HelloPlaydatePodcast

Showcase time! It’s always fun showing people @play.date for the first time :)

🌿 ROWBOT RALLY 2 🌿 the all-new, space-age sequel to the award-winning playdate game coming soon to your playdate, and your PC wishlist: 🟨 play.date/g/pesto 💻 raewtf.itch.io/rowbot-rally-2

@ohheyitsjeffm.bsky.social You gotta give this BILLIARDS ROGUELIKE a go. Instantly made me think of you. Very polished and lots to do. apps.apple.com/app/id676986...

Hi #Playdate Community! Me and some other devs have put together a new unofficial server for people developing for the playdate device. No minimum skill level required. The server is dedicated to human creativity (no AI) so come by Playdate Café if that sounds like your vibe: discord.gg/ppqeURy9m

Looking for two iPhone testers who enjoy giving specific feedback. Joining takes a minute; the useful test is whether the next ten minutes make sense. I am collecting first-session notes this week. https://digginggrooves.com/?b=2026-08-14-morning-tester-4-3 #IndieGame

Crush fruit and feed the beast in POINPY! Back on mobile...FOR FREE! 🍎 🍋 🫐 🍊

Make a game about skateboarding or Portuguese and odds are it’s going to pique our interest! Go check out Ladeira Abaixo, now on Catalog!

It’s like the refs are literally telling the Swiss players ‘look, it’s not like we are allowed to let you guys win’. Then the Swiss players are just having to laugh and shake it off.

Testing a music discovery idea: what if your taste became a visitable record shop instead of only a playlist? Founding testers wanted. https://digginggrooves.com/?b=2026-07-08-evening-music-discovery-people #MusicDiscovery #AppleMusic

I need testers who enjoy collection games with a personal-taste angle. Digging Grooves turns Apple Music taste into a little record shop beta. https://digginggrooves.com/?b=2026-06-28-midday-collection-game-players #CozyGames #GameDev

For the 1 year anniversary of Top Binz! get it for the lowest ever price of $2. play.date/games/top-bi... also all damos games itch titles are 60% off or a bundle for $2. itch.io/s/192133/sum... Move fast peeps. @panic.com @play.date @helloplaydate.bsky.social #gamedev #indiedev #playdate

hello! all of my #playdate games are on sale in catalog! • rowbot rally — my loving, experimental story game — is just $10! • HEXA — an addicting match-six logic puzzle game — only $5! • cloudburst — an on-line weather app?! — just $3! and more!! running until 06.30.2026. play.date/games/search...

Happy Gitaroo Man Day to all PS5 owners ❤️

Very interesting read regarding indie game promotion in the Playdate space!

#PitchYaGame MASUKU is an abstract puzzle game where u place cards with holes in them to score points based on the current goals. Multiple game modes and play with up to 4 friends. Daily challenges and achievements to keep u coming back for more. #gamedev #puzzlegame #indiegame

YAAAAAHOO!! thank you paul straw thank you @danielwsimon.com thank you @bechamel-test.bsky.social thank you @toadley.bsky.social thank you everybody who put on the awards show this year; still so cool to see it all happen. and thank you (hi!) for playing and liking my games. here's to next year! 💖

I thiiiink Life's Too Short's Next Fest demo just went live: store.steampowered.com/app/4209750/... It's safe to say I am terrified right now but give it a go and let me know what I did wrong on my first Steam launch :-D #indiegamedeveloper #gamedev

Thanks so much for all the work you’ve done for the community!

Mina the Hollower is OUT NOW!🐭🕯️ After 6 years of development, our fright-filled action-adventure is finally in your hands. Whip foes, burrow beneath danger, uncover secrets, and descend into Tenebrous Isle today. Thank you for joining us on this journey. ⚔️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQZM...

Magical Spells ✅ Mystical Mazes ✅ Rubber Duckies ✅ an Unexpected Jukebox ✅ Pottery for Playdate ✅ What doesn't this Catalog drop have?! See for yourself at Play.date/games and/or crank over to Catalog on your Playdate 🟨 💫

@possiblyaxolotl.com Happy birthday! 🎉🎂

My Sabres 😩😩😩😩😩

Mixtape hype is real. Game of the Year material. Feels like high school in the 90s.

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...

These came in the mail recently! 📬Thank you so much @xanialasagna.bsky.social, for producing these amazing projects that celebrate the @play.date & its community! I’m so happy and proud to see Chance’s Lucky Escape (by @golosogames.bsky.social & me) included. 😊💛🎉 #supportplaydatedevs #playdate

The cat's out of the bag! This is such a labour of love by some incredible people and I'm pleased to say that Life's Too Short GB will ship with the Catalog version of CrankBoy on @play.date #indiegamedeveloper

You can play PinFinger on #playdate now! play.date/games/pin-fi... #gamedev @play.date

🙋‍♀️ youtu.be/XafeGPGZPvg?...

Oh hey, we're alive! And we're still making Asobimon! Hopefully you can expect some more regular posts from us as development continues. In the meantime, go check out our new minigame for the Playdate: Flarehorn Charge! leftovernick.itch.io/flarehorn-ch...

Bear Coin Blitz was just released on the catalog today! If you’re a fan of Money Puzzle Exchanger for Neo Geo or like matching puzzle games, give it a try! play.date/games/bear-c...

⛏️ DIG! DIG! DINO! 🦖 is coming to ✨ STEAM!!! ✨ We are bringing the @play.date hit to PC and Steam Deck players, so everyone can dig up dino bones and treasure (and weird secrets)! Adding it to your WISHLIST would help a lot! store.steampowered.com/app/4642320/...

hello! all my #playdate games are ON SALE from now through next saturday, may 2nd (10a pacific). find your next obsession! rowbot rally's $13, HEXA's just a fiver, and a whole smattering of games are available for just three bucks 🟨 all my playdate games: play.date/games/search... #indie #gamedev

Really rooting for this one. No idea what to expect.

Chance's Lucky Escape is a Playdate adventure game, released during the official Season 2, featuring a (un)lucky dog🍀 Art by @juliaminamata.bsky.social ! Happy to share that it will be soon available on PC, with my other Playdate games! 🔥

@cabel.panic.com you’re Puzzmo crossword famous!

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

I find the inclusion of Shift VERY APPEALING.

It’s the 20th birthday of silly GameCube microphone pinball game Odama. We made a video about it years ago, good day to revisit! youtu.be/pkbEYnYZud0?...

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-

Fantastic technique video by @gammagoat.bsky.social A virtual handheld Rick Stella for the modern age. youtube.com/shorts/KgMBD... #pinball @amanogames.bsky.social

Left PAX with a Playdate signed by @thejenna.bsky.social AND @foldablehuman.bsky.social - ignore that advice, kids: DO meet your heroes. They might be a delight!

Devils on the Moon Pinball is out!!!! What a time to be alive!! get it here: play.date/games/devils... Only on @play.date #pinball #indiegames #pixelart #playdate

Absolutely GORGEOUS detailed manual. Love to see it 😍😍

A brand new Catalog Drop #76, and another showcase of the games hot off the presses is here! Check out the games on the Official play.date Catalog, itch.io, or pdgamez.com.

I wanted to playtest the platforming on my playdate prototype and so I created a small sandbox area totally not inspired by any other game 👀

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I think about Stars of the Screen more than I think about any other Playdate game. Go in knowing nothing about it.