I'd love to hear from Playdate devs that have ported Lua games to other platforms. Did you use Love2D or something else? Any general advice? If you've written about your experience please share a link! I'm mainly interested in Mac and Windows, Linux would be nice, maybe Switch someday. #PlaydateDev

Progress on my @play.date game: Cranky Miner. I added backgrounds, screen transitions and a nice upgrade screen! To do this all I had to do some sprite optimizations so the game should run better too. As a bonus I added rare items to find!

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New game dev post on Patreon: an overview of my Playdate adventure game engine. I explain the structure and include code samples to show how the game logic works. Also some illustrative GIFs, like this collection of pointer styles 👆🔍 www.patreon.com/robotspacer/... #PlaydateDev

New game dev post on Patreon. The Lil Sweetie was a short-lived email device for girls released in 1999. You can find and use one in Transfer Point. Here’s how I adapted its interface for Playdate 🍬 www.patreon.com/robotspacer/... #Playdate #PlaydateDev

This week on Patreon I have a short video update on my game, so you can see what I’m working on and how it’s coming together. This update is available to everyone, so you can get an idea of what to expect from future members-only posts. www.patreon.com/robotspacer/... #Playdate #PlaydateDev