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@dardoyle.bsky.social

Indie game dev making games for the Playdate. You can check out my games at dardoyle.itch.io and on Catalog

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Latest posts by dardoyle.bsky.social on Bluesky

You can pick up all three of my Catalog games on sale as part of Augustravaganza! This is the first time Spirit Trail has gone on sale!

01.08.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Theres a thread for it in the Playdate Dev discord server, in catalog-general

01.08.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Clash Cards β€” Playdate: The Unofficial Website Final Fantasy IX’s Tetra Master - Playdate-ified

Quick, before the next Season Two games come out (or while you're downloading them), check out a Playdate classic. It's Clash Cards from @dardoyle.bsky.social on Playdate Unofficial: www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/clash-cards

19.06.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the writeup! I'm working on a pass-and-play update now and adding a bunch more cards!

20.06.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spirit Trail β€” Playdate: The Unofficial Website Yokai Puzzle Quest

Last stop before Season Two: it's Puzzle Quest-like Spirit Trail on Playdate Unofficial! www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/spirit-trail

27.05.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is looking and sounding so great!

31.05.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Spirit Trail has sold 100 copies in its first week of release! Thanks to everyone who has picked up a copy and made it my most successful Catalog launch so far πŸ₯³
#playdate

26.05.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spirit Trail - Playdate gameplay + impressions
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youtu.be/Zsi4wSsWeGo

#playdate

26.05.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

21.05.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's what's brand new in Catalog 🌟 Plus! 2 blasts from Catalog's past ⚑

Check them out at Catalog on your Playdate or play.date/games/. Happy Cranking!

21.05.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

What a day! Spirit Trail released, got tickets for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Karnivool announced an Australian tour and new album! All by 10am!

21.05.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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SpiritTrail for Playdate Follow the Spirit Trail and fight it out against fearsome yokai in this match-3 battle game! Swap tiles to trigger attacks and unleash powerful abilities. Along the way, learn about each yokai you enc...

Spirit Trail is out now on Catalog! πŸ₯³

You can pick it up here - play.date/games/spirit...

#playdate

20.05.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Modern problems require modern solutions

12.05.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is looking (and sounding) so good!

05.05.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Brief Announcement Since its launch in March of 2023, Playdate Catalog has… Added 262 games, sold 289,305 game units, paid out $1,043,186.85 to game developers. Thanks!

A Brief Announcement Since its launch in March of 2023, Playdate Catalog has… Added 262 games, sold 289,305 game units, paid out $1,043,186.85 to game developers. Thanks!

A quick little note on how Playdate Catalog has done in the last two years: we're happy and proud to say we've paid out $1,043,186.85 to our amazing game developers. It delights and inspires us whenever we see someone make their first game for Playdate πŸ’›

10.04.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 236    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 11

Yooo those are crazy numbers! Huge congrats!

01.04.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark your calendars!
Our 2nd Catalog Anniversary Sale is right around the corner πŸŽ‚πŸ‘€

100+ games will be on sale starting at 10 AM on March 6th ✨

27.02.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 12
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Spirit Trail is coming to #playdate catalog 20.05.2025!

21.02.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Waiting on my catalog submission for Spirit Trail, decided to noodle around with a bubble popping arcade game 🫧 Took me quite a few revisions to get a collision system that works well, but I've landed on a system that I'm happy with and runs great on device!

#playdate #1bit

17.02.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yo thats huge! Congrats!

10.02.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spent the night redrawing the party select scene. Really happy with how it has turned out and I 𝘡𝘩π˜ͺ𝘯𝘬 it is the last sprite work for the game!

#playdate #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #1bit

06.01.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great tip! I use WinDirStat but hadn't thought to use it for this. Wish you posted this before I went through all my audio files individually 😭

05.01.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Managed to finish the tutorial for Spirit Trail before starting back at work for the year! The game is super close to being content complete now, just need to redo the party select scene πŸ˜΅β€

#playdate #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #1bit

04.01.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Started working on the tutorial for Spirit Trail today. Really happy with the progress I've made so far setting up the text box and input system for progressing through each step.

#playdate #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

08.12.2024 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It feels like for every item I remove from my ToDo list another 2 take its place.. But Spirit Trail is slowly crawling towards being finished! Everything I've posted of the game so far hasn't had audio, so here's a listen to how the game sounds πŸ”Š

#playdate #indiegame #indidev #gamedev

24.11.2024 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Haven't posted on Bluesky in a while.. Here's a look at the Oni fight for my upcoming #playdate match-3 game Spirit Trail!

05.11.2024 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm excited to announce the Playdate Community Awards 2023!
A celebration of wonderful games and awesome developers this year.

Vote now!
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01.12.2023 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
An EP-133 K.O.II, Playdate and Pocket Operator 33 KO

An EP-133 K.O.II, Playdate and Pocket Operator 33 KO

My collection of Teenage Engineering products grows.. Can't wait to cook up some tunes for my upcoming Playdate game with it!

30.11.2023 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be on Bluesky! Here's a look at my latest game for the Playdate. Still got a long way to go but I'm really happy with how it is shaping up so far.

19.09.2023 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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