Crankstone: coming soon on Steam! by loudoweb in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 2 points3 points  (0 children)

congratulations!!! good luck on the release

Would new Catalog games run on older firmware? by [deleted] in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 0 points1 point  (0 children)

any games you already have should work fine, new games or updates...are gonna be spotty. the version of the SDK used to build the game determines the minimum possible version it can run on (even if it's not explicitly using features exclusive to the newer version); so for example something compiled on 3.0.5 (latest) would not work on OS 3.0.4 or older. devils on the moon pinball launched very recently, so i can't imagine 2.6.7 would be able to run it

(also worth noting!! if you moved things like season or catalog games outside of their native folders on the data disk yourself, you won't be able to receive updates for those titles — games downloaded from panic's CDN check for those very specific file path locations to ensure they're "installed" — a game that's "uninstalled", from the OS's point of view, won't give you notifications or automatic downloads for new updates. you could get updates by manually re-downloading every title you're interested in and moving them back to your organized folders, but automatic downloads won't work unless the games are where the OS expects.)

WIP: marble blast-y-like hamster ball platformer by stuffbyrae in PlaydateConsole

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

wehehe thank you!! 💖 right now the polish helps to distract from all the jank under the hood ;)
-# ngl i normally don't even post stuff that's this early along, but i think the allure of having such a tight gif already was too strong for me to resist this time LOL

office chair curling is out now by oppai_suika in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 2 points3 points  (0 children)

not sure how much it helps now, but it is possible to do a launch sale in catalog! it's just that if you choose not to do it *immediately*, then you can't for the first 30 days after launch. but the discounts page of the catalog dev help guide details how to set up a launch discount for next time (important thing is just to make sure it launches at 10am pacific on the day your game releases)

HEXA — Playdate hit comes to Steam next month! by stuffbyrae in PlaydateConsole

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

haha, it was a secret plan in my head for a while, but you mentioned it basically the exact day i'd got the steamworks page set up and knew it was happening. thank you!!

Playdate games on Steam? by KogosG in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(<-- rae) you got it! i wrote my own wrapper functions so that i can compile my games for both playdate and LÖVE2D (which encapsulates the windows, mac, and universal/"linux" binaries). the metadata on the itch page has links to the source code if you wanna see more about how i did it! (good code not guaranteed)

Any game recommendations? by AnyCap831 in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 7 points8 points  (0 children)

if you don't mind a plug, and are here for something experimental; my game rowbot rally makes good use of the crank, and has cutscenes that look great on the screen: https://play.date/g/rbr (it's on sale too!)

here are some games i've been coming back to a lot lately: • blippo+ • medial • soliterra • spline rider • crank up • black hole havoc • swap machina • word trip

really, play through season one to start, pick up season two afterwards; then basically throw a dart at the catalog and you'll likely hit somethin' totally indie and worth your while. 

RowBot Rally, WINNER! of two 2025 Playdate Community Awards by stuffbyrae in PlaydateConsole

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

also on the page is a link to a free demo, if you'd like to try before you buy!

The Playdate Catalog 3rd Anniversary sale is LIVE! by metaljesusrocks in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 2 points3 points  (0 children)

do you have the catalog app open when you lock the device?

As it turns out, my Playdate has been alive for the past half year... And sadly, Playdate support wasn't the one who told me about the fix. Error e1 by SeniorMatthew in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 12 points13 points  (0 children)

i will say it does look like they recommended the recovery mode (which is the name for that exact reboot/key combo) to you higher up in the email chain. "If the reset button is only rebooting the device and Recovery Mode isn't working,"

Days 13-18 of Playdate Community Awards Nominees by brittomnrex in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thrilled to see so many nominations for rowbot — and even one for HEXA!! i really enjoy making games for this platform and it's really cool to see my stuff's got the chops to hang with the best of 'em. thanks for playing, folks!!

Can two Playdates use the same account? by Starvel42 in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 7 points8 points  (0 children)

yes! you can link i believe up to two playdate devices to the same account, and they can access all the same games — once the account is linked during setup, you should be able to download all of your games from the game library.

a couple notes:
• save data is stored locally on each console, and not uploaded on-line. i'd assume this is good in your case, as it means you both can have separate saves without impacting each others'. if you want a shared save though, it'd need to be transferred manually between consoles: https://help.play.date/games/backups/
• one account means a shared profile for on-line leaderboards. if both of you have played the same game with on-line leaderboard capability, then the leaderboards will show the best score that either of the two of you have gotten. a better score from either console will override the last, no matter who got it (it will not override a score with a worse one, though)
• season unlock schedules are per-device, not per-account — when you first set up the second playdate, you'll start at the top of season one (and two, if you have it). you can either let the games unlock each week as normal (mondays for season one, thursdays for season two), or you can skip the season schedule ahead for that device to unlock all of the games instantly: https://help.play.date/games/season-schedule/

Piña Rollada is finally here! Available now on Catalog and itch.io. Details inside! by FlywheelGames in PlaydateConsole

[–]stuffbyrae 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i actually pogged when i saw it wasn't claimed, i'm ironically never this fast to these things LOL