iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After two more afternoons of tinkering I fully fixed it! I hope I won't have to repair a CRT ever again.

Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You could play retro games with an emulator and a CRT filter... ...or you can get a CRT, find out that major caps went bad, spend days doing a full recap and hope it won't blow up afterwards. Fingers crossed! Standing on the shoulders of giants who uploaded ancient scanned manuals to archive org.

A CRT showing a test picture deformed into an hourglass shape, showing that some electrical circuits have likely gone bad.

Electrical boards of the CRT with the capacitors replaced.

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feef @feefal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Inspired by a recent interaction

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DekoNSFW 👀👄👀 @dekonsfw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

There will always be people who appreciate what YOU make, it just might take them a while to find you.

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I just had to give Mina the Hollower a try because it's been praised so much. Yeah, it really is that good. I can't stop playing, help me.

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doc @docseuss.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Oh, you've made a video game? And you want people to play it? Well, let's talk about how to do that better. How, exactly, can you make sure people care about your game and want to tell other people about it? Check it out here: docseuss.medium.com/its-not-enou...

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it’s not enough to build something, part 1

Some years ago, before I entered the industry, I had a minute disagreement with someone in the comments section of a Kotaku article. I was…

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Panic @panic.com · 02/07/2026

This is your LAST CHANCE to play Big Walk early! We've just opened up 4 FINAL weeks of our Big Walk Preview!! Come to the Panic office, bring some friends, and play an hour of Big Walk. It's very fun. Book now: forms.panic.com/big-walk-pre... Here's a special behind-the-scenes peek at the room:

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Remaking OOT is probably a way to probe how people respond to the classic Zelda formula nowadays, as Nintendo needs a new direction for their next 3D main title. There's an entire generation out there who only played the more sandbox style games BOTW, TOTK, Echoes of Wisdom.

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davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com · 06/06/2026

youtubers, if you stick a playdate on your shelf as set decoration, i am judging you if it's obviously not charged

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I was really looking forward to Valve's new controller. Unfortunately it needs Steam or a 3rd party application to work with anything outside of Steam on Windows i.e. no working controller input in any non-Steam game out of the box. Really bummed out about that one.

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

People making new games for ancient consoles, today? People are seeking those consoles and games out, even younger people who didn't grow up with them. Dreamcast? N64? C64, given its brand new hardware production? Why? You can't brush it off as simple nostalgia. There's more to it.

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Turning very basic things into upgrades or purchasable items in metroidvanias: Map pins, position on the map, walking faster, homing coins. They can be neatly used as yet another reward for the player, but how far is too far? Sometimes I'm surprised that they even let me walk left and right.

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Amano @amanogames.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Devils on the Moon Pinball is out!!!! What a time to be alive!! get it here: play.date/games/devils... Only on @play.date #pinball #indiegames #pixelart #playdate

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A slower paced section to change things up. Testing the limits of the grappling hook a bit (and apparantly the amount of relevant space I can fit into view, too)

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

JOMO - Joy of missing out

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Lovely blog post. Just messing around with my own computer back then was so important to me in hindsight. Learning to learn, and figuring out what I wanted to do in the future in the first place. No, not consuming, but mostly creating: Trying tools, making bad art, making bad programs, finding out.

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Amano @amanogames.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Devils on the Moon is finally coming out! Yes, we may have gone a bit over scope. But after 2 years the game is releasing March 26! Wish it here! play.date/games/devils... Only on @play.date catalog. #pinball #indegames #Pixelart #playdate

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DiGiKerot @digikerot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

New Free Game for the Playdate! Original horizontal shooter TWYK SHOT. Five whole stages! Power Ups! Bosses! Interactive Menus! Free! digikerot.itch.io/twyk-shot

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Twyk Shot by digikerot

Horizontal Shooting Game for Playdate

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Evil Empire Studio @evilempirestudio.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Yup, we're working on a new Castlevania game. Thanks to KONAMI, & with Motion Twin's friendly advice, the franchise will be going back to its roots with what we hope to be the best whip traversal & combat ever seen in a 2D action-adventure game! Noooo pressure... www.konami.com/games/castle...

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 01/02/2026

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I'm tired of 2FA becoming mandatory for a lot of services. Why can't my password simply log me in like it used to?

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Played some diablo 2 with friends (non-resurrected). Something about that game is just right. It's an evergreen for a reason. I especially love the crunchy sound effects, guaranteed to be burned into your memory forever.

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piousPigeon @piouspigeon.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Trains! (and menu system logic) StarBento! #playdate #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #trains

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Having a lot of fun building rooms lately. I certainly have to keep my own "playtesting" time in check!

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I'm putting a lot of care into the boss fights of Owlet's Embrace. Here's a preview of what's to come. Will you take on the challenge? #playdate #metroidvania #gamedev

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The feeling of finding a whole new interesting podcast and refilling the listen-on-commute backlog with hours of content again.

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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 16/12/2025

Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:

A post by c.a.t.y.a.y that reads, "I wonder what my art could've been if I didn't quit". Iggy responds, "I wonder what it will be if you start again"

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

We all like to call ourselves perfectionists. However, I consider it a bad trait. It shows that you care, but time to create approaches infinity. Because you won't need to prioritize you won't reflect on what about your craft actually matters. Consider leaving an edge, it makes your craft special.

