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_The Playdate console_

[Rusty Playdate] ([GitHub][Rusty Playdate], [Mastodon][Rusty Playdate Masto]) by [@boozook](https://github.com/boozook)

is the large set of crates with bindings, toolset for the full cycle of creating games for the [Playdate handheld console][playdate].

Big part of the Rusty Playdate project is the `cargo-playdate` tool ([Crates.io][cargo-playdate crates-io], [GitHub][cargo-playdate gh])

that helps to build games for [Playdate] hardware or a simulator. It works as a cargo-plugin as well as standalone.

The tool

- manages the compilation of your program,

- builds assets for the crate and its dependencies,

- generates a manifest,

- and assembles it all into a bundle that runs on the device or a simulator.

In this month `cargo-playdate` v0.5 has been [released][Rusty Playdate Release] and received massive refactoring, bugfixes and new features:

- support of [cargo's auto-targets][cargo-target-auto-discovery] _(targets such as `bin` or `example` that aren't declared in the Cargo.toml)_

- [target-specific package-info][pdb-pdxinfo-override] inheritance from the main package-info

- `package.metadata.playdate.options` inheritance from the `workspace.metadata`

- incremental builds now work as expected - fixed an old problem where the tool corrupts cargo's cache, which triggered full rebuild

The register decoder in the [`pd-symbolize-crashlog`][playdate-symbolize-v0.2.0] was also updated.

It now properly decodes all available registers such as

<abbr title="Program Status Register, combines APSR, IPSR and EPSR">PSR</abbr>,

<abbr title="Configurable Fault Status Register, combines UFSR, BFSR and MMFSR">CFSR</abbr>, and

<abbr title="HardFault Status Register">HSFR</abbr>.

_Discussions: [GitHub][Rusty Playdate Gh-discuss], [Matrix][Rusty Playdate Matrix]._

[playdate-symbolize-v0.2.0]: https://crates.io/crates/playdate-symbolize/0.2.0

[cargo-target-auto-discovery]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/cargo-targets.html#target-auto-discovery

[cargo-playdate crates-io]: https://crates.io/crates/cargo-playdate

[pdb-pdxinfo-override]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate/blob/main/support/build/README.md#target-specific-package-info "More about target-specific package-info"

[cargo-playdate gh]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate/tree/main/cargo "cargo-playdate tool is a part of 'Rusty Playdate' project"

[Rusty Playdate Release]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate/releases/tag/2024.06.18 "Release from June 18, 2024"

[Rusty Playdate]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate

[Rusty Playdate Gh-discuss]: https://github.com/boozook/playdate/discussions

[Rusty Playdate Masto]: https://gamedev.social/@playdaters

[Rusty Playdate Matrix]: https://matrix.to/#/#playdate.rs:matrix.org

[playdate]: https://play.date/ "Playdate is a fairly new console reminiscent of a GameBoy with a crank handle geared towards indie games."