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Playdate @play.date · 1d

Annnd, 2 great games from Catalog's past!

Reflections: Nightingale
🏥 play.date/games/nightingale/

PULPERGEIST
🔍 play.date/games/pulpergeist/

Have a great day 👋

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Playdate @play.date · 1d

④ In What time is it?, you are shown a single image. Your task is to deduce the exact time shown and set the clock accordingly. Become the master of logic by completing all 50 levels!

🕰️ play.date/games/what-time-is-it/

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Playdate @play.date · 1d

③ Klorb is an orb-tastic reinterpretation of Solitaire! Pick up and fire Klorbs to stack them together by suite, and watch them grow as you do!

🫧 play.date/games/klorb/

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Playdate @play.date · 1d

② Ooh la la! Can you deliver the perfect kiss? Run a kissing booth (with totally accurate kissing dynamics!!) while you try to kiss crushes from your Secret Crush Diary. Kiss accurately to maintain interest... kiss poorly to say goodbye.

💋 play.date/games/totally-accurate-kissing-booth-simulator/

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Playdate @play.date · 1d

① Take control of your combine harvester and collect every pixel scattered across the field. Keep an eye on your tank—when it’s full, head over to the drop-off point to unload your harvest and keep the work going.

🚜 play.date/games/pixel-harvester/

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Playdate @play.date · 1d

4 incredible new games just landed in the Catalog shop, check them out and enjoy!!!

play.date/games 💫

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 1d

Blippo+ is a handcrafted TV-channel surfing game from a past that never existed. L.A.-based actors, comedians and artists collaborated to direct and film hours of footage.

A joy to interview @theuniverse.bsky.social, one of its creators, whose career is studded with bright jewels like these.

My Perfect Console podcast @myperfectconsole.bsky.social · 2d

With a career that spans music, tech, and cultural criticism, is there anything @TheUniverse.bsky.social can’t do?

Join @SimonParkin.bsky.social in conversation with the multi-talented Claire L. Evans as she reveals the five titles she chose for her perfect console.

Available now: apple.co/47awNv0

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scraecrow @rae.wtf · 5d

from peedee to PC... HEXA is now available on windows, macOS and linux!! #indie

a hand-ported version of the really good hexagon-based puzzle game for #playdate, brought into the wonderful #love2d engine, with features like COLOR! and RUMBLE!?!?

⬇️ hundreds already love it, and now you can too. ⬇️

HEXA by rae

Board the helm of Starship HEXA, and conquer the universe the only way you know how: shapes.

raewtf.itch.io

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Blippo+ @blippo.plus · 5d

yacht.bandcamp.com/album/blippo...

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Caleb Hazard @mrhazard.bsky.social · 6d

I don't go anywhere without this little yellow game console.
@play.date #playdate

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Playdate @play.date · 6d

(It's true, they're more like tags—which is better!)

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Playdate @play.date · 6d

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Playdate @play.date · 6d

3️⃣ OUT TODAY: Playdate system update 3.0. Now with Folders, and a new Game Library app. Organize your games, your way.

⬇️ Get it: Playdate > Settings > System > System Update

🔡 Read more about it: help.play.date/manual/3.0/

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Playdate @play.date · 6d

We shoot for a new drop of games every two weeks or so, yes!

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Playdate @play.date · 7d

🍁 Buddy up and save on the coziest console. Two Playdates + two Covers, $77 in savings. Our Fall Bundle is here.

🔽 play.date/shop/fall-bundle

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Playdate @play.date · 8d

And then, check out these Catalog Classics 👇

1️⃣ Tough Egg, 60 seconds on the clock, turn that crank and touch that egg!
🥚https://play.date/games/touch-egg/

2️⃣ Monster Elevator, Reach for the top as you serve up some slop!
🧌https://play.date/games/monster-elevator/

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Playdate @play.date · 8d

⑤ In Tatters of the King, a lovecraftian mystery adventure game, a strange death has occurred, and you have come to investigate. Uncover cryptic clues, riddles and plots as you dive deeper and deeper into the plans of a mysterious cult serving a terrible god.

🏰 play.date/games/tatter...

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Playdate @play.date · 8d

④ Explore over 300 handcrafted rooms with challenging dungeons, formidable bosses, and fun side quests in Solar Descent! Experience real-time combat, on the fly switching abilities, clever crank integration, and more!

👾 play.date/games/solar-...

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Playdate @play.date · 8d

③ Dodge alligators and navigate the swamps in Bayou Boats! Race your airboat against challenging NPCs through a series of 24 handcrafted swamp racetracks and manage your power boosts as you sharpen your skills! Compete with your friends for the fastest race times!

🐊 play.date/games/bayou-...

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Playdate @play.date · 8d

② Lexgrid is a rule-discovery word game where players must find words in a 5x5 grid. As the game progresses, discover strange runes that change the clue and the meaning of each rune.

🔠 play.date/games/lexgrid/

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Playdate @play.date · 8d

① ArtilleRoyalty (Artillery + Royalty) is a solitaire card game based on the 3x3 grid, the Gridcannon. Grab your standard deck of cards and help her depose all 12 pesky Royals. There's nothing Bun Bun hates more than a monarch!

🃏 play.date/games/artill...

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Playdate @play.date · 8d

Grab your Playdate and crank on over to Catalog (or visit play.date/games), 5 new games have just landed!

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WIRED @wired.com · 10d

With almost laughably low power, a monochrome screen, and unique controls, niche-micro console Playdate shouldn't make any sense in a world of modern gaming. Yet, it's near impossible not to love it. www.wired.com/story/three-...

3 Years Later, Playdate Is Still Gaming's Best-Kept Secret

With almost laughably low power, a monochrome screen, and unique controls, niche-micro console Playdate shouldn't make any sense in a world of modern gaming. Yet, it's near impossible not to love it.

www.wired.com

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Matt Kamen @mattkamen.bsky.social · 9d

My deep dive retrospective on @play.date at three years old, over @wired.com - from getting started to the current development scene of this quirky handheld!

Thanks to developers @synapticsugar.games, @raphcal.bsky.social, and @loudo.lugludum.com for their contributions!

WIRED @wired.com · 10d

With almost laughably low power, a monochrome screen, and unique controls, niche-micro console Playdate shouldn't make any sense in a world of modern gaming. Yet, it's near impossible not to love it. www.wired.com/story/three-...

3 Years Later, Playdate Is Still Gaming's Best-Kept Secret

With almost laughably low power, a monochrome screen, and unique controls, niche-micro console Playdate shouldn't make any sense in a world of modern gaming. Yet, it's near impossible not to love it.

www.wired.com

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Panic @panic.com · 12d

The Blippo+ soundtrack is OUT NOW… and you've never heard something like this. 137 tracks. Over two and a half hours of original, eclectic, groovy music from Planet Blip. Bliss.

💿 blippo.plus/music/

Blippo+ (Original Soundtrack)

Blippo+ is a live-action, new wave, off-cable TV simulator. Tune in to channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip, where everything is about to get bent. Available ...

blippo.plus

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