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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We talk more sales, awards, and post-release marketing for Lolife as well as what's next for us on #Playdate in this one year retrospective blog post on PD Games #indiedev pdgamez.com/developer/or...

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Lolife One Year Retrospective

One year on we talk more sales, awards, post-release marketing and what's next for Orange Thief.

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

To celebrate the one year anniversary of Lolife on #Playdate we've written a full plaintext guide complete with ASCII logo art! orangethief.co.uk/lolife-guide...

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We just received this haul of Playdate Community Awards 2025 swag at Orange Thief HQ! We're still chuffed to have received three nominations for Lolife, thank you to all of the organisers and to the #Playdate community for being the most generous and supportive place there is to make games #indiedev

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Thanks to @darknstormygames.bsky.social for sending us this new style #Playdate box with a screenshot from Resonant Tale on the back! It's incredibly cool to see this in person.

A photo of a Playdate console stood next to its new style box. A screenshot from the game Resonant Tale visible on the back of the box matches the scene on the console screen. The text on the back of the box reads "A very fun handheld. This little videogame system has a black and white screen, comes with 24 free games, and, yes, has a crank. Download more great games from Catalog, our game store, or even make your own. Have fun!!".

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

From April 3rd to April 7th is Easter in Lolife! Find all of the eggs hidden across the grasslands to earn the special "Egg Collector" award 🥚📆 #Playdate #indiegame

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

It was great seeing Lolife in the 2025 Playdate Community Awards show with three nominations! Congratulations to all the winners and nominees, 2025 was a great year for #Playdate games. 2026 is looking even better?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTuO...

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The Playdate Community Awards 2025

YouTube video by Playdate Squad

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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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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We're thrilled to see Lolife nominated for Pulp Game of the Year in the #Playdate community awards! Thanks to everyone who played and voted for our retro open world action RPG, and congratulations to the other nominees - we've played them all and they are all great games! #indiedev

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We're in very good company in this category, the three other games are all doing very impressive things in Pulp!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We're delighted to receive another nomination for Lolife in the #Playdate community awards, this time for Innovation in Pulp! We love developing games in Pulp and are always trying to push the engine in new and exciting ways, like with our focus in Lolife on more complex enemy behaviour #indiedev

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Oh yeah of course, didn't mean to imply otherwise! Audio-only games are just interesting in and of themselves and this got me thinking about them again 😄

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

We did make a primarily audio-only game for Playdate in Pulp called Goodnight Universe, albeit that was intended as a sleep aid so I wouldn't want to falsely call it accessibly-designed. I do think audio-only games are an interesting space though!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Thanks! Unfortunately as a Playdate game made in Pulp we're constrained by both the physical console and the engine. If we were to release on PC it's something I'd be interested in exploring, but that's not something we're looking into right now I'm afraid!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

We're very happy with this nomination for Lolife kicking off the #Playdate awards season! Thinking about accessibility helped us make a better game in general, especially in providing the choice of real time or turn based gameplay #indiedev

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Resonant Tale is back on the front page of #Playdate Catalog! Shout-out to whoever chose the 🔗 emoji, icwydt @play.date 😂

A cropped screenshot of the listing for the game Resonant Tale on the front page of Playdate Catalog. The caption reads "🔗 A handcrafted pocket size world full of secrets!"

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Get Lolife for 40% off on Catalog and itch for day 23 of the Playdate Advent Calendar 2025. Thanks for playing and happy holidays! itch.io/s/177035/pla...

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Lolife | Playdate Advent Calendar Sale 2025 by Orange Thief

A sale by Orange Thief, 40% off Lolife

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

From December 23rd to 27th celebrate Christmas in Lolife! Deliver all four gifts found in the castle to earn the special "Holiday Hero" award 🎁📆 #Playdate #indiegame

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

There's still time to vote in The 2025 Playdate Community Awards! If you enjoyed playing Lolife this year please consider lending us your support #Playdate playdate-wiki.com/wiki/The_202...

A poster that reads "Lolife - For Your Consideration - Pulp Game of the Year, Best Adventure Game, Best Soundtrack, Visual Achievement in a Pulp Game, Outstanding Innovation in a Pulp Game, Accomplishment in Accessibility - The Playdate Community Awards 2025"

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Very cool to hear! There are a few different requirements that vary between ranks such as number of deaths, completion time and final level. At some point in the new year I plan to write up a full guide but for now rank requirements are one of the many things left for players to discover :)

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Thanks for playing and happy to hear you enjoyed the game! The Christmas calendar event is coming up soon if you want another excuse to replay alongside the other awards and ranks. As for the southwest area, try searching around the closest corner of the grasslands...

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing an orchestral arrangement of the soundtrack to Resonant Tale on Sunday 7th and Sunday 14th of December! Come along if you can, it's going to be something special 🔔🎶 #Playdate #indiegamemusic www.rupertcole.co.uk/post/hear-re...

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Hear "Resonant Tale" Soundtrack in Concert 🎻

I'm excited to share that a brand new orchestral arrangement of my soundtrack for Playdate game Resonant Tale will be performed in concert by the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra this winter! I have ...

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Enter RUBDUBDUB on the title screen of Lolife to explore a recreation of Melody Village from Resonant Tale, complete with a hidden mini-dungeon to find and yet another secret to uncover?! #Playdate #indiegame

A screenshot from Lolife on Playdate showing the player in the Mystery Village after entering the cheat code RUBDUBDUB on the title screen. The Mystery Village is a recreation of Melody Village from the game Resonant Tale.

A screenshot from Resonant Tale on Playdate showing the player in Melody Village. This screen is recreated in Lolife and the two screenshots are shown side-by-side for comparison.

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

That's just hard mode cheat code entry!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

We can finally talk about this secret cheat code hidden in more than two dozen #Playdate games! For the last few years we've been quietly encouraging devs to sneak RUBDUBDUB into their games. Now we're excited for the community to discover where the code is hidden 🕵️ playdate-wiki.com/wiki/RUBDUBDUB

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RUBDUBDUB

RUBDUBDUB (right-up-b-down-up-b-down-up-b) is a secret cheat code hidden in multiple Playdate games. Many uses of the code are still to be discovered by the community and developers are encouraged to continue adding the code to more games.

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Check out the Catalog Fall Sale including our games ⚔️ Lolife (40% off) and 🔔 Resonant Tale (20% off)! #Playdate

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

From October 29th to November 2nd Halloween has come to Lolife! Smash all six pumpkins that have sprouted in the fields to earn the special "Spooky Warrior" award 🎃📆 #Playdate #indiegame

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Conquer the world of Lolife with this crafty map, lovingly created in papercraft style by the incredibly talented @toadley.bsky.social! #Playdate #indiegame

A papercraft style map of the overworld from Lolife on Playdate. The four main regions visible are woods, fields, plains and a castle. The map is divided into individual screens with layouts matching the game.

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Lolife is a retro open world action RPG that harkens back to the early era of Hydlide, Ys and the original Zelda mixed with some light immersive-sim design. Visually it has clear retro style with it's simplistic sprites, tile based movement, fixed screens and windowed layout. play.date/games/lolife/

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Lolife for Playdate

Explore a hostile kingdom, vanquish wild beasts, and deal with unscrupulous soldiers on an uncompromising quest for revenge in this retro open world action role playing game.

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Resonant Tale is an exploration and puzzle focused take on classic 2D Zelda mixed with some other retro-styled mechanics such as the "bump combat" of Ys and line-of-sight stealth similar to early Pokemon. The visuals draw inspiration from Link's Awakening on the Game Boy. play.date/games/resona...

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Resonant Tale for Playdate

Meet quirky characters and explore a pocket size puzzle box world in this no filler low combat classic handheld adventure!

