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I added an attract mode for SwitchBoard Shuffle. Obviously I had to draw a robot operator just for that! Its play style is questionable but... it works surprisingly well! #playdate #pixelart

That's so nice! Congratulations!

Changed the time for a line to disappear from 2s to 3s. Wasn't expecting such a huge impact on scoring: I just beat my personal best 10 fold (from 479,000 to 4,234,000)! Chaining is feeling really good now!
#playdate #indiedev

Comparison of the music in GarageBand and in Notion Mobile.

Comparison of the code in Lua and in C.

For Switchboard Shuffle, I'm using the #playdate synth for the music. It sounds great but my workflow is rough: compose in GarageBand, rewrite everything in Notion (a MIDI editor), experiment with synth settings in Lua to find the right tone, then port to C. Wonder how others handle this.

Screen capture of MapMaker showing the tilemap editor (on the left), sprite and animation editor (in the middle), and the image editor (on the right).

Thanks! I use a custom editor I wrote in Java called MapMaker. It's inspired by The Games Factory and combines a tilemap and a sprite editor.

The drawing part is definitely not Aseprite, but it gets the job done! It has some useful tools like color replacement, outline tool and dithering on export.

6 steps showing how I made the title screen artwork : first is the draft I made on paper (colored in pink to make it easy to draw over), and last is the final version in 1 bit.

Here's a look at the different stages of creating the #1bit title screen artwork for Switchboard Shuffle, my #FallingBlockJam entry. I am unable to draw the same face twice so I had to iterate to make sure the art was consistent with the operator's look.

#playdate #pixelart

My deep dive retrospective on @play.date at three years old, over @wired.com - from getting started to the current development scene of this quirky handheld!

Thanks to developers @synapticsugar.games, @raphcal.bsky.social, and @loudo.lugludum.com for their contributions!

Done! The latest version includes both the Mac and Windows builds! It's available on Itch: rapcal.itch.io/switchboard-...

Sure! I will be happy to make a Windows build. You will just need to have the Playdate SDK installed to play it.

Somehow I managed to finish a rough entry for #FallingBlockJam! It's far from done but it's playable! If you own a Playdate or an Apple Silicon Mac, you can give it a try here: rapcal.itch.io/switchboard-...

Running late for the #FallingBlockJam, but gameplay is finally starting to take shape!

Hi! I've released two games on Playdate Catalog: Kuroobi and Poker Poker Magic. Both definitely draw inspiration from retro mechanics. I'd be happy to help!

Hi! I've released two games on Catalog (Kuroobi and Poker Poker Magic). Would be happy to answer your questions!

Drawing by my daughter of one of her original characters. She is named Leila and has orange hair, a green shirt, and a dress over a turquoise skirt.

This drawing was made by me and is my attempt at drawing Leila with my own style.

My daughter has great ideas for her original characters. I tried to draw a #fanart of Leila, one of her creations.

June 2025 calendar page on a wooden stand. The illustration shows Caroline (from Poker Poker Magic) and Saki (from Kuroobi) sitting and playing video games with Playdate consoles. Caroline’s dove, Ceres, flies nearby.

This month’s artwork for the @uncrankdpd.bsky.social calendar was drawn by me! Caroline and Saki are meeting up outdoor to enjoy some #Playdate games together!

RelAXE by Rapcal Help people to relax by axing their stressful thoughts.

RelAXE, my submission to the #playdate #uncrankdgamejam, placed 2nd out of 20!
I still can’t believe it! Thank you so much to everyone!
rapcal.itch.io/relaxe

Played a bit this morning, it was fun. It was hard, I only managed to get a single 100%. I think it would be easier if the button to press was written on the notes.

YouTube video by IndieAlpaca The Playdate in 2025: new games, new price

Made a new video about the Playdate!

I talk about what I've been playing on mine lately and ask whether it's still worth picking up after the recent price bump.

A total of twenty games have been submitted for the Uncrank'd Game Jam. Check them out here: itch.io/jam/uncrankd...
The winners will be revealed on June 7th and more on the game jam in issue 8.
#Playdate

biweekly 1. happening or appearing every two weeks or twice a week: 2. happening or…

In English it can means both 😅 dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e...

Catalog Anniversary Sale 2025 LIVE RIGHT NOW March 6, 10 AM–March 20, 10 AM PT

🏷️ The Catalog Anniversary Sale 2025 is LIVE! We're featuring a bunch of discounted titles on the Catalog frontpage—see what looks good to you:

play.date/games

Did you see that he started to work at Panic 2 months before you did?

Huge congratulations to Xx_Henry_xX for setting a new world record of 3,213,400 points in Kuroobi for #Playdate! After more than a year, Chromeblast's incredible 3 million points record has finally been beaten!

PUP CUP is out TOMORROW! @play.date Catalog - this is a Big update to the itch version (which will also get the newness) Get your Cranks ready to feed some dogs!

Can you add me to this list?

I finally received the #Playdate Advent Calendar and the 2025 calendar 🥳. It was full of surprises, and being able to open everything at once was fun 🎁

Happy birthday 🎈

catharsis

So awesome!

YouTube video by Hiroshi Ideno Presents Games CRAZY SONIC プロモーション映像（東京ゲームダンジョン７出展用）

東京ゲームダンジョン７、2/15(土)に出展決定！
Playdate向け新作ゲーム「CRAZY SONIC」の体験版を展示します！
#playdate
#ゲムダン

youtu.be/_KhqeTEjvhE