iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

visualizing all the files created along the way for one (!!) character, arriving at the very normal and useful filename char04_test1.blend 💁‍♀️. stacks of branches in git? no problem. but nicely organizing #blender files throughout my workflow still eludes me. haven't even started animating yet lol

A flowchart showing blender filenames branching and continually gaining nonsensical suffixes.

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rae @rae.wtf · 08/09/2026

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Tijn 🍉 @tkers.dev · 07/09/2026

I’ve just released One Bit Bandit! 🎰 My new #Playdate game about playing a slot machine, and an exploration of gambling, chance and self-deception. Feeling lucky? Give it a spin: tkers.itch.io/one-bit-bandit

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One Bit Bandit by tkers

Sin to win!

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

yes directly manipulating the framebuffer is going really well for me, why do you ask? #playdate #gamedev

A screenshot of the Playdate Simulator with a garbled display.

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Synaptic Sugar @synapticsugar.games · 08/08/2026

Hurry, there are only a few hours left to grab 80+ #playdate games on Catalog at the Augustravaganza discount!

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

me when i blank on the elevator pitch for my game

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House House @househouse.com · 04/08/2026

🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5. Hooray!

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Neven Mrgan @mrgan.com · 02/08/2026

Q: How long does it take to make a videogame? A:

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rae @rae.wtf · 01/08/2026

augustravaganza 2026 is live NOW! #playdate it's a nice big community sale to ring in the new month. 2024 and 2025 went great, and we have over 80(!) games participating this time! if you wanna see all the participating games, visit catalog on your playdate, or head to: 🟨 play.date/games/tags/o...

Key art for Augustravaganza 2026. It's a top-down view of a beach, with a wave breaking over the top. Inside the wave, there's some text: "2026 Augustravaganza! Playdate Community Sale. Over 60 games on sale! Runs from August 1st through August 7th, pacific time. On the beach, key arts of various Playdate games are buried in the sand. There's text that reads: "Visit Catalog on your Playdate! Or, head to... play.date/games/tags/on-sale"

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Oatcup is a tiny studio with one game (so far!) but would happily be on this list from Aftermath. there are SO many reasons, but most of all: i've wanted to make games forever, i'm not letting something else do it for me now. (including code, writing software is actually fun! 💅) (1/)

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rae @rae.wtf · 21/07/2026

hello! i'm in this nice steam bundle featuring a whole bunch of #playdate games who've jumped to PC! featuring: • HEXA • blippo+ • office chair curling • suborbital salvage • ratcheteer DX 10% off, and you can "complete the set" if you already own some of it: store.steampowered.com/bundle/74997...

Key art for the "Beyond The Crank" Steam bundle. On a solid yellow background, the text "BEYOND THE CRANK" is displayed in bold black lettering. There's an Animorphs-esque transformation sequence where a pure-black, square pixel turns into a detailed, glossy purple ball.

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Tijn 🍉 @tkers.dev · 01/07/2026

The itch.io Summer Sale is still on for the next 4 days, and you can pick up all my games (Soko, Voidblazers, Paco & Lily) for just $5 in this bundle: itch.io/s/191010/sum... Or if you prefer getting them on Catalog, each of them are up to 50% off there too! play.date/games/studio... 💫

Promotional graphic showing title cards for Soko, Voidblazers and Paco & Lily. A badge shows the old price of $13 crossed out, the new price of $5, and a label that says "60% off".

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

trending now: “game 1 of the oatcup”

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Zachary Snyder @the3dprintist.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Can you believe it? Diora has been out for 6 months! From TOMORROW the 21st, get Diora for #Playdate on sale for 33% off!

Game card for the game Diora, labeled with a 33% off sale from 6/14/2026 to 6/21/2026.

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

if, like me, you live in a country that made shipping things ............"silly", and you couldn't get Cranko!, it's now available digitally! including issue #3 (which btw, has a review of Cherry Hill, a #playdate game that i made!) #videogames #gamedev #indiegames

A collage of pages from Cranko! magazine, issue #3 (with text saying "Now In PDF!")

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elizabeth @macaroon1.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

gentle reminder: big walk

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rae @rae.wtf · 10/05/2026

‼️ my game HEXA is out on #steam THIS WEDNESDAY, may 13th!! i still gotta put together a proper trailer-y-trailer, but you definitely don't wanna miss the launch! wishlist it now, get notified once it's out: store.steampowered.com/app/4581230/... #gamedev #indie #indiedev #puzzle

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HEXA on Steam

Board the helm of Starship HEXA, and conquer the universe the only way you know how: shapes. HEXA is a unique, quick to pick up, and super fun logic puzzle game based on everybody’s favorite polygon.

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Your Cool Uncle Marisa @marisamoureau.com · 08/05/2026

Watch my latest video and discover some incredible @play.date games. Huge thank you to every dev who shared their work with me!! I can't believe I went from being tentative about this Kickstarter to not being able to keep up with the sheer number of quality games 🫣

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Cool Uncle's Corner: 13 Playdate Games to Check Out!

YouTube video by YourCoolUncleMarisa

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bumbleborn - Wunder is OUT NOW! @bumbleborn.com · 04/05/2026

☠️ LAUNCH TIME ☠️ Wunder: The Double-Sided Deckbuilder is Out Now! My partner @emilymumble.bsky.social made the coins and good art, I made the "everything else", both our cats think you'll like this game! Steam: s.team/a/3895480 Please share with everyone, thanks! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

computer: oh hey ur back early me: terminal's haunted computer: what me: *typing sudo rm -rf / and learning to knit* terminal's haunted #gamedev

A screenshot of a terminal application during a build command where the output is garbled text with strange spacing.

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Playdate @play.date · 16/04/2026

🎈 Playdate turns 4 next week (April 18th!!) And we're excited to announce 🥁..... Playdate Season 3 🎉! Coming later this year. 💫 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=sCWD4OjWTBU

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

definitely not procrastinating while i'm thinking through something tricky (i will not commit this)

Screenshot of a code editor showing C code with "typedef float Vec1f;"

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Mike Piontek @robotspacer.online · 28/03/2026

I released my game today! Let’s celebrate. I’m going to talk about it for a little while, then we’ll play a bunch of other World Builder games. www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #Twitch

Photo of me smiling and holding up the cover painting for my game. There’s an inset screenshot of the game, with a black-and-white pixel art image of a bus stop, and the title text. Text above the screenshot reads “robotspacer’s adventure corner’ and text below reads “Transfer Point, Macintosh, 2026.”

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Tijn 🍉 @tkers.dev · 24/03/2026

Paco & Lily is now available on Playdate Catalog! Hop around, talk to critters, and plan a romantic evening by the pond 💚 play.date/games/paco-l...

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Paco & Lily for Playdate

A tale of two frogs

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

over the weekend, Cherry Hill won the Best Sim(ulation)/Strategy game in the 2025 #Playdate Community Awards. thank you everyone, truly!! it feels like a bit of a rough moment for the craft of #gamedev so the community and people supporting and playing make it all worth it 💖

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Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

experimenting with a new enemy in City of None with @liamberry.ca (haven't done the creature art yet, not sure what it's gonna look like)

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rae @rae.wtf · 14/03/2026

rowbot rally, WINNER!! of the 2025 #playdate community awards for "outstanding visual achievement (SDK)", and "the CRANKY award" (best use of the crank). i've only got 300 characters, but—!! thank you SO much for playing my silly boat game. it's rlly rlly cool to see that it's resonated this much!!

RowBot Rally — 2025 Playdate Community Awards WINNER! for Outstanding Visual Achievement (SDK), and The CRANKY Award.

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Daniel W. Simon @danielwsimon.com · 14/03/2026

The 2025 Playdate Community Awards start in one hour! Be there! Youtube: youtube.com/live/hTuOXD-... Download the free Clap-along app to show support: grackalope-games.itch.io/clap-along

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Bechamel @bechamel-test.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The @play.date Community Awards are tomorrow and the best way to prepare is by sideloading clap-along! Now using the Playdate's own networking capabilities, you can send live reactions during the award show stream. Download here: grackalope-games.itch.io/clap-along and clap those lil hands, y'all

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Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It's the Curious Odyssey Steam event! 🎉🎉 The Crimson Diamond is 25% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... I'll also be streaming from the Steam store page on Friday, March 13 at 8pm Eastern, doing Dev Q&A, showing the game, plus a SNEAK PEAK of my next project! 👀

Curious Odyssey Steam event promo art, featuring The Crimson Diamond. The event runs from March 11-18. The Crimson Diamond's key art is shown, discounted 25%. Text underneath reads "A celebration of contemplative narriative games". Hosted on Steam, curated by Revolution and ASH Games.

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Synaptic Sugar @synapticsugar.games · 05/03/2026

Pick up Agents of Groove for $8 during the #playdate Catalog Anniversary Sale! Dance, sneak, face off against your enemies and save the world alongside the undercover dancers of G.R.O.O.V.E. in this "charming and surprisingly diverse" rhythm game! 🪩🕺 🔗 play.date/games/agents...

The Agents of Groove key art from the Catalog page, with five character silhouettes in front of a large disco ball and the stylized words "Agents of Groove" in the front. A tag in the upper left corner shows the normal price of $12 is discounted to $8, or 33% off. At the bottom are the words "Agents of Groove by Synaptic Sugar".

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rae @rae.wtf · 05/03/2026

#playdate catalog sale is live now! for the next couple weeks, you can pick up rowbot rally at a steamy fresh discount of just $12! nominated for multiple PD awards, a big labor of love; made without a single shred of robot input. ❤️ play.date/g/rbr ...hey, free demo, too! rae.wtf/rowbot-rally...

RowBot Rally store listing in the Playdate Catalog. There's a discount tag in the top-left corner advertising that the game's 20% off — $12, discounted from $15.

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

my @play.date game Cherry Hill is on sale for the Catalog Anniversary Sale along with tons of other wonderful games 🫶 thanks to everyone playing #playdate games, no matter what you're playing!!! . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ play.date/games/ . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

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Shaun Inman @shauninman.com · 05/03/2026

Who's ready to release a video game? @panic.com gave me the chance to colorize my little @play.date adventure game Ratcheteer and bring it to a wider audience on Steam and, most exciting to me (and the kids), the Nintendo Switch! It's out today: ratcheteer.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3e...

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Ratcheteer DX - OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch, PC, & Mac

YouTube video by Panic

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Synaptic Sugar @synapticsugar.games · 02/03/2026

Story-driven rhythm game Agents of Groove will be 33% off during the #playdate Catalog Anniversary Sale as well! Great time to grab it if you've been on the fence (or if you haven't)! 🪩 🕺

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Daniel W. Simon @danielwsimon.com · 02/03/2026

The 2025 Playdate Community Awards will be on March 14th at 11AM Pacific Time/2PM Eastern Time Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@PlaydateSquad Award nominees thread starts here: bsky.app/profile/dani... Discord: Discord: discord.gg/zFKagQ2 Wiki: playdate-wiki.com/wiki/The_202... #Playdate

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Synaptic Sugar @synapticsugar.games · 26/02/2026

Play the first level in Agents of Groove and unlock new custom emojis for #playdate voice messaging app helloyellow! Get both on Catalog or itch 🪩 🕺 play.date/games/agents... play.date/games/helloy... synapticsugar.itch.io/agents-of-gr... jonsimantov.itch.io/helloyellow #gamedev #indiedev

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popagenda @popagenda.co · 26/02/2026

🔧 Ratcheteer DX is a snack sized Link's Awakening-like adventure launching next week for the low, low price of $9.75. 🎮 Steam Demo out, save transfers over - s.team/a/3908650 📝 Request a code - forms.gle/Njropf1dgWwApe5AA

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

this is a #playdate prototype, I promise

A screenshot of three pink rounded squares and one bisque-colored line connecting two of them.

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Ledbetter @ldbrart.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

That's a big one for me. We put together Ware-wolf Campfire Stories with 14 other devs as a jam/Collab this past October and it's up for FREE for everyone to check out. Honored for the nomination and for everyone's work to be acknowledged 🤩

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rae @rae.wtf · 17/02/2026

labsylle, my new #wordgame, is OUT NOW for your personal computer and your #playdate! it's a quick-play game all about the "building blocks" of english. if you like puzzle-y games, i hope you enjoy this one too! 💻 raewtf.itch.io/labsylle 🟨 play.date/games/labsylle #indie #indiedev #gamedev

Screenshot of a word puzzle game. A word in the middle is broken up into syllabic chunks, and a circular player cursor is swapping them two-at-a-time.

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Oatcup @oatcup.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Feeling so grateful that Cherry Hill has been nominated for the #Playdate Community Awards!!!! 🙇‍♀️ If you haven’t already, pls go check out all the amazing games in every category, there’s so much creativity and joy 💖🟨

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Daniel W. Simon @danielwsimon.com · 09/02/2026

Pleased to start announcing the nominees for the 2025 Playdate Community Awards, starting with Accomplishment in Accessibility! @rae.wtf @orangethief.bsky.social @2darray.bsky.social @pawprints.games #playdate

The games are lolife by Orange Thief Ltd, Rowbot Rally by Rae, Otto's Galactic Groove by Team Otto, and Trackminia by Eli Piilonen

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Synaptic Sugar @synapticsugar.games · 09/02/2026

#AgentsOfGroove 1.1.2 is available on itch and Catalog with important bug fixes and changes 🧵 - a crash fix 😨 - scoreboard fixes (Catalog only) 📋 - several difficulty tweaks 🕺 - optimizations for traversal levels 📦 Details in the replies! play.date/games/agents... #gamedev #indiedev #playdate

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Agents of Groove for Playdate

A story-driven rhythm action game. Join the undercover dancers of secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E. and help them master the power of the Rhythm, as they stumble upon a sinister plot and attempt to stop it!

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Pato Land @spaceindie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Cranko! 5 is right on time! ⏰ cranknockout.com First issue this year with a special article on Playdate 3D games, news, reviews, interviews and a GIANT walkthrough of Diora + a poster. Don't be late to the party!

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rae @rae.wtf · 28/01/2026

first syllables, now weeks? is NOTHING safe from getting swapped?! labsylle, my upcoming wordsy puzzle game, now releases on 02.17.2026 (a week ahead of time!) for #playdate and personal computers. save the date! 🟨 play.date/games/labsylle 💻 raewtf.itch.io/labsylle #indiedev #gamedev #wordgame

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Panic @panic.com · 21/01/2026

🔧 FREE demo of Ratcheteer DX on Steam today! Check out this Link to a golden era of video games and Awaken your nostalgic memories of top-down action-adventuring. Full game is out March 5 on Switch, PC, and Mac. (Your demo save will transfer to the full Steam release.) ⬇️ s.team/a/3908650

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TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Having a snow! day on Playdate Unofficial (game by @fsouchu.bsky.social): www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/snow

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snow! — Playdate: The Unofficial Website

No business like snow! business

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