Playdate

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Not sure if there’s a better place for this, but couldn’t see an active general gaming thread.

This is a little handheld console from Mac developers Panic. Recently they got into video games, and produced Untitled Goose Game and Firewatch.

Now they’ve made a console and got some of the best (imo) mobile developers in the business to develop some games for it.

Edit for website: https://play.date/

Launching hopefully soon for $179 with 24 games - and I believe they effectively drop one per week as a ‘season’. And it’s meant to be a bit of a surprise every week, they’re trying not to show off too much of the games, although we know a number of the titles and who’s developing them.

Anyway - they’re doing an update stream for 15 minutes at 5pm, and I think we’re gonna find out pre-order date. I am very excited and will be watching whilst I finish off work!

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I have to watch it to find out more about the crank

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Watching :eyes:

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I spent all of that thinking “it would be cool if you could make your own games” and then they announced pulp

I think I might get one

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Did not expect the stereo dock lol!

But nice to see a tiny bit of a few more games :eyes:

Most excited for the stuff from Zach Gage (all sorts of amazing iOS stuff), Keita Takahashi (director of Katamari), and Bennet Foddy (Ape Out and QWOP 🥲) I think.

Edit: yeah pulp is v interesting too! Am def gonna get one!

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It’s worth it for the pen

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:joy: classic teenage engineering I suppose.

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Mine will 100% be a credit card purchase next month :grimacing:

About to rinse my coin jar on finally buying a bike I ordered in autumn last year.

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I’ve seen that it’s $199 for the console and protective case

No price for the stereo dock yet

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Oh that’s good. Will def be getting the protective case.

Gadgets are sadly not safe with me without cases…

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Does playdate have a slightly different connotation in the US? :flushed:

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What’s your thinking lol?

I’m sure we call kids hanging out a play date here too. Like you’d go to your friends house for a play date.

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Yep. When kids are young to take them to their friends house for a play date

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Kids are one thing. Playdating as an adult is typically relationship-ending in my neck of the woods :joy: