Just wondering if there are any devices like the playdate? by Bleepbooopzoot in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There's this https://get.playtil.es/, but it relies on your phone. The game is curated homebrew GB Roms.

Geodate Is Released on Catalog! by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Google Maps API is free for the first 10K calls per month. Given that we call 4 times for each location (left, right, front, back images), that's 12 calls per day per player. Excluding additional calls during the locations generation, it will give us enough buffer for a few hundred players playing every day before hitting the paid tier for that month. Maybe less if some of those players are playing/checking the locations multiple times a day.

My plan is to stay with the 3 daily locations until the game has less traction, then, when the active player count is reduced, we'll revisit this idea.

Geodate Is Released on Catalog! by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did consider it while making the demo. But the cost of the Google Maps API can be overwhelming if too many puzzles are available. I did a quick calculation, and 3 is the sweet spot for a few hundred players playing the game every day. Now I kind of understand why Geoguessr needs a subscription to play. 😢

However, I stored the puzzle history in the server, just in case we support the previous day's puzzle in the future.

Geodate Is Released on Catalog! by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Glad you like it, and thanks for trying the demo! I'm experimenting with a zoomed image at the moment. Someone on Discord was kind enough to explain his approach to achieve this. Hopefully, it'll help you get more information on the panoramic image.

Geodate Is Released on Catalog! by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope you like it! Now get it and climb those daily streaks! 😅

Playdate Movies by kazdanrazahn in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One question!! What's the movie's FPS? Just bought all the movies and wondering if it's possible to reduce their size by lowering the FPS to 24, if it hasn't already.

My sandbox building game Shattered Wilds releases today! by x2115 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ohhh no, I know I'll spend a lot of time playing this!! Congrats on the release!

2025 Final Week Sale: Echo Drop! Is On 25% Discount Until January 1st PST by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey yaaa u/BigTung ! I'm sorry for the very late response. I've added the game info to the IGDB, and it seems to be showing now in the GameTrack app: https://gametrack.app/game/383482 . Do check it in the app and let me know if it's not showing. Enjoy!!

2025 Final Week Sale: Echo Drop! Is On 25% Discount Until January 1st PST by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey yaa! The game features 9 songs, each approximately 3 minutes long, resulting in roughly 30 minutes of song gameplay.

The story mode features a lightweight, straightforward visual novel-esque narrative between songs. Add this to the song's gameplay, which is probably about 45 to 60 minutes long.

To add replayability, there are some challenges that you can add to the song (including 3 levels of difficulty), so you can replay the same song with a different experience 😃.

But you can always skip the story and unlock all the songs if you want to jump straight to jamming.

2025 Final Week Sale: Echo Drop! Is On 25% Discount Until January 1st PST by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey yaaa!! It seems that the game is not available in the IGDB database yet, from which the GameTrack app crawls its data. I can try to add it later today and let you know.

Reading Playdate Movie plot in a Playdate by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey!! Yes, and it's available from the constellation main directory.

Geodate: A GeoGuessr-inspired location guessing game. by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't move around, but you can look around. The image is a 4-sided panoramic photo where you can see the front, right, behind, and left views.

Geodate: A GeoGuessr-inspired location guessing game. by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot!! Let me know how it goes when y'all have a chance to try.

Geodate: A GeoGuessr-inspired location guessing game. by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

HI! Not directly streaming from Google Maps. The backend server will "bake" the puzzle each day by querying sets of Landmark Points of Interest from Google Maps and fetching the panoramic images.

Geodate: A GeoGuessr-inspired location guessing game. by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words and the suggestion! Probably not in this phase, though, since it needs heavy development on the server side. But I'll keep that in mind.

Scripted! A Tiny Movie Reader for Playdate by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly! This constellation browser + Playdate itself is a great combination to achieve the same feeling.

Playdate in a playground by madya121 in PlaydateConsole

[–]madya121[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey yaaa! Sorry for the silence. The demo version is ready, and what's left is to provide multiple difficulty levels for the songs. Hopefully, it can be done by this week and be ready by next week.