I helped judge some of the categories again this year :)
Very excited to see what game wins GOTY!! @play.date #playdate
I helped judge some of the categories again this year :)
Very excited to see what game wins GOTY!! @play.date #playdate
The 2025 Playdate Community Awards will be on March 14th at 11AM Pacific Time/2PM Eastern Time
Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@PlaydateSquad
Award nominees thread starts here: bsky.app/profile/dani...
Discord: Discord: discord.gg/zFKagQ2
Wiki: playdate-wiki.com/wiki/The_202...
#Playdate
Games are: Tiny Turnip by Luke Sanderson, Cranky Cove by Jon Simantov, Overseer by Stoff, Blippo+ by YACHT, Telefantasy Studios, & Dustin Mierau
Day 20: Nominees for 2025 Playdate Game of the Year!
@lukesanderson.bsky.social @jonsimantov.bsky.social @stoff.bsky.social @com.y-a-c-h-t.com @telefantasytv.bsky.social @mierau.me @blippo.plus #Playdate
Games are: snow! by freds72, A Fool’s Errand by IORAMA, RowBot Rally by Rae, and Trackminia by Eli Piilonen
Day 14: Nominees for Outstanding Visual Achievement in an SDK Game
@fsouchu.bsky.social @iorama.bsky.social @rae.wtf @2darray.bsky.social #Playdate
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◢◤ CULTIVATOR is coming to @play.date Catalog on 1/6 ◥◣
A short, narrative-driven experience that combines intense music visualizers with a mysterious, atmospheric world. All on a tiny yellow handheld.
#playdate #gamedev #indiedev
It's perfect
📡 Planet Blip’s Best Earthlings of 2025! ❤️
We’d like to take a moment to thank some early supporters who took a risk in shouting out our unapologetically experimental independent project. We’re new to this wild world of games and you all made us weirdos feel welcome.
Thank you! 🧵
a mockup of the playdate website with a new badge that says “yes!! 100% attack drone metal free!!”. this is reference to a.. you know what, it doesn’t really matter.
trying to decide if this would be a good or bad idea
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:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join our community Discord here:
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In a long ago place, in a far away time,
The villagers cast out one whose song didn't rhyme...
Defeat the Mysterious Monsters! Retrieve the four Mysterious Musical Notes and collect the Mysterious Gems!
sing-song ding-dong out now on @play.date Catalog
play.date/games/sing-s...
#playdate #gaming
THIS WAS SO HYPE TO SEE THANK YOU SO MUCH UNCRANKD. JUST PLACED AN ORDER FOR CALENDAR BOOK AND ADVENT!!!! (sorry for yelling I am excited!!!)
Hey #PitchYaGame people 👋 Here is my game
🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️
It's a pocket-sized, 1-bit action RPG/Dungeon Crawler exclusively for @play.date 💛
It has reaction based fights, a node based overworld and of course Souls-Like elements 😏
I hope you like it 🥰
This was so amazing I loved it. What an incredible night!
OH MY GOB!
Blippo+ arrives on Steam in less than a week. Wishlist now:
blippo.plus/steam
It sucks because like, the *artists* at Disney are who we have spent our life admiring
@talefoundry.bsky.social really enjoyed this week's episode on How to Cure a Zombie. Good stuff, appreciate all your hard work
Yeahhhhhh, been waiting for Mini Motorways to go on sale for ages!
Herdling is OUT NOW! We’re stoked to finally invite you on this journey 🐐🦬🐏⛰️
Get the game now on Steam, Epic Game Store, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S or Game Pass, links below!
We’ll give away 5 Steam keys among everyone who reposts this 🎉🎉🎉
MYTHICAL MUSHROOMS Spilled Mushrooms Expansion Pack New critters! New areas! Achievements! Puzzle sharing! Free update for current owners full price increased to $8 https://play.date/g/mushrooms
Spilled Mushrooms, the hit card-puzzler game, has a big new update out. Grab it at $5 today!
🍄 play.date/g/mushrooms/
Flat, bubbly promotional poster with a yellow background and green accents. "2025 Playdate Community Augustravaganza! Over 60 games on sale, across all genres and styles! Runs from August 1st to August 7th, pacific time." There's a link to the catalog sale page, and a variety of Playdate game thumbnails lining the bottom of the frame.
the second installment of the playdate community sale, augustravaganza 2025, is here!! over 60 titles, on sale all week!
head to play.date/games/tags/o... to see what's on sale — something from your wishlist? something you've never even heard of? — and pick up some new games to ring out the summer!
This is going to be so incredible. Can't wait to experience this with everyone!
The Pickles' mascot Dillon T. Pickle on the field; Pickles and Playdate by Panic logos in the corner
We are a proud sponsor of the greatest sports team in the world, the Portland Pickles 🫡 2025 season starts next week—join us by grabbing some tickets @ Picklestickets.com
An illustrated white-feathered raven holding a playing card in her beak and standing on a hand of cards. Behind her is a corner of windows, with green trees outside.
It's International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day!
Today, we celebrate our own friendly little raven, Blanche. She's always willing to make time for a game, teach you how to play, and share her treasures with you when you win.
Thanks for being awesome, Blanche.
#playdate #cardGames #indieDev
A Brief Announcement Since its launch in March of 2023, Playdate Catalog has… Added 262 games, sold 289,305 game units, paid out $1,043,186.85 to game developers. Thanks!
A quick little note on how Playdate Catalog has done in the last two years: we're happy and proud to say we've paid out $1,043,186.85 to our amazing game developers. It delights and inspires us whenever we see someone make their first game for Playdate 💛
Look on the bright side, it could have been 33% 💀
Panic’s Playdate crank uses the tech that could solve Joy-Con stick drift
Playdate silhouette with a heart shape inside it
Hello, Playdate friends! Want to be featured in a fun video? Record a 10-second, horizontal-orientation video telling us why you love Playdate, or this community, or why you made a Playdate game, and drop it here by March 20th, 5pm PT:
www.dropbox.com/request/i153...
Thank you!! We love you!
A promotional image of Carte Blanche. The title is shown at the top. Blanche, a white-feathered raven, is standing on a plant, holding a card in her beak. Her black cat, Carte, is sleeping on a chair on the left side. In the center, there is a Playdate console, showing a screenshot of Carte Blanche: a game of Cribbage in progress.
Carte Blanche is available now! ♥️♣️♦️♠️
Learn and play five classic card games with a friendly raven. Only on @play.date.
Catalog: play.date/games/carte-...
Itch: howseven.itch.io/carte-blanche
Site: www.carteblanche.cards
Merch: shop.howseven.com/collections/...
#indieDev #gameDev
First nominations for the Playdate Community Awards 2024 are in!!!