Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don remind you that there are only TWO WEEKS LEFT to order your Hello Playdate Podcast T-shirt WITH FREE DECAL , and then they are gone forever. You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Hello Playdate Podcast T-Shirt Preorder RIGHT NOW - Ends July 4 Illuminated Playdate by Paulstraw The Best Playdate Scores on Bandcamp The Keyper Review on Engadget...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don play catch-up on a month of game releases! Ryan also unveils our new logo! You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: You can now pre-order a Hello Playdate t-shirt for a limited time, through July 4! Playdate Community Direct Video Submit your trailer here What is Your Favorite Playdate Song? Gnarthex on Twitter Stolen Playdates Recovered Farawa...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don completely blow off our regular duties and just end up talking about GOD-TIER GAMEJAM GEMS. You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Uncrank'd GameJam Entries Mouse Support for Playdate via Matt Sephton Mike Suzek Gaming Diversity Post on Twitter Mike Suzek Games on itch! Okaydrian St. Jude Fundraiser XaniaLasagna Interview on Radio FM4 PlayJam...
May 22, 2024•57 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don (with special guest Garrett!) discover Playdate articles across the globe and hack our way across the greens of No Caddie Included . You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Call the Bingo Tip Line - (724)-BINGOS-1 -- 724-246-4671 GamesIndustry.biz Article PixelGhost in Debug Magazine Cabel's GDC Talk Pulp Article featuring Devs Catalog Sale Ri...
May 08, 2024•57 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don dig Under the Tree this week and find a treasure trove of Catalog statistics ! You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Catalog Report 2024 Playdate Pulp Proposal Engadget Playdate 2nd Birthday 'Initial Daydream' 1.0 has Gone Live! 'Mars After Midnight' Episode of Gaming in the Wild Podcast Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don battle bunkers, water hazards and audio issues to bring you a look at the greatest golf game the Playdate has ever seen! You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Playdate Pallet Stolen Water Flow Updated The Fall of Elena Temple is Coming to Consoles Shift II Ported to iOS Shift II on Catalog Playdate: The Unofficial Website Gaming in the Wild ...
Apr 09, 2024•59 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don have a lot of news to talk about! Nick gives a lesson on what bringing Swift to Playdate means, Ryan talks line weight and we all talk plumbing. You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Official Playdate Podcast - Lucas Pop Interview Mars After Midnight Swift on Playdate Byte-Sized Swift Uncrank'd Magazine via Xania's Store Uncrank'd Magazine P...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don go long searching the crypts and sewers Under the Castle ! We also cover the first ever Catalog sale, Playdate Update #5 and sprint through the second annual Playdate Community Awards! You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Kind review from DamosGames Catalog Sale through March 14, 2024 Our Catalog Sale Highlights OMSI Panic Playdate Debut wa...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don battle forces beyond the material realm to bring you another stack of Playdate chatter! We talk about the amazing indie smash - satOlite by Lu-Bu, as well as a bounty of Catalog games! You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Playjam 5 Starts APRIL 19th Playdate Games Showcase! OMSI Game On! Event - Playdates for Sale ON SITE Oom - Destination ...
Feb 28, 2024•57 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don celebrate what is technically our 50th episode in parallel with celebrating the news of 70k Playdates being shipped! Congratulations to Panic and the entire Playdate community for producting such a fun device and hundreds of clever and amazing little experiences! We also reveal how puzzled we were with Medial by Stephen Allen. You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every ...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don have a tech lesson about the Amiga and Mode7, a dispute over game pricing and a deep dive on Direct Drive by DAC vector ! You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: HIDDEN by Pixel Ghost Panic Leaves Twitter Uncrank'd Issue #2 Available for Preorder Mode7 Library Ryan's MSU Comics Forum - Febuary 2nd-3rd The Short Game Episode 392: Playdate Updat...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don buck the trend! It's an annual best-of list that isn't released in November! (If you want to skip ahead and just read our lists, they are right here at the bottom of the notes.) We also give our impressions of the award-winning, star-smashing YOYOZO by Matt Sephton . You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: GREED Update v1.5.3 Synthesizing Mart...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don are truly puzzled with Dynamate by joyrider3774 . You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: YOYOZO named Best of 2023 Playdate Staff Picks of 2023 Playdate Squad Discord Uncrank'd Zine Uncrank'd Zine App ...
Jan 04, 2024•57 min
Join Ryan and Nick this episode as we discuss Roboctletes from Damos Games and an astounding number of Indie Inventory releases. You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more... Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Order a Playdate Here Stephan Rewind's Atlantic 41 Tactical Chart Deep Dive Playdate Pixel Art Competition Pxlsketch - 5 ...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don cover a banner week in indie releases! Then we go deep on an amazing recreation of a classic game we never knew existed - Made in Wired (for Playdate) . You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more... Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Playdate Advent Calendar 2023 Playdate C...