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

If you stream your game's development, working on the game is your channel's content. After aquiring enough regular viewers some people seemingly decided to never finish their game to keep the content going and just became YouTubers instead.

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Showed and demoed Owlet's Embrace in Hamburg. Had a lot of fun watching other people play the game and chat about their experience, a really eye-opening perspective shift.

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Jared Cullum @jaredcullum.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

A Link to the Past

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Got hit by an idea for a graph-based level logic flow software. You could assign keys to nodes and (complex) conditions to edges. You would be able to logically and visually step through the world, and the program would derive all kinds of metrics for for any given state. This gotta exist already?

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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2025

With almost laughably low power, a monochrome screen, and unique controls, niche-micro console Playdate shouldn't make any sense in a world of modern gaming. Yet, it's near impossible not to love it. www.wired.com/story/three-...

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3 Years Later, Playdate Is Still Gaming's Best-Kept Secret

With almost laughably low power, a monochrome screen, and unique controls, niche-micro console Playdate shouldn't make any sense in a world of modern gaming. Yet, it's near impossible not to love it.

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Equally excited and TERRIFIED to finally do this. Games journalism is in a rough state, so we've decided to get involved to highlight games that we think pave a positive future for the industry. And we named the outlet the best/dumbest thing possible. welcome to noclip_2

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Deepnight Games ⚔️ @deepnight.net · 03/09/2025

And... they’ve done it again. Setting a price lower than most titles of comparable quality, complexity, and scope. While it’s certainly generous for players, which is honestly nice, it also raises the bar in a way that can be truly challenging for other indie devs to match.

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Domo 🐧 Soda-Powered Penguin @domo-yoro.games · 30/08/2025

silksong, honey...... a 80 hour game does not belong in the $20 price category...... us indies with 20 hour games really need that space for healthy expectations...

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Don Schmocker @donschmocker.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I’d like to talk a little bit about my process of creating the key art for Herdling (thread: 1/10)

Key art of herdling. A painting with a herd of fantastical mountain animals called calicorns in the center. A mountain behind them and a girl in a red hoodie in front of them.

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Exclusively working with 1-bit pixel art for over two years now. The duality of black and white is fascinating: the lack of color makes it seem a bit dull at first but at the same time it's a neutral canvas for your mind to interpret and fill in the gaps i.e. color, tone and emotions.

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

You can just do stuff, you know?

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Embracing my inner nerd and going for a Thinkpad T/X 2-in-1 as my new portable machine. Read great things about the durability/repairability of these models which became important to me after the poor quality of MS - keyboard and pen died after 2, battery and thus full device died after 3.5 years.

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Amano @amanogames.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Hey! check out this article written by Ricardo Gallegos at @butwhytho.net about us! and our game CatchaDiablos! :D

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LuBu @lubu.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I'm going to present my current Playdate-project next Monday at @indietreff.bsky.social in Hamburg. It's called 🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️ and it's an action RPG with reaction based fights, a node based overworld, Souls-Like elements and still looooots of missing features. But I'm getting there😅

A 1-Bit game on the Playdate handheld. A knight is standing battle ready across a giant stone monster

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 08/07/2025

Birds - casual. Runner - present. Playdate - crank?! Join @zerocounts.bsky.social as he winds through Casual Birder🐦 #SGDQ2025

The speedrunner ZeroCounts holding up a yellow Playdate console.

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My Perfect Console podcast @myperfectconsole.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Our next chat is with @play.date and Panic Studios co-creator, @cabel.panic.com. Cabel is a designer, developer, and co-founder involved with publishing standout indie games such as Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game, and the Playdate handheld. Subscribe to stay in the loop: bit.ly/43RMgx9

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Excited to release a demo of Owlet's Embrace! If you own a Playdate, download it over here: strupf.itch.io/owlets-embrace I'm also moving the full release into 2026. This is allows me to realize my full vision of the game - nonlinear world, replayability, multiple bosses, fleshed out narrative!

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Swapping between (B) to grapple and (B) to attack. The companion's position indicates which mode is active. What initially started as a workaround for the Playdate's constraints became a natural, intentional and smoothly integrated part of the gameplay.

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Lukas @strupf.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Mockup for the snow area including subtle parallax foreground elements. The "bad part" about getting better at making assets is that eventually you redo them not only once but sometimes twice just because you improve so much and the old assets don't hold up against the new ones anymore...

Photo of the Owlet's Embrace snow area on the Playdate

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Neven Mrgan @mrgan.com · 07/06/2025

I’m gonna allow myself a moment of pride in my workplace here and note that we are currently on the front page of The Verge with a game we’re publishing (Big Walk) and a handheld console we make (Playdate). Panic is a company of 30. We don’t have investors. We’ve been around for 28 years 🙂

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Playdate @play.date · 04/06/2025

"The Playdate might be more of a Nintendo console than Nintendo’s own console. …and at half the price 😉 www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/play...

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If you can’t get a Switch 2, now might be the time to get a Playdate

Does the Switch 2's price tag have you down? Then it might be time to grab a Playdate.

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