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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 02/09/2026

No waterbeds or oversized fish tanks, either. #playdate

A Playdate running Bedbeard’s Revenge. A dialog box says “City Park. No alcohol unless you brought enough for everyone.”

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 27/08/2026

This is for everyone who was mad at me about the shards of broken glass in The Whiteout. #playdate

A screen shot from Post Hero: Bedbeard's Revenge. The player has just taken a bag of trash, with a dialog box reading "Why not? You never know when a leaky, smelly bag of garbage could come in handy."

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 17/08/2026

These two are all over the place in Bedbeard's Revenge, complaining about all sorts of things. After the main story is over, they'll have some insightful critiques. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 05/08/2026

Follow-up joke in Bedbeard's Revenge. "A flyer says next weekend's service will feature Cool Ranch communion wafers.". #playdate

A screenshot from Bedbeard's Revenge of a church bulletin board displaying a flyer promising Cool Ranch flavored communion wafers on Sunday with the tagline "The flavor of Christ compels you!".

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 18/07/2026

Bedbeard's Revenge is officially playable start to finish. #playdate

A screenshot from Post Hero: Bedbeard's revenge showing the front page of a newspaper called The Daily Kazoo with the headline "Bedbeard Busted!", "What is securities fraud" and "Yard of the Year Award Rescinded", and a total score of 107 out of 107.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 23/06/2026

I designed this scene this way just to make a Star Wars joke, but now I really want to make a whole sci-fi adventure game. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 12/06/2026

And very dumb mini games like "Don't run over the electric mower's extension cord", inspired by a very dumb real life event. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 07/06/2026

Sometimes, when you feel like you aren't making a lot of progress, its nice to compile everything you've done so far to remind yourself that you've actually done a ton of work. #playdate #pixelart

A large collection of UI and scenery assets for Post Hero: Bedbeard's Revenge

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 18/05/2026

If you’re gonna go to all the trouble of grinding your own beans, make sure you do a careful pour-over. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 14/05/2026

The mini games in Bedbeard's Revenge aren't just other video games, they are also very dumb things like this. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 24/04/2026

Speaking of maps, here’s the actual grid paper map with scene identifiers that I reference all the time while working on the game. #playdate

A grid paper map of the world in Bedbeard’s Revenge, showing scene ids and how everything connects.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 19/04/2026

Here's an example of the state stuff I mentioned in this thread. The whole world is keyed on state, and I have debug methods that force the game into another state for testing. For example, this is the playground before the mailman loses his job, and after. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 17/04/2026

Bedbeard’s Revenge takes a snapshot of wherever you happen to be when it saves, and uses that as the background image for the main menu for a nice transition back into the game. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 15/04/2026

The inclusion of other video games in this video game is getting a little silly, honestly. #playdate.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 06/04/2026

In Post Hero 2, double tapping a d-pad button makes the mailman auto-walk in that direction, and very quickly. This is in no way related to negative feedback I may have received about a different game. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 05/04/2026

Here's a bunch more, including Bedbeard himself. At this point I think I've drawn more stuff for this one than the original game and The Whiteout combined. #playdate #pixelart

A compilation of character portraits from Post Hero: Bedbeard's Revenge.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 03/04/2026

They're not going anywhere until their demands are met, so meet their demands or they're just going to come up with more demands! #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 17/03/2026

Henry can't catch the bus in this game, either. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 08/03/2026

Do you think a robot peeing on things is funny? Have I got a game for you. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 02/03/2026

Lousy sense of direction? Pick up a handy map from the Circle J! #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 28/02/2026

Is there a reason to have the mailman's reflection in the mirror inside the barber shop? No. Is it an accurate reflection? Also no. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 27/02/2026

The Crow's Nest is under new management. Still no top-shelf liquor, though. #playdate

A screenshot from Post Hero: Bedbeard's Revenge showing the redrawn interior of the Crow's Nest pub. An Anthrobot wearing a pirate hat and an eye patch is behind the bar, and the mailman is sitting on a barrel at a table.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 22/02/2026

I wrote this as a *joke* in the Bedbeard's Revenge pitch deck for Playdate Season Two a couple of years ago.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 21/02/2026

And just like in the original, dying doesn't matter and is part of the fun. Find them all! (There will be more than five, that's just how many there are now) #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 21/02/2026

A new addition to the framework is voice bubbles that allow characters to make random quips about the world.

