Hello Playdate Podcast

Hello, Playdate Community! This week, Nick and Ryan highlight a couple new indie Playdate titles and take advantage of Don's absence by talking about themselves. Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community. News/Links: Over 250 Playdate games now available on itch.io: https://twitter.com/playdate/status/1564682324293337088

The OFFICIAL Playdate Podcast talks Demon Quest 85: https://podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e11/

...and drops another episode on Zipper as we were recording: https://podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e12/

Panic wants to hire Game Producers: https://twitter.com/playdate/status/1561826291405295616 Indie Games of the Week:

5 More Minutes by Jackson Webb - https://jacksonwebb.itch.io/5-more-minutes

A tribute to Gimme Friction Baby by Notpeter - https://notpeter.itch.io/gimme-friction-baby Self-promotional HYPE:

Ryan's upcoming book: http://www.mirrordrawings.com/

Nick is showcasing his homebrew pinball designs at: http://www.theyorkshow.com/

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, Nick, Ryan and Don encourage everyone to give sideloading a try with the amazing Playdate Community Bundle - available now - and then we have a short heated argument about the Playdate Community Census Results, share our Indie Picks of the Week, and then talk about ourselves for a bit...nice to meet you!

Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

News/Links:

• Time from Earth by Olliecoe
• Playdate Community Census Results (01:40)
• Playdate Community Bundle (27:10)
• Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only: The EM & Bingo Pinball Podcast
• The Pinball Podcast
• tinyurl.com/msucomicsminor
• ElephantEater.com
• CoinOpCarnival.com
• GameandCast.com
• Virtually Human Podcast
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Indie Games of the Week:

• Begone Meetings I Sleep by osuika (31:55)
• Rooms by Nicolas Tilly (36:23)
• The Legend of Zolt by UMSD1 (39:49)

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, Nick, Ryan and Don regroup after what feels like ages to celebrate some great recent indie releases and sort out recent Playdate rumblings.

Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

News/Links:

• Life's Too Short hits 500 downloads
• Rocket Bytes Level Editor Contest and Contest Info
• Playdate Store on Twitter
• Reach the Ocean is out!
• Time from Earth by Olliecoe
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Indie Games of the Week:

• RocketBytes by PossiblyAxolotl (24:07)
• Goo Game by James Gameboy (33:38)
• Skwish by Pawprints (37:54)

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, Nick and Don take the week off to dig deep inside themselves emotionally, while Ryan is joined by Discord Leaderboard Hotshot, Nick F! SO MANY NICKS. They discuss protips and techniques for getting highscores on a variety of playdate hit games. SEASON ONE SPOILERS ABOUND. Feel free to chime in on the socials with your own protips! Thanks for listening.

Join us here (most other weeks) as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

NickF's *boopity-boop-boop* Tips and Techniques Notes

WHITEWATER WIPEOUT (8:19)

- Holding up immediately before leaving the wave lets you jump

- You will see him shift closer to the back of the board

- Holding left or right allow you to spin faster

- Combos are created by landing at least the same amount of spins as the previous jump

- However, can be maintained by switching between quads and trips.

- It is worth losing the combo to land the jump cleanly

- Forcing that extra rotation will either cause you to wipe out, or leave you with too little speed to continue the combo on the next jump anyways

- Work to land triple 360s consistently before going for quads or quintuples

- Muscle memory can be developed for number of crank rotations

- Quints likely best used at the end of a run as waves run out (due to need for extreme lead-up and recovery).

SNAK (24:24)

- Faster game modes result in faster score buildup (for those with differing attention spans)

- The game's framerate may slow down if too many apples are on screen (particularly when climbing up the snake's body)

- The game's framerate WILL slow down when the snake's body gets too long

- Helpful in faster levels! …But be mindful of adjusting your own (internal/perceived) rhythm of the game!

- There is a split second before crashing/dying where the player still has a chance to turn the snake (a la PacMan Championship DX)

- Playing with the volume on will help, as the audio will also pause

- The jump mechanic has a distance of two rows/columns

- The snake can turn when doubling back on itself

- The snake does not need to retrace its exact path (can cross lanes)

- The apples cannot climb on a section of the snake that has doubled back on itself (discussed in week 10 by Ryan)

- Good way to stall them in place and pick them off

- The 5-button thumb/circle/A motion is much easier to execute in Mirror

HYPER METEOR (42:54)

- Sometimes you can "spawn camp" an enemy to be in the white space before it begins to move

- Mostly recommended for the larger meteors

- Take advantages of invincibility frames after a death to clear an overlapping cluster of enemies

- Increasing your combo is the primary method of increasing score

- Prioritizing destroying all the meteors on screen will also leave behind a greater number of smaller chunks to maintain combo between enemy spawns

- Leveling up is based on the playtime of the run, rather than amount of enemy kills or overall score

- Practice hitting enemies head-on/point-first. Gives more control over hitbox, as entire ship is a hitbox

- Take advantage of 180/360 degree turns to control momentum

- Circle enemies in the direction opposite their rotation to line up their weak spot

- Do not chase enemies, let them come to you

INVENTORY HERO (01:01:32)

- Against the Crowllector, use bombs as soon as possible

- Subsequent rounds will require assembling more and more pieces of scrolls (halves, thirds, etc)

