jerseystyle Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 So who’s pumped for Playdate? I’m excited to add it to my small office toy collection, and my daughter will dig the crank. Any games stand out for y’all? Thoughts on the speaker stand? I’m also curious about the programming tools. I’ve played around some with text adventures in the past, and it might be cool to try one out. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 22 hours ago, jerseystyle said: So who’s pumped for Playdate? I’m excited to add it to my small office toy collection, and my daughter will dig the crank. Any games stand out for y’all? Thoughts on the speaker stand? I’m also curious about the programming tools. I’ve played around some with text adventures in the past, and it might be cool to try one out. I'm excited to see it come out. I really like the looks of the speaker stand and think it would fit well in my office. You might talk to @digdugnate I think his kid has messed with some dev stuff. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 yeah- the Oldest dorked with it a little bit, enough to monkey around with the dev kit tools (since he was interested in learning programming for it). We're both intrigued at what it will look like once it's a 'completed and shipped' consumer product. I don't ever see it be more than a 'small office toy' type thing, but that's ok. even if there were some game-boy-level games on it, anyone that likes to tinker i think would like the device. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystyle Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 6 hours ago, digdugnate said: yeah- the Oldest dorked with it a little bit, enough to monkey around with the dev kit tools (since he was interested in learning programming for it). We're both intrigued at what it will look like once it's a 'completed and shipped' consumer product. I don't ever see it be more than a 'small office toy' type thing, but that's ok. even if there were some game-boy-level games on it, anyone that likes to tinker i think would like the device. I would love to make a game that is the opposite of Shark! Shark! in every way. No idea what that would look like- maybe you're a big fish avoiding eating so that you can shrink down to nothingness (like that story A Hunger Artist)? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, jerseystyle said: I would love to make a game that is the opposite of Shark! Shark! in every way. No idea what that would look like- maybe you're a big fish avoiding eating so that you can shrink down to nothingness (like that story A Hunger Artist)? Using the crank like a fishing pole would be an ideal game for it! Playdate Fishing. I can see it now. And a Doom like game that uses a gatling gun. Edited December 10, 2021 by MrBeefy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystyle Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Oooh a Gatling gun game would be good fun. Hadn’t thought of that. I’m actually finding myself more pumped for this now than a few weeks ago. I still think a text adventure using the crank would be killer. Or a wacky crane game simulator. So many ideas! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 I would probably create some kind of survival horror game in which you have to use the crank to keep the lights on, and maybe for weapons, enemy radars or something. It would be funny (or not, but that's the point ?) if the devices require different speeds or even rotation directions, to keep you on your toes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 2:00 AM, roots.genoa said: I would probably create some kind of survival horror game in which you have to use the crank to keep the lights on, and maybe for weapons, enemy radars or something. It would be funny (or not, but that's the point ?) if the devices require different speeds or even rotation directions, to keep you on your toes. That's a neat idea. Get to programming! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystyle Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 I am very interested in trying their web based development tools. I’ve messed around with super basic text adventure building before so I’m looking for an easy (ish) way to get back into that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I’m very curious about it. I wonder how big the games are, like how many will fit in its internal memory. I’d like to design a Q*bert roguelike on it. Anyone get their hands on one yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Why are there two active Playdate threads?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystyle Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, jgkspsx said: Why are there two active Playdate threads?? Because this is the REAL one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Well, I’ll be happy when I have a REAL PlayDate, which won’t be for a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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