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toadleigh @toadley.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

really nice/interesting read!! <3 and if you own a Playdate and are looking for more games to play after Season 2, i can highly recommend Lolife. it's got a super neat art style, and can be played in short or long sessions <3

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

We talk sales, player reception and whether our new #Playdate action RPG Lolife met expectations in a new retrospective blog post on PD Games pdgamez.com/developer/or...

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Lolife Launch Retrospective

Two months since release we talk sales, player reception and whether our new action RPG met expectations.

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Watch the full stream of aayl1's first playthrough of Lolife on #Playdate with some exclusive dev chat! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqvj...

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Lolife (Playdate) - First Playthrough with Developer Scott (orkn)

YouTube video by aaronayl1

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Otto got an update that greatly improves the crank controls, if you haven't gone back I'd definitely recommend you give it another try!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It's also been one month since the release of our new action RPG Lolife on #Playdate! It's a replayable open world full of discovery and we'd love for more players to check it out! play.date/games/lolife/

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Lolife for Playdate

Explore a hostile kingdom, vanquish wild beasts, and deal with unscrupulous soldiers on an uncompromising quest for revenge in this retro open world action role playing game.

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Missing that new game day feeling now #Playdate Season 2 is over? Our award winning adventure Resonant Tale is 20% off for the next week on Catalog! play.date/games/resona...

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

And that's a wrap! aayl1 surprised us with an unexpected route through the game for an early credits and then we spent the rest of the time exploring more and finishing with the final trial. Thanks to everyone who tuned in!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We're about to go live with aayl1 on Twitch for a first time playthrough of Lolife on #Playdate! www.twitch.tv/aayl1

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aayl1 - Twitch

Star Wars JS Final bit

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Another Resonant Tale "physical edition"?! Very, very cool! Delved is a fun Pulp-made platformer too, go check it out!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Take a break from your quest by rounding up some sheep in Lolife on #Playdate. Can you beat our record? #indiegame

A screenshot from the game Lolife on Playdate showing the player reading a signpost next to a pen full of sheep. The sign reads "SHEEP HERDING. Record: 45.00s".

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The open world of Lolife can be unforgiving but we've got your back with these helpful hints and tips! #playdate #indiegame orangethief.co.uk/lolife

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Lolife - Orange Thief

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I'd love to hear what you think when you get to it!

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Mike Suszek @mikesuszek.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I wrapped my 100% run of @bumbleborn.com’s Echo: The Oracle’s Scroll, and am now on Lolife. It’s really good, and nicely challenging to start. Go buy this!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It's been one week since Lolife launched on #Playdate and we're thrilled that over one hundred players have started out on their quest for revenge! If you've yet to join them here's a great review of the game from @thegamellama.bsky.social www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/lo...

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Lolife — Playdate: The Unofficial Website

Open-world, replayable Pulp adventure

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Not only is Otto's Galactic Groove a fantastic new game in #Playdate Season Two, it even features two bonus tracks from Resonant Tale! @rupertcole.bsky.social never ceases to impress with his genre-spanning musical talents!

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

We love hearing from all of you already playing Lolife on #Playdate, your support means a lot! For those with a preference don't forget the game is also available to sideload from itch (and we greatly appreciate any comments and ratings there too!) orangethiefgames.itch.io/lolife

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Lolife by Orange Thief

A retro open world action role playing game.

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TheGameLlama @thegamellama.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Lowlife is out today! Read about why you’re gonna want to pick it up: www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/lo...

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Lolife — Playdate: The Unofficial Website

Open-world, replayable Pulp adventure

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Playdate @play.date · 10/06/2025

② Lolife is a retro open world action role playing game where you explore a hostile kingdom, vanquish wild beasts, and deal with unscrupulous soldiers on an uncompromising quest for revenge. play.date/games/lolife/ 🏰

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