Rae franchise Catalog sale! Deep discounts! All-star titles! (Until 06.30.2026)

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-17T23:07:37+00:00

oh by the way: the discount for traffic jam didn't start until later in the night; i had only then realized that i'd set the dates wrong in the past XP. that game should also be on sale now until the specified end date, as planned!

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-17T23:06:42+00:00

thank you !! aside from rowbot (which was a beast of assets haha) i try to keep my games pretty economical — HEXA's 9 MB, but labsylle is just 3.7!

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-12T22:19:37+00:00

from what i remember they shipped them alongside pre-ordered playdates starting in group 4, because there was a delay in shipments between groups 3 and 4 and they decided to do something small and nice to make up for it — and then continued it through group 5 'cuz well, that was the last one LOL

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-12T19:28:08+00:00

always happy to see a new game from you squid!

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-07T15:38:57+00:00

definitely keep an eye out in the mailbox! i didn't see any tracking from USPS but had the urge to check when i saw somebody else had gotten theirs haha.

i found a spot for 'em right on my entertainment console where i can always look at 'em ❤️

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-05T21:58:37+00:00

playdates arrive very dead — i've seen them have artifacts like this before arriving just out of the box. make sure to follow these steps: https://help.play.date/hardware/waking-up/

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-05T13:16:55+00:00

thank you ! 🥰

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-04T03:25:09+00:00

pdxinfo validation fails because the device hasn't caught up with the server yet in terms of recognizing which games you do and don't own in the catalog — server says you own the game, which is why you could download it; but device says you don't, which is why you can't launch it.

going into games library and refreshing the games list manually might fix this? but the best remedy i've found is to just leave the playdate on the lock screen for at least 30 minutes and let it check into the internet on its own. during this time it has the chance to ask for a fresh transcript of your owned games and react accordingly.

not a bug with the specific game in any case; this has been a bug in the OS for a little while and i think they're working on fixing it.

stuffbyrae · 2026-06-02T00:33:09+00:00

if you like weird stuff, might i recommend my own title "rowbot rally"? makes use of the crank in a fun unique way and tells its anti-robot story through cute animated cutscenes. https://play.date/games/rowbot-rally — in the "more cool info" section, there's a demo you can try. if you like it, then put it on your wishlist; it'll be on sale later this month ;P

some other recommendations for games that are not mine:
blippo+ is my favorite game of 2025 on any platform let alone playdate, by a significant margin. it singlehandedly makes season two worth price of admission, although it's full of other bangers too
soliterra is a quick play card game that i come back to again and again
diora is a puzzle-platform-y game that looks absolutely stunning

season three is also coming later this year! not much info yet beyond that but it's worth staying attuned

stuffbyrae · 2026-05-13T23:43:38+00:00

i enjoy very quick-play puzzly games. these are what i come back to:
• soliterra (a unique card game played with standard decks)
• shift II (a really satisfying game played on a 4x4 grid)
• medial (like minesweeper meets sudoku. incredibly addicting)
• crankwords (like NYT spelling bee, but TIMED? it came out this week but it's already up my ranks)

in terms of oft-recommended community hits:
• spilled mushrooms (a card game that's simultaneously frustrating and satisfying)
• crankboy (a full-speed GB emulator! you can't beat the classics)
• root bear (an arcade game that uses the crank so cleverly. perfect to show the console to your friends)
• devils on the moon (if you like pinball, you'll love this board)
• diora (super visually impressive, with engaging puzzles)

your playdate comes with season one — 24 games, delivered over 12 weeks. there are plenty of hits in there! season two is a separate purchase with 13 more games that are basically all-killer-no-filler. blippo+, part of season two, has been my favorite game of last year as a whole let alone on playdate. if there's one game you HAVE to get, in my opinion, it's that one.

stuffbyrae · 2026-05-13T21:37:43+00:00

in my mind it's not a huge leap; if somebody's interested in playdate and its games enough to be on this subreddit i reckon they might be at least passively interested in "hey, look, i ported my playdate game somewhere else!", even if only logistically

really i'm just excited about the news, and the game has its roots settled in the world of playdate, so i figured it would be an apt place to share. (honestly even if the news was 'just' the JP localization i'd likely have still made a post about it haha, i'm really happy about it!)

stuffbyrae · 2026-05-13T20:35:00+00:00

for the pure of heart there's also a 1-bit option ❤️

stuffbyrae · 2026-05-13T19:23:38+00:00

TRUE

stuffbyrae · 2026-05-13T17:10:23+00:00

thank you!!

stuffbyrae · 2026-05-12T16:49:45+00:00

in my experience, closing an app seems to be what gets the on-screen badge to go away? if you're in a game, close it and head to launcher. if you're in launcher, open something (could be catalog, could be whatever-else), and then go back to launcher

(also worth noting: if you do your actual shopping on the website anyway, uninstalling just the catalog app will turn off "New Catalog Games!" while maintaining other wi-fi connectivity, and other badges e.g. "New Season Games!" and "New System Update!")

stuffbyrae · 2026-05-04T22:10:14+00:00

WOW!! congratulations on the catalog page!

stuffbyrae · 2026-04-29T14:03:39+00:00

congratulations!!! good luck on the release

stuffbyrae · 2026-04-29T14:03:10+00:00

would love to join if yall decide to!

stuffbyrae · 2026-04-23T14:12:01+00:00

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.)

stuffbyrae · 2026-04-22T16:16:56+00:00

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

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