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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 1d

📰🚛 Cherry Hill v1.0.9 is live in Catalog with a bug fix!

If you purchased the Refrigeration ❄️ endorsement *first* for your license, the Road Dispatcher had apparently forgotten others were available 🤦. Now you can grab those other endorsements 🏋️💧☢️ and take bigger jobs!

#Playdate #gamedev

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Playdate @play.date · 2d

👋 Come see us at Portland Retro Gaming Expo next weekend!🕹️

📅 Oct 18+19
📍 Oregon Convention Center
👾 Playdate + Panic Games Booth #1311
🎟️ Tickets available at retrogamingexpo.com

P.S. Stop by our booth and compete for the Root Bear ✨perfect pour✨ high score of the day! There will be prizes 🍺🐻

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scraecrow @rae.wtf · 7d

gameplay footage of my radical space-y puzzle game, HEXA! you may say "there's no point to this game", but in fact...there's six of 'em.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KiS...

• buy it on PC! raewtf.itch.io/hexa
• buy it on #playdate! play.date/games/hexa

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #love2d

HEXA for Personal Computers (Gameplay Footage)

YouTube video by rae

www.youtube.com

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 9d

p.s. you’ll never NOT be able to pet the dog in my games

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 9d

(…) Animals, and this planet, deserve our help and our respect. She embodied that and did us all a huge favor. RIP. 💙🌍💚

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 9d

(Late on this but If you’ll allow me a non-gamedev post while the vax is powering me up 🙌)

Jane Goodall spoke at my middle school when I was in ~8th grade. She’s one of a handful of people in my life that cemented in me the idea that this planet does not belong to us.

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 18d

Now you can represent the entire class for the lawsuit yourself 😎

Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 19d

Also, v1.0.7 is live now! This update fixes a number of issues to improve your adventures on the open road! Find the patch notes here: oatcup.net/games/cherry...

If you don't see it on your #Playdate yet, go to Settings > Games, wait for the list to refresh, then download the update!

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 19d

It's important to take a break from behind the wheel every once in a while and get a snack 😌🌯.

(Get Cherry Hill now for @play.date on Catalog: play.date/games/cherry...) #indiegame #playdate #gamedev

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 23d

max vibes in #EasyDeliveryCo 💆 (been so excited for this release)

A screenshot of a new video game, Easy Delivery Co, where I’m driving in the snow and doing cookies in the delivery truck.

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 25d

My game is out today 🚛! Haul cargo, meet other truckers, and live the adventure of the open road in Cherry Hill: A Trucking Adventure Simulator on @play.date Catalog: play.date/games/cherry...

🍿 To see more, check out the full trailer! youtu.be/_oECyEonn4U 🍿

#gamedev #playdate #indiegame

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scraecrow @rae.wtf · 26d

☂️ just pushed up cloudburst v1.0.5 for #playdate — featuring UV index, visibility, and 3 new wallpapers!

the full changelog: rae.wtf/blog/cloudbu...
in catalog soon: play.date/games/cloudb...
on itch now (free!): raewtf.itch.io/cloudburst

hope you enjoy it! and thanks for using cloudburst 💖

Black and white idle clock screen for a game console. In the center-right of the screen, atop a white background, is a large black analog clock with a gray hour hand, and a white minute hand. The top left corner displays weather information (Sunny, 64º), the bottom left corner displays the date (September 15th), and the bottom right corner displays battery percentage.

Black and white idle clock screen for a game console. There's a stylized graphic of an old-school flip clock, showing the time 10:22. The bottom left corner displays weather information (64º, Sunny); and the bottom right corner displays battery level.

Black and white idle clock screen for a game console. White, blocky text on a black background, reading "Cloudburst version 1.0.5. The current time is 10:23. The date is September 15th. You're in San Jose. The temperature is 64 degrees."

Black and white game screen, showing weather info. In the center, UV index and visibility data are displayed. Surrounding it are other pieces of data such as moon phase, wind speed, and the time the info was last updated.

