Panic Playdate
Playdate is a handheld video game console developed by Panic.
The device features a mechanical crank and a 1bit black-and-white screen that operating like e-paper but can produce up to 60 FPS.
Official SDK is openly available, supports C, C++ and Lua languages and includes simulator.
Games are created using SDK can be freely sideloaded to the device.
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A list of awesome resources for Playdate (https://play.date) game development and the Playdate SDK (https://play.date/dev/)
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A li'l game engine for Playdate.
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An Embedded Swift game running on Playdate by Panic
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Panic Playdate reverse-engineering notes/tools - covers file formats, server API and USB commands
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Create games for Playdate using Swift.
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Play Game Boy games on your Playdate.
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A collection of bitmap fonts for Playdate, the tiny handheld game system from Panic
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Playdate Dev Tools and API
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Game Engine for Embedded Systems
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Playbit is a framework for creating cross-platform Playdate games from a single Lua codebase.
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Created by Panic
Released 2022
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