet's Embrace is my take on handcrafting a unique metroidvania to a high standard, aiming to create one of the best 2D experiences on the #playdate.

- Multiple careful boss designs
- 16-bit era inspired OST
- high FPS through a 100% custom engine
- speedrun mode
- ...

🪶
play.date/games/owlets...

Put down pins to remind your future-self of important places in Owlet's Embrace! A quality map is important to me so I'm trying to get the most out of the #playdate here.

play.date/games/owlets-embrace/

More news to come in spring 🪶

#indiegame

Nominees for Most Anticipated Game

🏅Comet by Team Comet @guv-bubbs.bsky.social, @drew-lo.bsky.social, @flipdock.bsky.social, Maria, @xmenekai.bsky.social &
@mouflon.cloud

🏅Devils on the Moon Pinball by @amanogames.bsky.social

🏅Midnight Raider by Lumi Creative

🏅Owlet's Embrace by Lukas Wolski

Owlet getting support from a little companion!

The spear grants access to weapon attacks but you can't double jump or wall climb anymore. Swap back to the grappling hook for more mobility and your companion will carry the spear while also giving its best to attack nearby enemies.

#playdate

Unfortunately there's not much time and energy for personal projects left after a day of selling your life time if not self-employed.

Holidays and weekends are sometimes the only days on which you have enough time to get your own projects done so it's taking a break vs. progress...

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Jump Truck is out on the #playdate!

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It's all relative to the player!