This week a number of teaser clips have been published providing a glimpse at the games you can expect from third-party developers on the Playdate handheld games console. Playdate will cost $149 and all twelve games in Season One will be included in the purchase price with other available from developers.
“It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It’s got a beautiful black and white screen. It’s not super cheap, but not super expensive. It includes brand new games from some amazing creators. Plus it has a crank. It flips out from the side, a rotating analog controller that puts a whole new spin on games.”
Donald (@dovuro) is building a really fun-looking puzzler. As always, some games use the crank, others don’t. pic.twitter.com/gF1vg4pm1X
— Playdate (@playdate) August 12, 2020
And finally, it didn’t take long for DOOM to show up, as per tradition! This amazing effort from Nic (@NicMagnier) delighted us all — and yes, it features Crank to Chaingun™ pic.twitter.com/Rv51WDUwil
— Playdate (@playdate) August 12, 2020
Over 250 people around the world now have actual Playdates in-hand. They’re putting our tools and tech to the test, building the world’s first third-party Playdate games.
Want a peek?
Rebecca (@veubeke) is working on this gorgeous dungeon crawler. pic.twitter.com/orKYzel051
— Playdate (@playdate) August 12, 2020
Matt (@gingerbeardman) discovered something that a crank controller is REALLY good for… drifting! pic.twitter.com/ShZDOwk3Xz
— Playdate (@playdate) August 12, 2020
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