Hello Playdate Community!

This week, random hosts welcome you to another hour-ish of Playdate chatter. I know I always say 'we go deep', but legit, this time is bananas. For real. Look at those time stamps when the statistics talk wears you down. You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more...Thanks for listening and joining us every other week!

News/Links: (00:43:00)

• 2024 Playdate Community Census on Playdate Wiki
  • 2024 Playdate Community Census (Results only)
• List of Spooky Games 2024
• Scary Catalog Games
• 9 Must-Play Playdate Games
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Destination Update:

• Fortress on Destination Playdate

Indie Inventory: (00:44:55)

• Vollemental - The Kodiak
• Homerun-Spin-Off-Forever - Mubarakalhuzaee
• Flappy Estrogen-3 - EPU
• Close Approach by Steve Namson
• Rock Paper Scissors by omoikane
• Hyperion AG by AshlarCode
• Bender 2: Bend Harder by Matt Sephton
• Echo: The Oracles Scroll by bumbleborn
• Fortess by Alan & Beth Cooke
• Go Noodle by SloFlo
• A Dinos Journey by Judah Hamilton

Pick of the Week: (00:57:00)

• Squids by esdin
  • Evil Mode Update Notes
• Our Next Pick of the Week is:
  • Off-Planet Dreams by Ledbetter

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Instagram
• Hello Playdate on Bluesky
• Hello Playdate on Threads
• 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)
• For Amusement Only Games Merch
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

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