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🟡🚢 Today on the Playdate Podcast: Veteran game creator shares his development philosophy, and talks about how he combined elements of arcade classics with innovative new gameplay to create Battleship Godios for Playdate!
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🌲 What if the in-world fire prevention mascot from Firewatch had his own re-skinned, licensed platformer back in the late ’80s/early ’90s? Developer and artist discuss “Forrest Byrnes: Up in Smoke” on the Playdate Podcast! podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e2
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Speaking of music, why not make your own with Music Box, a lovely little Playdate instrument in your pocket.
Free, from •
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Anyone else here a fan of the Aussie psych band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard? Who isn't, am I right?! You can now grab a Playdate version of their mindbending full-length album 'Polygondwanaland' (!). Plug in y'headphones!
Free, from YoursTruly2095 •
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Next, we have The King's Dungeon, a tiny metroidvania® made by SquidGod. Bonus: check out his devlog video (and so many amazing others!) here: youtu.be/LEiJD-uS6u4
$4 from •
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🎁 It's 2023, so here's a new thread of exquisite games being made for Playdate by our incredible community! First off, Gravity Express is out now!! This polished, gravity-battling rocket-driver will challenge you in the best way.
$9.99 from • ninovanhooff.itch.io/gravity-express
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💛 🦢 There’s no new episode of the Playdate Podcast this week, so we thought you’d enjoy the story of Untitled Goose Game, from the Panic Podcast! You can find it in your regular Playdate Podcast feed. podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e2
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As Playdate grows, so does our support load — so we're looking for another Playdate support person!
If you're a good communicator that truly loves helping people, and you live in Portland, OR or are willing to move here, check it out and spread the word:
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🪄🧹 In this special format edition of the Playdate Podcast, the teams from Spellcorked (, @nosplendorr, and ) and Inventory Hero (, Steven Frank, and ) interview each other about their games! PLUS: a cameo! podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e2
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👣 Chuck Jordan felt his tactics game was missing something—then he got a flash of inspiration from “Pokémon Snap.” Find out how the adventure game veteran ended up mixing turn-based tactics with cryptid group photography in “Sasquatchers” for Playdate! podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e1
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🏅 A CORRECTION!!
• The actual winner of Best Playdate Sound Design was: Echoic Memory!! []
Our apologies for the transcription error, and huge congratulations to Samantha for the well-deserved win and the incredible Season game!
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What a 2022. Thanks again to and for making this happen. And congratulations to every amazing nominee.
We're just getting started. Here's to an even more incredible Playdate adventure in 2023.
But first, we just gotta ship the rest of these things…
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🥇 And finally, the grand finale.
• THE 2022 PLAYDATE COMMUNITY AWARDS GAME OF THE YEAR IS… RATCHETEER!!!! 🎉 []
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🥇 Ok, this is it. Our hosts are back with the final awards of 2022!
Are you ready?
• Playdate Pulp Game of the Year is… Eyeland!!!! 🎉 []
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What was next? Let's call it a commercial? Maybe?
Honestly, none of us know how to explain this.
It's a MEGADROP of cool stuff from — available at thestrangest.itch.io/megadrop — and it's powerful.
If you watch this video… good luck
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🏅 Now the legendary celebrates:
• Outstanding Technical Achievement in a Pulp Game: Castle Helios! []
• Outstanding Technical Achievement in an SDK Game: Daily Driver! []
(SquidGod picked up a Community Hero award for his tutorials!)
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Another new trailer alert! Check out the very unique and very cool style in "Soothsayer" from !
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🏅 Our own appeared live to introduce two important awards:
• Most Anticipated Playdate Game: Waste Braver! []
• Cranky Award (for creative use o' the crank): Crankin's Time Travel Adventure! []
(Neven himself picked up a Community Hero award!)
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And now: 🎉🎉 THE HALF-TIME SHOW 🎉🎉
We'll just let you enjoy this flawless musical masterpiece from
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NOW THIS IS A VERY HOT MUST-SEE PLAYDATE GAME TRAILER.
"Diora" from almost doesn't seem possible. It's one of those games that makes us go "how did they do this?"… even though we made the SDK.
We can't wait to play it.
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🏅 Now the powerful duo of + are here to present:
• Playdate's Best Adventure Game: Ratcheteer! ]
• Playdate's Best Narrative Game: Saturday Edition! []
• Playdate'e Best App / Knicknack: A Joke That's Worth $0.99! []
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🏅 Now here's Playdate stalwart with a couple of important awards to bestow!
• Playdate's Best Puzzle Game: Omaze! []
• Playdate's Best Action Game: A Balanced Brew! []
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🏅 Now here's supercomposer to celebrate some important genres!
• Playdate's Best Arcade Game: Hyper Meteor! []
• Playdate's Best Sim/Strategy Game: Zipper! []
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Want a couple more new game trailers?
Here's the perfectly-named "Llama Goes Up" from , which looks delightful, along with some wonderful looking new Pulp games, "The Crank Gym" and "Along Came a Spider 2" from .
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🏅 Next! Here's the multitalented with:
• Outstanding Visual Achievement in a Pulp game: Eyeland! []
• Outstanding Visual Achievement in an SDK game: Spellcorked! [ et al]
• Playdate's Best Launch Experience: Rocket Bytes! []
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…and "P-RACING", an unbelievable-looking proper-3D Playdate racer from . (It also includes a photo mode?!?) Just look at this amazing thing.
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🏅 The first awards were presented by our good friend .
• Playdate Soundtrack of the Year: Tapeworm Disco Puzzle! []
• Best Playdate Sound Design: Saturday Edition! [ + ]
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Cameo Cabel showed up to talk about what's next for Playdate. The answer was: filling all pre-orders, Catalog, and more games.
(One EXCLUSIVE! news drop: Catalog, the upcoming on-device store, will have some… wait for it… special shopping music! It's the only way to browse.)
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First, please meet your hosts, and , who worked tirelessly to put this community-run show together. Thank you so much for everything you have done for us — and for the Playdate.
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Did you catch last Thursday's big gaming awards show? That's right, the 2022 Playdate Community Awards! They were wonderful. Awards! Games!
You should really watch the whole thing: youtube.com/watch?v=TW2SHh
🧵 Here's a big thread of some of the highlights. Enjoy.
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The Playdate community continues to amaze us with their games and their passion—today at 3 PM PST, tune in for the Playdate Community Awards by and , recognizing the coolest games and the coolest people. Also, exclusive reveals!
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🍎🐍 ”Why does this snake suddenly feel like a skateboard?” Game Designer on how a few small tweaks to the cellphone classic Snake led to surprising gameplay in his game Snak for Playdate. Plus: talks about creating the game’s art! podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e1
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Something very special is happening next Thursday: the very first Playdate Community Awards show!!
It's an independent celebration of great Playdate things. We're so excited about it, we made this little video.
Join the party! Thu, Dec 8th, 3PM PST at: twitch.tv/tinyyellowmach
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