How Much my Game Made After 3 Months on PlayDate
Here’s a recap of how the launch of my indie dice deckbuilding roguelike for the playdate has made after 3 months. Go check the game out!!! Catalog – https://play.date/games/ribbit-rogue/ The PlayDate handheld is the little yellow gadget that looks like it escaped from a 1980s science fair and crash-landed in a minimalist design studio. With […]
How Working Within Limits Made Me a Better Game Dev
Programming a modern video game is a bit like trying to build a rocket ship while riding a unicycle through a minefield—blindfolded—while the marketing team shouts, “Can it be done by Friday?” From the developer’s perspective, every feature request feels like a new level of Jumanji. You fix a bug in the physics engine and […]
Playdate: 1 year later – 400+ Games!
The Playdate handheld is a year old and has over 400 games for it. Now that I’ve lived with it for a year, has my opinion changed? And what are some of the good new games for it? WATCH >> https://youtu.be/a1DNuB4PBY8
Playdate Review – What were they thinking?!?
Playdate is a tiny handheld that has a non-backlit screen and hand crank w/ 24 original games for $180. But were there too many compromises made designing it and making it feel unique? Here is my full Playdate review. https://play.date/
Playdate Handheld System Update!
Pat the NES Punk – Some nice game samples and updates are here for the upcoming Playdate handheld!