A nice Halloween surprise.
    • zagaberoo@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 months ago

      Ayy, Pomo Post is super cute! Cool to bump into a dev on Lemmy.

      I love that the Playdate is inspiring people to make tools that are also beautiful and fun like a good toy. The whole system makes me just plain happy :)

      • Gamma@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Hello, thank you 👋 The niche toys are my favorite! Someone made an orrery app, which is like a solar system simulator. I have this year’s eclipse bookmarked because it’s neat

    • Gamma@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      Save up for season 2, it’ll be like a game book club! Maybe we can finally make a playdate lemmy community 😭

      • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgM
        8·
        2 months ago

        Aight. You know what. I’ve been eyeing this thing for hella long. I’ve had a shitty few weeks. I can afford it. Just ordered one! Excited for December! I’ll def try your game out :)

        • Gamma@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          Heck yeah, I think that’s a good reason! 💛 Hopefully they ship out by mid-December, would be nice over Christmas!

    • DdCno1@beehaw.org
      5·
      2 months ago

      My worry is that after a few days of playing around with it, it becomes a $200 paperweight. It’s a bit (and by that I mean at least 2x) too expensive for what it is.

      • zagaberoo@beehaw.org
        7·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, being a niche product without the economies of scale elsewhere in gaming makes the price really awkward. My hope is that will improve over time if the install base keeps growing.

        I use mine just about every day, I’ve been fully obsessed with a game on multiple occasions, and I’m excited every time there are new things in the catalog. Easily worth full game-console price for the joy I’ve gotten out of it. But, that doesn’t really help anybody else, I know.

        It really is a lot less of a gimmick than it might seem. The final game of the first season is a shockingly polished gameboy-zelda-style adventure that I’ve played start-to-finish more than once.

      • Gamma@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Unfortunately it’s still ~$100 just to make the thing, so halving the price doesn’t sound likely. It’s definitely a device you have to use intentionally because of the screen, but I still play mine at least few times a week (and daily when I’m pomodoroing!)

        Plus you get 3 months of included games! A bit harder to become ewaste so fast when you’re playing something new every week

      • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgM
        2·
        2 months ago

        I get that. But at the same time I have a bit of an obsession with handheld devices. And there’s enough of a cool indie scene that I think I’d use it quite a bit, and develop for it myself. UFO 50 is my goty and I feel that same sense of discovery and fun I could get out of a device like this

          • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgM
            2·
            2 months ago

            Nice! I havent used lua before but will look at it when my system arrives as I’d rather use that than C haha.

            I saw someone started / did a wario ware style game for the playdate but I really want to try my hand at something like that. With the accelerometer, crank, buttons, etc it seems like the perfect device for quick micro games like that!

  • Coelacanth
    5·
    2 months ago

    Still feels a bit pricey but I’m happy to hear about another season. Some day I might get one just to play the Lucas Pope game.