@jonsimantov
helloyellow: Voice chat for #Playdate • helloyellow.app Cranky Cove • crankycove.com Game designer of: • Liberation • Vamp on the Batwalk • Draught Trick @videogameworkers.bsky.social member 🏢 Staff SWE @ PlayStation (SIE) he/him • ❤️♾ • 🌎 NYer in CA
I'm nominated for four awards! Three for Cranky Cove and one for helloyellow. I have no idea if I will actually win, but I will definitely be watching the awards on March 14th. And trying not to obsess about it between now and then. 🫠
I have no words. Cranky Cove was nominated for #Playdate Game of the Year. I... wow. I am incredibly honored. This is wild.
Play the first level in Agents of Groove and unlock new custom emojis for #playdate voice messaging app helloyellow! Get both on Catalog or itch 🪩 🕺
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My #Playdate game Cranky Cove has been nominated for Best Arcade Game in the 2025 Playdate Community Awards! Holy crank! 😁
I am incredibly honored. Cranky Cove was truly a labor of love, and I am so happy that people have been playing and enjoying it for almost a year now. 🥓
Wow, my #Playdate voice chat app, #helloyellow, was nominated for Best App in the 2025 Playdate Community Awards! It's up against some really fantastic apps (including @blippo.plus!) so I will just say now that it's an honor to be nominated. 😁
Oh, cool! @jonsimantov.bsky.social’s helloyellow voice chat app for the Playdate is now available on the Catalog; it has on-device voice note recording and asynchronous voice chatting between users and via group voice chats of up to 10 people. My user code is hy-512714. play.date/games/helloy...
Guess what: helloyellow is now available on #Playdate Catalog! It's a voice chat app for @play.date that lets you send voice messages to friends, show off your 🏆 Playdate Achievements, and more. And now it's easier to install than ever!
💬 Visit play.date/games/helloy... to grab it!
Guess what: helloyellow is now available on #Playdate Catalog! It's a voice chat app for @play.date that lets you send voice messages to friends, show off your 🏆 Playdate Achievements, and more. And now it's easier to install than ever!
💬 Visit play.date/games/helloy... to grab it!
If I have an itch project with a free version and a paid version unlocked at $5, do you know if my joining the jam would give people who buy it my paid tier?
Playdate with the helloyellow app running
That's fun, @jonsimantov.bsky.social! : D The sound quality is surprisingly good. : )
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
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Hmm, if there's anyone still looking for a holiday present to get me, I'm size L. 😁
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Oh no! Maybe an alternate email if you have one? 🤷♂️
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
The time has come to nominate your favorite games from the past year for the 2025 @play.date Community Awards!
Nominations start now and close on the 22nd of December, so get to it!
The form can be found here:
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Join our community Discord here:
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When there's no non-diagetic music throughout most of the game, suddenly having boss music start could be really dramatic and cool!
A huge menorah in Berlin at the Brandenburg gate surrounded by a joyous crowd. The shamash and one light are burning with fire.
Jon outdoors in Berlin eating a jelly donut.
The only menorah photo I've got is the one I took in Berlin last night as we gathered at the Brandenburg Gate for the lighting of the largest menorah in Europe. And then I ate a donut.
doom creator id software just became the latest microsoft studio to unionize. though the neutrality agreement that has allowed CWA to organize so many studios recently lapsed, id devs told me that only applies to activision blizzard for now
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa
Omg I love this handset!
Okay boardgame friends, let's say I'm in Berlin for a few days. Any tabletop gaming store suggestions?
For your consideration... Cranky Cove The Playdate Community Awards 2025 - Best Playdate Soundtrack (crankycove.com/soundtrack) - Best Puzzle Game - Best Arcade Game - Best Sim/Strategy Game - Outstanding Use of Crank (Definitely!) - 2025 Game of the Year (Hopefully!) Visit crankycove.com/vote to nominate!
Earlier this year I released Cranky Cove, a #Playdate game that I think is pretty great (and others do too)! With the 2025 Playdate Community Awards coming up, please consider nominating Cranky Cove for some of those awards!
Visit crankycove.com/vote to nominate!
helloyellow: Voice chat for Playdate Playdate Community Awards 2025 For your consideration: - Best App or Knickknack - Outstanding Technical Achievement in an SDK Game Visit helloyellow.app/vote to nominate! (Psst... haven't tried the app yet? It's free at helloyellow.app/get)
If you've seen my #Playdate voice chat app #helloyellow, please consider nominating it for the 2025 Playdate Community Awards! Anyone can submit nominations - visit helloyellow.app/vote to nominate. (And helloyellow.app/get to download the app!)
I lucked into a copy of the Space Hulk Death Angel card game with all the expansions at a flea market a few years back. I love it as a solo game, except that damnable die is a menace!
No, I meant making a lei the old-fashioned way (in the zoo level)...
Hmm, can you make it the old-fashioned way?
Have you played through all of the Extras levels?