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 26d

Ooo! For replacing Trello, are you using github.com/mgmeyers/obs... or something different?

GitHub - mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban: Create markdown-backed Kanban boards in Obsidian.

Create markdown-backed Kanban boards in Obsidian. Contribute to mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 28d

excuse me... you can't park there 😐

(*not representative of actual gameplay, this is when using dev tools goes wrong 💅)

#gamedev #playdate #screenshotsaturday

A screenshot of my upcoming Playdate game "Cherry Hill: A Trucking Adventure Simulator" where the player's semi-truck is parked inside a building (due to a glitch with the developer tools).

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Sep 6

Reviewing and adjusting the collision hitboxes and making sure they feel fair/good 🤏. Release is getting close 🙇!

And in case you haven't seen it, here's the reveal trailer I made! youtu.be/_oECyEonn4U

#screenshotsaturday #playdate #gamedev

A screenshot of the Playdate simulator showing the game Cherry Hill with the debug data for collisions, track position, etc. overlaid.

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Aug 31

I would absolutely buy a car from Greasy Todd’s Hot Rods 🙏

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Aug 31

Gonna be there with my Madeline Planet shirt on 💁

Blippo+ @blippo.plus · Aug 26

🌲🍿¡ Attention Earthlings of Portland ! 🍿🌲

We're hosting a live channel surf of Blippo+ at @moviemadness.org this Saturday at 7pm. Be there or be straight!

www.moviemadness.org/event/blippo...

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Aug 28

Coming down from a small heatwave, I feel the same. I'm dying for the rainy months!

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Aug 28

I've been working on my first game and I'm excited (also so nervous) to finally announce it!

Cherry Hill: A Trucking Adventure Simulator! Watch the trailer now: youtu.be/_oECyEonn4U

Get it for the @play.date on September 16th!

#gamedev #trailertuesday 👀 #playdate #indiegame #solodev

Cherry Hill: A Trucking Adventure Simulator - Reveal Trailer

YouTube video by Oatcup

youtu.be

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Aug 22

Having a great time with Herdling already, so peaceful 💆

A photo mode shot from the game Herdling, showing a group of Calicorns, the player, a field, and a train and big mountains in the distance.

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Daniel Draper @draperdanman.bsky.social · Aug 19

My latest game for the Playdate is out now! It's a turn-based tactics game about becoming water fighting champions. It's silly and whimsical, and hopefully a good time to boot.

Mirror Door Interactive @mirrordoor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Super Splash League is now available on Playdate! Available on Playdate Catalog and Itch io!
play.date/games/super-...
mirrordoor.itch.io/super-splash...
#playdate

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Aug 19

Really excited for this!

Okomotive @okomotive.ch · Aug 19

🥁Release Countdown🥁

HERDLING’s release is just 2 days away! Time to pre-order and wishlist on PC and consoles if you haven't already!

image from our game Herdling, showing two Calicorns sitting by a fire in a dilapidated train depot. There is a large number two behind them.

Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Aug 14

I finally finished the main story recently after getting sidetracked and I agree completely! I bought at launch and while no game is truly perfect, Outlaws is great and worth every penny and I’m sad it got the negative reception that it did.

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scraecrow @rae.wtf · Aug 13

hi — want some art? want some *my* art?

for the first time in a lil while, i'm throwing open commissions! get a drawing (sketched or lined), get some nice art for a playdate title; whatever you'd like!

for info, examples, and rates, visit rae.wtf/commissions/ — spots limited; inquire within!

image of a moth, drawing. "COMMISSIONS OPEN! rae.wtf/commissions"

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm late to the game (😒) but I recently played #TinyTerrysTurboTrip and 100%'d it (which I rarely do). It was the perfect mix of Banjo Kazooie, GTA, and a dash of Richard Scarry's Busytown that I didn't know I needed. 10/10.