- The Crowllector will destroy equipped gear almost immediately

- Hold a full suit of armor on and

- The spinning columns in the matching game stop one past the slot in which A is pressed

- Discard all rabbits as soon as they are obtained

- There is a slight delay before multiplication

- Mushrooms will multiply in your inventory as well, albeit at a slower rate

- Eat ones that restore health, discard ones that lose health

- Armor typically disintegrates before weapons

- Repair scrolls restore all equipped gear

- Do not hoard healing potions; they will be forcibly replaced by newly obtained items

NECROCRISIS (01:11:57)

- Mirror helps to see screen more easily during frantic cranking

- The enemy patterns are for the most part fixed (learn locations/spawns)

- Take the chance to reload after a screen before the next begins

- Enemies don't always aim/shoot in the order which they appear on screen

- Place the cursor at a common height so you only need to move left and right

- Tweak the sensitivity to your liking (I use 12)

- PERSONAL PREFERENCE: using on Mirror gives you a bigger screen and eliminates the issue of screen shake

• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, Nick, Ryan and Don take a look at the final week of season one, and go a little long with a spoiler-review of ART7 at the very end of this episode. Thanks for listening.

Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

News/Links:

• Stack itch.io Goal Page
• ART7 Postmortem
• The Original b360
• b360 Soundtrack
• Ratcheteer Soundtrack
• Nyandnoid on itch.io
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Indie Games of the Week:

• Cat World by pawprints (11:40)
• BrickCrusher 2020 by alisaria (15:40)
• ART7 by ledbetter - spoiler talk begins at (57:10)

Featured Season One Games:

• b360 by Panic (25:58)
• Ratcheteer by Shaun Inman, Matthew Grimm and Charlie Davis (42:44)

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, Nick, Ryan and Don are back to talk big indie releases, and Season One Week 11 games. Thanks for listening!

Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

News/Links:

• HPD Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Season One Spreadsheet by FectoFactor13
• ART7 on itch.io
• Playtime Weird Clocks on itch.io
• Playtime Weird Clocks on Destination Playdate
• Tochi II: Senshi Update
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Indie Games of the Week:

• Shuv-It by The Infinite Star (09:04)
• NecroCrisis by thestrangest.io (14:08)
• AVAVA by rantdom (19:48)

Featured Season One Games:

• Forrest Byrnes: Up in Smoke by Nels Anderson (26:04)
• Battleship Godios by TMPCO Soft (42:55)

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, against all odds, Ryan has rejoined Nick and Don to deliver SO. MUCH. NEWS. Thanks for listening!

Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

News/Links:

• The Screen Protectors I Don't Love
• Parasite Pack is Available Everywhere Now
• Playdate Community Survey
• Congratulations Biotopico on The Big Win!
• Tiny Yellow Machine Chuhai Intro Video
• Bub-O Collect on itch.io
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Indie Games of the Week:

• Tochi II: Senshi by SN Studio (13:30)
• Split Second by BleuLlama (21:07)
• Addled by playdateStephen (26:02)

Featured Season One Games:

• Snak by stjf (30:40)
• Sasquatchers by Chuck Jordan (48:08)

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, Nick and Don exiled Ryan for recalibration. Don also mentions his favorite Playdate game yet!

Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

News/Links:

• PlayJam Submission Voting
• Fish'n Feathers Released (09:28)
• Blackbar Mobile Game
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Indie Games of the Week:

• SUKIMA by SOBA_P (13:30)
• Shift by Scenic Route Software (20:00)

Featured Season One Games:

• Spellcorked! by Team Bottle (26:00)
• Inventory Hero by Panic (41:50)

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io
• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, Nick, Ryan and Don take time to breathe, bub and treat cats.

Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

News/Links:

• Gamertags are here.
• PlayJam is soon!
• Shift on itch.io
• Tochi 2 Teaser 2
• Saturday Edition Walkthrough
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Indie Games of the Week:

• Bíotópico by Everyday Lemonde (13:50)
• Bub-O Collect by Gabe Swarr (22:35)
• The S. Sterling Co by L0RDANGUS (27:27)

Featured Season One Games:

• Star Sled by Greg Maletic/Panic (31:58)
• Saturday Edition by Wild Rose (49:03)

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari

Hello, Playdate Community!

This week, It's just Don and Ryan as Nick is on the road opening for Harry Styles in Lisbon. We chat some of our favorite indies, and talk about the sheer magnitude of the Season One flood of games...so much so that it interrupts our Questy Chess review.

Join us here each week as we examine all of the Season Pass games, as well as discussing news and indie finds from the Playdate community.

News/Links:

• Wastebraver itch.io
• Tapeworm Disco Puzzle Press Kit
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Indie Games of the Week:

• You Cannot Go Back! by timboe (07:43)
• Tapeworm Disco Puzzle by Lowtek Games (15:50)

Featured Season One Games:

• Questy Chess by Dadako (23:00) (off the rails at (28:00) and back on at (34:58))
• Executive Golf DX by davemakes (43:40)

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Twitter

• Playdatepodcast.com

• Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com
• Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1 (1-724-246-4671)
• Our Previous Podcast, Gaming On Ten
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari