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Ledbetter @ldbrart.bsky.social · Dec 22
Lots of gratitude for the @play.date community in supporting Hall of the Dwarf King - OVER 650 SALES and counting!

Today's its day on the Playdate Advent Calendar, it's on Sale on Catalog and the tabletop version is helping folks share the Playdate experience!

playdateadvent.com#/calender/20...
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danielwsimon.com
Day 4: Nominees for Best App
@stonerl.bsky.social @telefantasytv.bsky.social
@mierau.me @blippo.plus

 @jonsimantov.bsky.social #playdate
Games are CrankBoy by stonerl and Sodium, Blippo+ by YACHT, Telefantasy Studios, & Dustin Mierau, hello yellow by Jon Simantov, and Strummer by Steven Namson
February 12, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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rae.wtf
thanks @thegamellama.bsky.social for the kind words!! don't get it jumbled: this game's gonna be a hit. you can pick up labsylle in JUST UNDER A WEEK! — february 17th, 10a pacific — for either your #playdate or your personal computer of choice.

💻 raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
🟨 play.date/games/labsylle
thegamellama.bsky.social TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 2h
Labsylle by @rae.wtf doesn't come out until Tuesday, but why not get hyped for it today by reading about it on Playdate Unofficial? www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/labsylle
Labsylle — Playdate: The Unofficial Website
Quite a mix-up we’ve got here
www.playdateunofficial.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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danielwsimon.com
Day 3: Nominees for Best Adventure Game
@lukesanderson.bsky.social @golosogames.bsky.social @juliaminamata.bsky.social @kiphendersonart.bsky.social @calixjumio.me
Games are Wirewalk by Danilo Ganzella, Tiny Turnip by Luke Sanderson, Chance's Lucky Escape by Goloso Games & Julia Minamata, and Taria & Como by Popseed Studio Inc & JuVee Productions
February 11, 2026 at 9:12 AM
ldbrart.bsky.social
I don't envy the judges for these Awards. There's so many good games. It's so hard to pick
February 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
ldbrart.bsky.social
@play.date Community Awards Season has started! Looking forward to nominations throughout the month
danielwsimon.com Daniel W. Simon @danielwsimon.com · 3d
Pleased to start announcing the nominees for the 2025 Playdate Community Awards, starting with Accomplishment in Accessibility!
@rae.wtf @orangethief.bsky.social @2darray.bsky.social @pawprints.games #playdate
The games are lolife by Orange Thief Ltd, Rowbot Rally by Rae, Otto's Galactic Groove by Team Otto, and Trackminia by Eli Piilonen
February 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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thegamellama.bsky.social
It's Friday but it's also tooths-day, or something. Molar Mayhem from @organzola.games on Playdate Unofficial! www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/molar-mayhem
Molar Mayhem — Playdate: The Unofficial Website
Secretary: [pounding her clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
www.playdateunofficial.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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thegamellama.bsky.social
Be a Dapper Dan Man today on Playdate Unofficial. It's Deep Space Dapper Squad: www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/deep-space-dapper-squad
Deep Space Dapper Squad — Playdate: The Unofficial Website
A space roguelite in loving memory of General Luigi
www.playdateunofficial.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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dhepworth.com
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...
helloyellow for Playdate
Voice chat for Playdate
play.date
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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play.date
Here it is 🥁 your bimonthly (sometimes) Catalog Drop! #73

Visit play.date/games or crank over to Catalog in your Playdate 💫

Enjoy!
Playdate Catalog Games: Catalog
Our curated selection of amazing Playdate games
play.date
February 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
ldbrart.bsky.social
i love this and was planning something similar for PUP CUP... maybe in a pupdate...
rojovelasco.itch.io Rojo Velasco @rojovelasco.itch.io · 9d
In Wanderlust, hands represent the player.
I still need a few more to complete the grid.

If you do or know somebody that has a hand that is not represented (Skin shade, prosthetic, nails, etc), please send me a DM. I would love to include it in the game.

#playdate #indiedev #gamedev
February 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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play.date
One of our most anticipated titles!
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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minnmax.com
Y'all thought we were out of codes to give away? No way! Donate to bit.ly/iceoutminnea... for a chance to win BIG HOPS from @luckshotgames.com, the hottest platformer of 2026, and help us melt ICE! Watch our stream at www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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sasquatchers.wtf
As I've been testing my game Sound Mind (which is 2-player hide and seek/keep-away), I'm noticing that I've inadvertently made like 80% of an adventure game engine.

Wondering if there'd be any interest in a *short* prequel adventure, or if it'd just feel like asset reuse?
January 30, 2026 at 9:32 PM
ldbrart.bsky.social
it's quite a good tote
play.date Playdate @play.date · 14d
🛍️ FREE TOTE. For a limited time, we'll make our most popular Shop option an even better deal: buy a Playdate+Cover bundle and get a FREE Playdate Tote! Keep it together.

➡️ play.date/shop/free-tote
Free Tote. The portable, portable handheld. Save $33. Image of a yellow cotton tote bag with a Playdate and a purple Playdate Cover poking out of it.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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tkers.dev
More tinkering with Pulp today! 🍋 Template game is running smoothly already, now implementing the remaining PulpScript functions in JS... #Playdate #Gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday
A screenshot showing a browser window running a simple Playdate Pulp game. The header reads "Zest - A web runtime for Pulp games".
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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iorama.bsky.social
A Fool’s Errand — our latest game for @play.date — is out now!

Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool...

Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
ldbrart.bsky.social
I finally cut apart and framed the giant Hall of the Dwarf King art - you can buy this poster from the shop and cut apart your own game board or get a full tabletop box set from theGameCrafter 👑
January 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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piouspigeon.bsky.social
Trains! (and menu system logic)
StarBento!

#playdate #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #trains
January 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
ldbrart.bsky.social
Big ups to Blippo+ for being the wildest thing I experienced last year - and now getting rightful recognition!
blippo.plus Blippo+ @blippo.plus · Jan 9
OH MY GOB!

Blippo+ has been nominated for four awards for the 28th annual Independent Games Festival!

🏆 Seumas McNally Grand Prize
🏆 Nuovo Award
🏆 Excellence in Visual Art
🏆 Excellence in Audio

🏅Honorable Mention: Excellence in Narrative

See you @officialgdc.bsky.social!
January 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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pentadact.com
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:

www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...

I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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thegamellama.bsky.social
First Playdate Unofficial of the new year? It's Mad City, a game from 2022 about how bad it is to drive in a city. www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/mad-city
Mad City — Playdate: The Unofficial Website
Darlin’ don’t you go and drive your car
www.playdateunofficial.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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literaryhub.bsky.social
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
ldbrart.bsky.social
Mousegun is a fantastic action game with procedural elements for the Playdate. It's finally up on Catalog. Go get it!
play.date Playdate @play.date · Jan 6
⑤ Mousegun is a top-down shooter in a rat maze. Jonathan (the mouse) is trapped in a lab! Aim with the crank, gather cheese, collect gun upgrades, and uncover the truth about his family and the lab he's trapped in.

🐭 play.date/games/mouse...
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
ldbrart.bsky.social
Poignant and wonderful little story with daily elements. Subdivision is finally out on Catalog!
play.date Playdate @play.date · Jan 6
④ Subdivision is a small, three-part exploration of grief. A daily mode provides a small, one-screen narrative that unfolds across 10 days and is centered in observation on how others relate to one another.

🐶 play.date/games/subdi...
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM