Jamie Ogle

SpinShot is releasing on #Playdate Catalog and Itch in 4 days! (Tuesday the 20th Jan). The reviewer community for PD is *tiny*, but if you do review playdate games, feel free to DM me for a review code. Excited and nervous and proud and relieved all at the same time!

A Fool’s Errand — our latest game for @play.date — is out now!

Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool...

Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand

A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:

www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...

I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

The time has come to nominate your favorite games from the past year for the 2025 @play.date Community Awards!

Nominations start now and close on the 22nd of December, so get to it!

The form can be found here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join our community Discord here:
discord.gg/zFKagQ2

I just opened a @panic.com #playdate, and this is how it works?!

Nope! It is a work-in-progress GIF of my upcoming Playdate game, a Victorian Clockmaker Simulator! 🕰️

#gamedev #indiedev #playdate #solodev

My first game, SpinShot is finally releasing exclusively for #playdate on Jan 20th, 2026. It's a block-breaker score-chaser with a spin.

Play through 48 story levels across 4 biomes. Master 3 unique abilities and a suite of upgrades, and see how far you can get in the endless Arcade mode.

Tackling blocked doors in my new Melkhior's Mansion spin-off project for Playdate. I need to give this game a name, and start posting more updates.

#playdate #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart www.bitglint.co.uk

In a long ago place, in a far away time,
The villagers cast out one whose song didn't rhyme...

Defeat the Mysterious Monsters! Retrieve the four Mysterious Musical Notes and collect the Mysterious Gems!

sing-song ding-dong out now on @play.date Catalog

play.date/games/sing-s...

#playdate #gaming

working on a new thingy #playdate

I put out another @play.date game for a dollar!!

#indiegame
#playdate
#indiedev

Ah man “Crank The Code” is (or was) the working title for the play date puzzle game I’m working on 😭😂

Title screen looks dope, good luck with the game!

③ SHPR is an arena survival roguelike where you have to buy items while creating amazing builds and synergies that will help you defeat enemies to be able to pass to the next stages!

⚫ play.date/games/shpr/

time to dust off this account:
My tiny playdate puzzle game is out on the #Playdate Catalog 😳

There is also a bunch of new stuff: more tiles, silly German sounding town names, and

play.date/games/hausbau/

(it's still also available on itch)

#gamedev #indiegame

It's important to take a break from behind the wheel every once in a while and get a snack 😌🌯.

(Get Cherry Hill now for @play.date on Catalog: play.date/games/cherry...) #indiegame #playdate #gamedev

Trailer for our new #inidegame called Penguin Colony! We are collaborating with Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium, Ultrakill) to bring this unique re-imagining to life

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylG...

My game is out today 🚛! Haul cargo, meet other truckers, and live the adventure of the open road in Cherry Hill: A Trucking Adventure Simulator on @play.date Catalog: play.date/games/cherry...

🍿 To see more, check out the full trailer! youtu.be/_oECyEonn4U 🍿

#gamedev #playdate #indiegame

This looks so sick man

I'm starting to add turrets to this tiny #towerdefense game I'm toying with on the #playdate. They don't shoot yet, but you can control their direction with the device crank #indiedev

"Öoo" the bomb caterpillar exploration puzzle platformer, is out now! 🎉

Dive into an adventure packed with discovery and clever puzzles, we hope you enjoy it!

👇
store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...

+50 xp

Solo gamedev can feel painfully slow at times, which is why it can be helpful hit pause and look at how far you've come. Progress isn't always fast, but it sure adds up.

#rts #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #godot #gamedevelopment #solodev

I made 50,000+ game assets and now they're yours, enjoy!

gameassets.com

A compilation of my Border project. #pixelart

A picture of a Game Boy Advance with an e-Reader inserted into it. The game Exo Attack is playing on the Game Boy. Exo Attack cards are off to the right. The caption says "Nintendo E-Reader Game Giveaway!"

I'm giving away 20 copies of Exo Attack for the Nintendo E-Reader.

Repost this post to be entered into the contest.

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

This is how battles look like in
🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️

#indiegame #playdate #1bit #gamedev

Just shared a progress update of Climbing Life for @play.date! Check it out here:

www.patreon.com/posts/climbi...

#IndieGame #Playdate #GameDev #RetroGaming #IndieDev #HandheldGaming #PlaydateGames #GameDesign

Daughter just dunked my @play.date in her water table 😭😭😭 rip friend

Autopeli, my retro-inspired split-screen racing game, is now done and published on Itchio! :--) The game is freeware, so grab a friend and try it out!

ottoojala.itch.io/autopeli

#IndieGame #GodotEngine #SoloDev

Making good progress on the Playdate port of my game! I think I have most of the inventory UI figured out now, and it feels pretty nice to play. #Playdate #PlaydateDev

This is great 👏👏👏