Notices by Playdate (playdate@social.panic.com)

Out now on Catalog..... Crankboy: a high performance Game Boy emulator for your Playdate!

Plus! 4 specially included titles:
👻 Life's Too Short GB
🦖 Dashosaur DX
👾 GBBS95
🎶 Lo-Fi GB, a music album (but for your GB (but really for your Playdate))

✨ https://play.date/games/crankboy/

💝 If you're ever gifting a Playdate and you'd like to present the recipient with a fun placeholder while they wait for their little yellow console, we made a papercraft model to cut and glue together. Plus, a "yours soon" card.

⬇️ https://help.play.date/orders/gifting-printout

🎙️Available for pre-order now: the soundtrack to the musical Playdate game Direct Drive. An instant classic!

https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/284956/dacvector-direct-drive-songs-and-instrumentals

There's a Playdate OS/SDK update out today, 2.7.2. (Get it in Settings > System > System Update).

While it doesn't have a lot of features for players, it sets the stage for a big new part of Playdate: networking. That means developers can start writing things like—that's right—multiplayer games.

If you're after a DIY project for your Playdate, we now have crank thumb repair kits available for order—our latest, most durable design, and quite easy to replace!

🪛 https://play.date/shop/crank-repair

Hello again! Now that the Catalog Fall Sale has wrapped up, we have another Catalog game drop for you—five excellent, new titles to check out. Let's go!! 🫳♟️

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Boom! takes the concept of traditional RPS (Pro term), and disregards it. Shift gravity with the d-pad (or the accelerometer) to move, creating rocks, papers, or scissors in your path!

https://play.date/games/rock-paper-scissors-boom ✂️

Writers are lost for words and need your help spelling new ones! Use your grabber contraption to nab bwirds out of the sky to form words and reap the rewards as long as you keep your writers happy.

https://play.date/games/bwirds 🐦

In the serene countryside, a playground is under siege in Save Your Chicks. A relentless flock of hungry birds are determined to snatch the helpless chicks and feast on their tender flesh. It's up to you to save their playground and protect the chicks!

https://play.date/games/save-your-chicks 🐤

Welcome to Cra Cra, a fun and engaing incremenetal game. Generate as much electrical power as you can by cranking and watch your reserves grow. Unlock and level up different items, collect relics, and achievements as you progress!

https://play.date/games/cra-cra ⚡

① Castaway Samurai is a fast-paced action game and the 1st Playdate game from Brazil! Play as a lone samurai survivor struggling to live with finite resources. Survive shark attacks & catch fish while battling the imminent sinking of your raft.

https://play.date/games/castaway-samurai/ 🦈

Hello!! This is your friendly Catalog update with 5 new games ✨

Catalog is our Playdate games store that lives inside your Playdate, you can also check it out here 👉 https://play.date/games !

③ Pilot a propeller-strapped rat through increasingly challenging, hazard-filled worlds with satisfyingly responsive crank-based movement in Propeller Rat!
Dodge every trap and turn, and run it back to improve your times over 80 unique levels.

https://play.date/games/propeller-rat/ 🐀

② Oh no! In Spilled Mushrooms, you've accidentally spilled your whole basket of very important mushrooms! Befriend the local critters to help you recover the lost fungi before your delivery deadline!

https://play.date/games/spilled-mushrooms/ 🍄

④ Off-Planet Dreams is an invisible puzzle platformer where death is information, giving you an instant restart after learning where not to go. Adjust the difficulty with optional abilities that allow you to peek around and paint a trail.

https://play.date/games/off-planet-dreams/ 🧩

⑤ Pomo Post is a delivery-themed Pomodoro timer! 🍅 Pick a destination and set your Playdate to the side, it will let you know when it's time for a break.
This customizable timer will transform your little yellow friend into a workplace companion.

https://play.date/games/pomo-post/ 🍅

Devlog link: Shadowgate PD is a Playdate port of the classic Mac game, currently in development using our web-based game maker, Pulp. Check it out! 🕴️

https://pixel-ghost.itch.io/shadowgatepd

Did you hear the story about how $400k worth of Playdates were misdelivered by FedEx to a construction site near our warehouse? And then someone just… stole them? Seriously.

Well, guess what got hastily dumped at a random restaurant this morning?

Welcome back stolen Playdates!

A nice article on Playdate Pulp, with stories of developers who have shipped games made in it.

"That's what Pulp is: a simple tool that removes the barriers of entry and allows people of all experience levels to dive right into the deep end."

https://www.videogamesgood.com/post/playdate-pulp-makes-game-dev-free-accessible 🪄

"Playdate is only getting better with age. It's a little yellow inspiration machine; it’s a physical reset button for the entire industry. Actually, I guess it's a reset crank."

We really enjoyed this piece from Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/playdate-revisited-two-years-with-the-little-yellow-inspiration-machine-125517060.html