Panic is also happy to share that group four of their five Playdate pre-order groups has finally begun shipping. Panic is still hard at work on fulfilling all of its pre-orders for Playdate and expect to catch up to their orders this year. One notable title launching today as part of Catalog is the impressive P-Racing, an exciting arcade racer that pushes the Playdate hardware with its fast and fluid pseudo-3D graphics.
Learn more about the development of P-Racing and its inspirations on Playdate’s news site, and find the game on Catalog.
In one final bit of Playdate news, Panic also announced three Panic funded Playdate games during GLITCH’s Future of Play Direct. Learn more about those games also Playdate’s news site.
If you would like review codes for any of these games, and you have a Playdate, reach out and we will try our best to accommodate. We are unfortunately not able to provide additional Playdate hardware review units at this time.
Playdate Catalog - Games for June 2023 Pseudo-3D racing, clever puzzle games, a planner, and more!
Out Today:
- P- Racing - $12
- By Risolvi Productions
- Description: Fasten your seat belt and get ready for the ultimate racing experience! Race on 8 different tracks around the world, complete missions in a full-size city, beat your best time in Time trial. See you on the track.
- Credits: Matteo D'Ignazio, Risolvi Productions
P-Racing
- Greed - $6
- By Scenic Route
- Software Description: Greed is a dice game for one to four players. The goal of the game is to reach 10,000 points before anyone else, and maintain that lead during the final round to achieve victory. Strategy, fate, luck, and a willingness to take risks are all at play. The greedier you are, the better you may do. Or it could all come crashing down.
- Credits: Programming & Art, S.G.Chipman
Greed
- Treasure Chasers - $3
- By crait
- Description: Treasure Chasers is a pirate-themed game, where you navigate through procedurally-generated islands, picking up cargo and delivering to other ports to sell. Besides the whirlpools, there are also pirates that are out to get you! Either avoid them or shoot them with your cannons to survive as long as you can.
- Credits: Programming and design, Jonathan Holmes (@crait). Artwork, @apoonto. Music, Steven Wahl (@stevenwahlmusic).
Treasure Chasers
- Stars of the Screen- $6
- By Mouflon Cloud
- Description: Stars of the Screen hides something in its miniature tributes to screensavers and games. Can you find it? It might be a control scheme. It might be a game. It might be a joke. It might be a tear in the corner of your eye. It might be a message. Only you can find it! (Besides all the others who play the game, sure.)
- Credits: Concept and code, Jan Martinek at Mouflon Cloud. Development support by the best Pajka & Františka. Build atop Noble Engine, Mark LaCroix. Playtested by @simjnd, @Duncan, @OrangeTHIEF and u/udenfox. Made possible by Freesound.org, the Playdate Squad Discord, and the dev forum.
Stars of the Screen
- Pocket Planner- $4
- By Hydra Softworks
- Description: Let's face the truth - you carry your Playdate everywhere, so why not use it as a productivity tool? ToDos - note things to do in your inbox or move them to separate lists. Lists and entries can be edited or removed at any time. Calendar - check the date and add events on the full-screen month view. Voice Memo - record max 2-minute long voice memos and label them with a title. Contacts - save contact data on a rotary business card holder.
Pocket Planner
Released on June 6, 2023:
- Snoik! - $11
- By Ash K in association with Strangest.io.
- Description: Snoik! is a snake-like arcade game where ingenuity and creativity are the keys to victory. Shift the snake's position at the press of a button and blaze new trails for the highest score possible!
Snoik
- Scenic Route Software - $6
- By S.G. Chipman
- Description: Shift is a deceptively simple match-four game for Playdate that requires a little strategy, a small amount of luck and occasionally a deep breath and a fingers-crossed gamble.
Shift
- PlayDaPon - $5
- By Steve Lavietes and Stephan Steinbach
- Description: Spike II: The Great Emu War is a run-and-gun shooter! The emus are at the gates of CatTown. The cat army is overwhelmed by the number of feathered soldiers, the felines will soon become... an endangered species. Equipped with your minigun, try to survive the horde of emus who will do their best to catch you.
- Credits: Goloso Games, Code/Art. Philip Aldous, Music. Daniele Giardini, Key Art.
PlayDaPon
- PLAYTIME Weird Alarm Clocks - $5
- By Morgan Adams
- Description: A clock collection, “screen saver,” and “fidget toy” with 50 fun clocks. Some are conventional analog or digital clocks, some resemble game screenshots, and some are more experimental or artistic. Perfect for the Stereo Dock.
Playtime: Weird Alarm Clocks
- The Barkless Doctrine - $6
- By Neven Mrgan
- Description: The Barkless Doctrine is an interactive comedy novel; a book in which you navigate the complex geopolitical tomfoolery that gets thrown at you. Will you accept Kitty’s invitation to a daring mission? Will you be rude to people, or only kind of rude? Green or red salsa? 👍👎 Choose wisely, for the fate of the free world is in your goofball hands!
The Barkless Doctrine
Catalog, on-device
Learn more about these games at play.date/games/ or on-device via the Catalog. Games for Playdate can also be sideloaded and purchased from sites like Itch.io. Panic is still hard at work on fulfilling all of its pre-orders for Playdate and expect to catch up to their orders this year. Playdate is available for pre-order for $199.
About Playdate
Playdate is a truly unique gaming handheld system that is a celebration of video games. It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It includes games from amazing creators, it has a beautiful black and white screen, and yes, it also has a crank. Created with great attention to detail and affection by app developer and video game publisher Panic, Playdate hopes to capture the spirit of endless possibility and excitement that games have given us since the beginning. Playdate’s collection of games will delight players with their inventiveness and ingenuity. And in addition to introducing players to brand new games, Playdate also encourages people to create their own imaginative games and interactive software using a suite of easy development tools. In short, Playdate was made just for fun.
About Panic Inc.
Founded in 1999, Panic is an ancient startup in Portland, Oregon that loves to make nice things and bring people everyday joy. Originally — and still — a Mac app developer, Panic has also become a highly-focused video game publisher that helped release Firewatch and Untitled Goose Game into the world. They now set their sights on even more games, starting with Nour: Play With Your Food and despelote. And in the ultimate spirit of creating products that bring joy, Panic has also created its very own handheld video game system: Playdate. Visit their website: https://panic.com/ Find Panic on Twitter