Playmaker

Playmaker

A whimsical creative space for Playdate.

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Paint, compose, build, record, and dance your way across six playful creative spaces for your Playdate. A kind of homage to retro creative software like HyperCard, Kid Pix, and Mario Paint.
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Dustin Mierau
I'm so excited to announce Playmaker for Playdate. It's kind of an homage to the creative software from my childhood, like Kid Pix, HyperCard, and Mario Paint. I hope you enjoy it!
Badri Rajasekar
@dmierau congrats - this is so cool!!
Dustin Mierau
@baddn Thank you! That means a lot. Cheers.
Ryan Hoover
I feel the Mario Paint vibes. Curious why you decided to build on Playdate, @dmierau. Honestly, I haven't followed it closely but remember it's Product Hunt launch well. Respect to the team for addin a crank (lol).
Dustin Mierau
@rrhoover Thanks for asking. Well, I just love building for new interesting platforms I guess. I had never built a game before, so wanted to take a shot. The Playdate is just such a charming device, it felt like a great system to build for. And it has honestly been incredibly good for the soul. As a platform, the Playdate reminds me of the good ol' days where you could write code that puts pixels on the screen exactly how you want, then zip it up and share it online. Far less complexity. Nearly 100% of my time was spent building Playmaker vs other platforms where I spend far more time wrestling with the environment. Also, um, I just couldn't help but wonder if you could use a crank for drawing—It works well! Never been easier to draw curvy shapes. :D Hope that answers your question!
Emily Matick
Okay, this rules! As a huge Kid Pix nerd, I have been itching to get my hands on something like that again. Congrats on launching today!
Dustin Mierau
@emily_matick Thank you! I know it's for an unusual platform, but if you like Kid Pix I promise you'll enjoy the Playdate and Playmaker. Always open to feedback if you end up wishing Playmaker did more or worked differently. :)
parul pandey
This brings back so many memories of my childhood! Can't wait to get my hands on a Playdate and explore these creative spaces.
Dustin Mierau
@parul_pandey2 I hope you enjoy it! It was certainly inspired by the software I used in my own childhood. Good times. :)
Lee Sherman
Good to see this here Dustin. I love the Playdate and I love PlayMaker. Reminds me so much of Hypercard!
Dustin Mierau
@lsherman That's very kind, thank you!
Gareth Wilson
It has been amazing to watch the development journey of this game on the playdate forums. A real labor of love. Nailed all the details. So excited to see this out in the world.
Dustin Mierau
@_gw Thank you! 🙌
jamesmudgett
Still waiting for my play.date to ship, can't wait to try this out. This looks so good, has been great to see the progression of this build. Nicely done!
Dustin Mierau
@jamesmudgett Hey James! 👋😄 Thanks! I hope you get a chance to use it. I know the folks at Panic are doing everything they can to get customers their Playdates.
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