Dec 06, 2023•58 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don channel Sisyphus as we review Woodland by thatsmaik . You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more... Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: PlayJam 4 PlayJam 4 Winner - Snooze or Lose by iralmeida Bird Watcher Pinball by Ian Harrower Games Playdate Community Calendar from XaniaL...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don explore the outer reaches with Space Escape by Clactic . You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more... Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: (00:03:43) Thank you Dylan/Ledbetter for the Art-o-Ween Giveaways! Playdate Update from Panic on November 8 - YouTube Hook, Line and Sin...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don dive deep with Reel-istic Fishing by ToadleyUnderControl ! News, new releases and more... Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Terrorween Playdate Bundle - Thru October 31st Terrorween Playdate Bundle App by XaniaLasagna Art-o-Ween / A Ghost in the Gallery Contest Lego Playdate by Owen V "You're Gonna ...
Oct 25, 2023•59 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don run through highlights from the TinyYellowMachine Playdate Direct from October 5th, as well as dive deep into the catacombs with The Fall of Elena Temple by GrimTalin! Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Terrorween Playdate Bundle - Thru October 31st Direct Drive Dev DACVector at AdventureX in Novembe...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick and Ryan are left to fend for themselves and discuss all of the great Playdate news and recent indie releases! Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Panic announces Catalog search Panic announces Catalog Wishlist Yellow Square Jam Announced New Bifusion Update PixelGhost Etsy Shop Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie ...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don are STILL so happy to welcome Groups 4 and 5 to the Playdate Community! We went a little long this week, but there were just so many high quality games releasing...it was hard to keep up. Shout out also to @scenicroutesoftware for the peek behind the curtain! Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Playda...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don are so happy to welcome Groups 4 and 5 to the Playdate Community! This week we are absolutely covered in news bites from across the globe. So many upcoming events to touch on, and upcoming releases to get excited about as well as stacks and stacks of new games to play. An embarassment of riches in the Playdate space this month. Also, join us as we dig deep on Pikki Rikki from cole+ games ! Thanks for listening! Join us here every other wee...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 38
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don fill our buckets with news from around the globe, as well as a stack of indie releases to chat about...and a late-show roundtable about our latest Pixel Panel game.......... DOTS . Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discuss news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: (00:10:53) Life's Too Short GameBoy Edition OUT NOW Life's Too Short GB Physical Edit...
Aug 16, 2023•56 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan, Don shake things up with lots of news, tons of the new games to chat about in Indie Inventory, and DRILL DEEP with our Pixel Panel game of the week - Core Fault by SquidGod and davemakes ! The sun is setting on the Fun in the Sun Bundle soon, so hop on it ASAP! Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: (00:10:53...
Aug 02, 2023•47 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick and Don (RIP Ryan) are joined by the Pixel Ghost himself, Playdate developer Ollie Coe! Ollie hit the Playdate scene right out of the gate with games like Life's Too Short and Time From Earth . We discuss a mountain of footage from the 2023 TinyYellowMachine Community Direct on July 6th, as well as review Ollie's Pixel Panel pick... P-Racing ! Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discu...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan and Don creep into Castle Tintagel for this weeks Pixel Panel review. We also attempt to hype everyone up for the 2023 TinyYellowMachine Community Direct on July 6th, and pop in with some Indie Inventory quick picks. Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Tiny Yellow Machine Community Direct July 6 WorkBoy Fou...
Jul 04, 2023•52 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan and Don react live to the recent OS update adding list view to the Playdate, as well as reviews of Lunch Time. by onedanband and Reel Steal by Sweet Baby Inc . Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Catalog Coming Soon Section Added Mille Bornes Card Game Just Shapes & Beats Intro/Outro Music - Made with B...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan and Don briefly discuss a recent Playdate software catastrophe, blaze through the amazing entries in PlayJam 3 and go deep on this weeks Pixel Panel entry - The Keyper by Cool Lemon Club! Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links (00:13:00): Julia Minamata Interview PlayJam 3 Results Catalog Updates Lunch Time. by...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Ryan grabbed the mic to interview Julia Minamata, art director of Recommendation Dog , and fellow cross-stitch enthusiast. Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Julia's Website Recommendation Dog The Crimson Diamond on Steam Pixel Art Crimson Diamond Cross-Stitch Portrait Pixel Art Crimson Diamond Cross-Stitch Environme...
May 23, 2023•55 min
Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick, Ryan and Don sift through so many news articles, and go deep on Playdate year one statistics! We also give a quick look at an early Playdate itch release - BiFusion . Thanks for listening! Join us here every other week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Bub-O Collect by Gabe Swarr Gabe Swarr on Twitter Episode 30 with Gabe Swarr Country Quiz by Adam Kuert Playda...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 2 min