A screenshot from Post Hero: Bedbeard's Revenge showing to older gentlemen sitting on a bench in front of a hardware store. The one of the left has a voice bubble above his head that reads "Don't start with me!". They are arguing about punctuation.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 21/02/2026

There's also a LOT of new characters, but also familiar faces from the original. #playdate

A screenshot from Post Hero: Bedbeard's Revenge showing the mailman, Carl and Lloyd in front of a coffee shop while Lloyd uses a jackhammer to install potholes in the street.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 21/02/2026

There's a lot of new places in the game, but locations from the first game have been redrawn completely! #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 21/02/2026

What do you mean you'd already guessed that those screenshots lately were from a Post Hero sequel? They could have been from anything! #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 18/02/2026

There is also a whole other place in the video game that has video games that you can play. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 16/02/2026

This is where you'll find the previously mentioned video game in the video game, by the way. #playdate

A screenshot from upcoming, untitled game for the Playdate showing two boys sitting on a ratty couch in a basement playing video games.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 07/02/2026

Not that anyone asked, but I'm procrastinating so here's a "how does it work?" thread ... #playdate

A screenshot of a video game for the Playdate with debugging features turned on, showing pink collision rectangles and blue interaction rectangles.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 05/02/2026

In case you thought this one took place entirely indoors, I wanted you to know that there are a lot of outside parts, too. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 03/02/2026

The neat thing about making video games is that when you're stuck on your video game's story you can just add other video games to your video game and you're still technically making progress. #playdate

A screenshot from an upcoming, untitled game for the Playdate showing an old CRT TV with a playable version of Breakout on it.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 01/02/2026

For no reason other than "well, why not?" you can zoom in and draw on the whiteboard in this office, and whatever you draw is then transformed and overlaid on the in-world whiteboard. (You would not be surprised to learn what my teenage son drew when I showed this to him.) #playdate #pixelart

Two screen shots from an upcoming, untitled game for the Playdate.

The top screenshot is of an office whiteboard mini game with "HI" written in block letters by the player. The second is an office setting with the whiteboard on the back wall, with what the player drew on the whiteboard mini game transformed to its smaller dimensions.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 20/01/2026

He's going to offer you a deal that you probably shouldn't turn down. #playdate #pixelart

A scene from an upcoming, untitled game for the Playdate console showing a man sitting behind a desk in a room based on Vito Corleone's study from The Godfather films.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 12/01/2026

Here's a few more. They are: The Admiral, Marcus, Brenda (who's had about enough of Marcus's bullshit), Sick Kid that shouldn't have eaten those deviled eggs, the lady that made the deviled eggs, and Jake. #playdate #pixelart

Six character portraits for an upcoming, untitled Playdate game. A gentleman in a military cap wearing a monocle, a smarmy business type, an exasperated woman, a little boy with a grimace, a blonde woman and definitely not John Belushi as Joliet Jake.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 03/01/2026

I've been having a lot of fun with character portraits for a new thing. Here's a few of my favorites. #playdate #pixelart

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 25/12/2025

Happy holidays, everyone! Here's to more neat #Playdate stuff in 2026! 🥂

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 12/10/2025

Raised and recessed the gray tiles so they stand out more and give the grid more texture, tweaked the counter view design, gave SAM-Y a thicker border and reinstalled the logic board a bit more expertly. #playdate

A screenshot of an upcoming game for the Playdate titled "Four Corners: Square Off" showing a robot with a logic board taped haphazardly to his face.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 10/10/2025

SAM-Y Pro Max Plus is an exceptional opponent thanks to the expertly installed Dynamo Defense Systems L19 logic board upgrade. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 03/10/2025

Added a parallax layer to make things feel less static, and it speeds up briefly when you or SAM-Y make a clear above a certain size. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 30/09/2025

My daughter sent me this doodle she made of me while taking notes (being bored?) in class. Coffee and a #Playdate - pretty spot on.

A doodle in red ink on lined notebook paper of a stick figure with a beard and glasses holding a cup of coffee and a Playdate.

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 28/09/2025

This was just supposed to be a video of SAM-Y getting mad about having tiles stolen, but it turned into a video of SAM-Y doing the same thing to me but four times worse. #playdate

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 21/09/2025

I'm curious if folks that were put off by the time pressure in the original game will feel more at home here. This is way more of a strategy game, though SAM-Y still manages to out-strategize me most of the time. #playdate

A screenshot of an upcoming game for the Playdate titled "Four Corner: Square Off", a sequel to the original game that is turned based rather than time based. The image shows a 10x10 grid of tiles on the left side of the screen, a droid named SAM-Y and two counters made up of a 4x4 grid on the left labeled "Human" and "SAM-Y"

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Scenic Route Software @scenicroutesoftware.com · 17/09/2025

“But who uses iPhones anymore?", you say. "What if I want to play this game on my #Playdate, and what if instead of a generic CPU it was against SAM-Y from Shift?” I hear you. "Four Corners: Square Up" - coming at some point. (This is SAM-Y playing, not me.)

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