ISOLATES coming out next Tuesday.. @play.date Season 3 out Today 😅 youtu.be/pHrwkVHQ1HE

slow math arcade horror - isolates on Playdate Catalog 10.13

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Tick, tick, tick goes the crank…… 🕙 play.date/games/seasons/three/

'Tis Three's Eve, gamers. 🌃 play.date/games/seasons/three

great thread on one of my most anticipated games. still remarkable what devs are doing with @play.date hardware!

LuBu@lubu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Today, exactly 1 year ago, I started a new project, that later became Gloom Gate. It began as a little experiment with pre-rendered backgrounds and it evolved into a full grown game-dev project I'm really proud of! #gamedev #indiegame #1bit #playdate

Playdate + Panic will be at Portland Retro Gaming Expo this year! One of our favorite shows to attend. And yes, we've set aside some Playdate units to sell in person! 🗓️ October 9–11, 2026 📍 Oregon Convention Center, Portland OR 👋 Booth # 1001 ➡️ retrogamingexpo.com

pssst. iam8bit booth #208 at PAX West will have Playdates for sale. pass it on.

Amazing! Can't wait to get some walking in

Panic@panic.com · 2mo ago

In just six days, over one million of you have bought Big Walk, our co-op adventure all about talking and walking. We are so grateful that so many of you are spending time with our game. And we deeply appreciate your fanart, your streams, your stories, and your moments. Thank you for playing.

Huge @play.date sale! All Ledbetter games, including our fastest selling HALL OF THE DWARF KING + Pulp GOTY Winner Off-Planet Dreams + PUP CUP + A Ghost in the Gallery + ART&.. More! play.date/games/studio...

rae@rae.wtf · 2mo ago

augustravaganza 2026 is live NOW! #playdate it's a nice big community sale to ring in the new month. 2024 and 2025 went great, and we have over 80(!) games participating this time! if you wanna see all the participating games, visit catalog on your playdate, or head to: 🟨 play.date/games/tags/o...

Introducing: PeeDeeTV PeeDeeTV is a community-oriented live streaming TV-like experience right on the Playdate. The first of its kind (ish), with a rotating schedule every week. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot, but there should always be something new to watch! Launching 28th July @ peedee.tv

No crank? No problem. Playdate originals reimagined for Steam 💫 Featuring... 📺 Blippo+ 🛸 HEXA 🥌 office chair curling 👾 Ratcheteer DX ☄️ Suborbital Salvage Grab the Beyond the Crank bundle at 10% off ⬇️ 🛒 store.steampowered.com/bundle/7499...

I’ve gone DEEP down the rabbit hole at this point. 🕳️🐇 Imagine showing up to DJ with just a Playdate and a Mac running this custom Mirror app (I call it Refract). #playdate #audiovisual #dj #vj

Channeling that Winamp energy with a custom version of Mirror that can do post processing effects. Running A/V from Cultivator through it with great results! #playdate

Big fan of the new feature! play.date/games/studio...

Playdate@play.date · 4mo ago

Small addition to the Catalog website: developers can now make Studio pages, showing all their Playdate titles. Check out some heavy hitters: 🐈‍⬛ play.date/games/studios/com.scenicroute 🐰 play.date/games/studios/wtf.rae ✋ play.date/games/studios/com.amano

Dragon Solo!

Sitting at a diner and playing a handheld MMO on Wi-Fi is a great way to start the morning. Check out Pointless Quest on Playdate! It's ridiculous that this exists (and is good!) gareth.itch.io/pq

Added several new PD Arcade videos to the playlist EYELAND, PinFinger, Purple Nurple, Swap Machina and Bear Coin Blitz! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Interesting games that show off the Playdate and the Arcade system built by Dave from Panic Fantastic Arcade post https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/co...

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The Final Day …of Baito Fight!! @ #BitSummit We still boothing it at 3F-D41. All the way in the back on the right side of the third floor!!

Seven [Baito Fight!! Is On Sale]@kingofshibuya.itch.io · 5mo ago

Coming to BitSummit? Play Baito Fight!!’s newest demo exclusively on the showfloor!! We’re towards the back of the third floor at booth D-41.

Hello!! Come get your Catalog Drop!! Have a look at the 5 games that just joined Catalog — the Playdate games store that lives inside your Playdate — Enjoy 👋 Play.date/games 👾

Star Bento! Dev Blog! Heyyyyy I made an indieweb site if you want to take a look! will post devlog stuff etc here. this week: how Star Bento character art has been evolving. piouspigeon.nekoweb.org?post=about #playdate #screenshotSaturday #gamedev

You wanna make a #Playdate game? No need for #C/C++, #Lua, or even use limited #Pulp, you can now use #GBStudio to create a complete GameBoy game, and run it using #CrankBoy. All you need is a $10 investment. www.gbstudio.dev

This is a subtle change, but it required rewriting the pathfinding code for my #towerdefense #playdate game. Enemies can now trace preconfigured paths through the level. This gives me a bit more freedom to

I've really enjoyed Crankboy and have found it incredibly deep and flexible as an emulator!

Playdate@play.date · 5mo ago

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)) ✨ play.date/games/crank...

In Deja Vu PD, these mugger chaps show up randomly along Peoria Street demanding your money! It's down to you whether you decide to line their pockets or chose violence...but violence always comes back around! Wishlist now: play.date/games/deja-vu/ #indiegamedeveloper #gamedev @play.date

In the next weeks, I'll be showing the evolution of rooms from Life's Too Short from Playdate to Gameboy to PC. Here's the front entrance where you'll meet a helpful Butler and a bear rug who has something stuck in its teeth... Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4209750/... #indiegamedeveloper

Bedbeard’s Revenge takes a snapshot of wherever you happen to be when it saves, and uses that as the background image for the main menu for a nice transition back into the game. #playdate

Isolates and the @play.date arcade are set up for a run of Hackers this weekend. Check out withfriends.events/event/DOLYSH... if you're in Austin and come say hi! Hack the Planet!

Fire up those Playdates! 5 new games have been added to Catalog 🔥 Visit play.date/games or open Catalog directly in your Playdate. Enjoy!

Art book came in from @uncrankdpd.bsky.social ! uncrankd.myshopify.com/products/pro...

Folks that have bought new Playdates: we know you’ve had trouble registering them, and we apologize. :( The good news: REGISTRATION IS WORKING NOW so please try and register again -as soon as possible-