Top 10 Games of 2023 - YOYOZO

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 Martian Speech by Lucas Pope
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Top 10 of 2023 Discussion (00:03:00)

• Compete host lists are located at the bottom of these show notes.
• Top Ten Listener Lists on Discord
• EYELAND by Ron Lent (2022)
• You're Gonna Miss the Bus by Scenic Route Software

Indie Inventory: (00:58:10)

• Wild Dungeons by CrankWorkGames
• Big-E by WM
• Diggy Diggy by Moon Hermit
• STARHACK by Jex
• Pulpmin by samplay
• 1-1 bit by Ledbetter Games
• Playdate Catalog
  • Hermit by Matt Medal
  • Paper Pilot by Luke Sanderson
  • Crank Crawl by Fabian Fischer
  • Taxi Trouble by Powerdive Games
  • Flinger by Tom White

Pick of the Week: (01:03:46)

• YOYOZO by Matt Sephton
• YOYOZO Manual
• Clay Diorama Thread by artist Vxcl
• Start of Discord Discussion on YOYOZO
• Our next selection is DirectDrive by DAC vector

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• @helloplaydatepodcast@mastodon.world
• Playdatepodcast.com
• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1  (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Games Merch
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Top 10 of 2023

• Nick
  
  • 10. Ikaruga Snake by omoikane 
  • 9. Reel-istic Fishing by Toadley Under Control
  • 8. Dots by indutny
  • 7. Core Fault by Squidgod, davemakes
  • 6. Made in Wired by n_n_n_n
  • 5. Greed by Scenic Route Software
  • 4. Woodland by thatsmaik
  • 3. The Crank Gym by fat nose games
  • 2. Lunch Time. by onedanband
  • 1. The Keyper by Cool Lemon Club
• Don
  • 10. Hidden by Pixel Ghost
  • 9. Dungeons and Doggos by PizzaFuel
  • 8. Chew Chew Mimic by Lowtek Games
  • 7. Nightingale by Kodiak Games
  • 6. Reel-istic Fishing by Toadley Under Control
  • 5. Resonant Tale by Orange Thief Ltd
  • 4. The Fall of Elena Temple by GrimTalin
  • 3. Fore! Track by Matt Sephton
  • 2. Under the Castle by Dani Diez, ZCorbs, VolcanoBytes
  • 1. Spacerat Miner by Starjuice
• Ryan
  • 10. Cropbuster by James Gameboy
  • 9. Core Fault by Squidgod, davemakes
  • 8. The King's Dungeon by Squidgod
  • 7. Dynamate by joyrider3774
  • 6. Woodland by thatsmaik
  • 5. Pikki Rikki by cole+games
  • 4. Post Hero by Scenic Route Software
  • 3. The Keyper by Cool Lemon Club
  • 2. Castle Tintagel by PixelatedOpus
  • 1. The Fall of Elena Temple by GrimTalin

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