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Ledbetter
@ldbrart.bsky.social
Artist, Playdate developer
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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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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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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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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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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
i love this and was planning something similar for PUP CUP... maybe in a pupdate...
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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One of our most anticipated titles!
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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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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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
it's quite a good tote
🛍️ 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
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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More tinkering with Pulp today! 🍋 Template game is running smoothly already, now implementing the remaining PulpScript functions in JS... #Playdate #Gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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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
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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Trains! (and menu system logic)
StarBento!

#playdate #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #trains
January 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Big ups to Blippo+ for being the wildest thing I experienced last year - and now getting rightful recognition!
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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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.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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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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“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…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Mousegun is a fantastic action game with procedural elements for the Playdate. It's finally up on Catalog. Go get it!
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
Poignant and wonderful little story with daily elements. Subdivision is finally out on Catalog!
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
Just added a bunch of new YouTube shorts to the PD Arcade Playlist. These are some of my favorite games on the @play.date that can be described in under 3 mins 🤣

Feel free to comment to be featured in the next round of these

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Playdate Arcade Showcase - YouTube
Interesting games that show off the Playdate and the Arcade system built by Dave from Panic Fantastic Arcade post https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/co...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I've played a bit of this and will Absolutely be picking up the full version on Catalog tomorrow
It's still hard for me to believe, but I have a game coming to @play.date Catalog!

Subdivision will be on Catalog on 1/6

It's a short collection of narratives and microgames that deals with love, loss and the power of a good walk.
January 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Love to see an update from this absolute incredible looking @play.date game
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 🥰
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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📡 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! 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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the very kind folks at stripe — our good (corporate) friends who power the financial parts of playdate and playdate catalog — stopped by our office and made a nice little playdate video for us.

thank you stripe! onward to 2026!
December 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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...
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM