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We hope you enjoyed today's Playdate Update! Here is a quick recap for ya: 🤩 Sneak peaks at some upcoming games and updates 🍂Catalog Fall Sale is live: 160+ games on sale now! ✌️Season 2 is a go! Coming 2025, more info soon 😎 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=wSNBCK…

Hello, Playdate pals! If you'd like to keep up with the latest news, here's where we're posting lately: • Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/play.d… • Mastodon: @playdate" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">social.panic.com/@playdate • Email: elist.panic.com⭐️ Recommended A lot of Playdate plans for 2025, so… see you soon!!

@MsEvaWitch Oh no, sorry! It's over here: bsky.app/profile/play.d… We're working through our 2025 posting strategy, apologies!

👋 Hello!! We are back from our holiday break and are prepping the next Catalog drop for Tuesday 1/14 and then every week for a bit⚡ 📅 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11

We'll be at @fanexpoportland in 2 weeks and hope to see you there! 📅 Jan 24-26 📍 Oregon Convention Center 🎟️ Tickets available here fanexpohq.com/fanexpoportlan…

Congrats to Lucas Pope's @dukope Mars After Midnight! ✨Named runner-up for Best Handheld Game by @HardcoreGamer hardcoregamer.com/best-of-2024-d… ✨Nominated for Best Hidden Gem by The New York Game Awards @NYVGCC variety.com/2025/gaming/ne… Go Lucas!

@rlewicki_ We'd love to make this happen! It's a bit tricky for a small company, but we'll keep looking…

@playdate Any chance of having a EU based distribution of merch? Would love to get some goodies but the cost of shipping itself and import duties is greater than the cost of items themselves... :(

Playdate shirts are now available on Cotton Bureau, on-demand, every day, in three designs ✔️✔️✔️ cottonbureau.com/people/playdate →

@SimoneLongobar9 We are currently shipping our backlog of orders, and we expect to get through all of them in Q1 of this year. Shouldn't be too long now!

@playdate HI! When will the playdates be delivered? I bought one in December

SquidGod also has a new book on Lua programming for beginners, and a refreshed repo with lots of practical, immediately useful examples, including full games 🧑‍🎓 squidgod.itch.io/lua-for-game-d… github.com/SquidGodDev?ta…

Perhaps you'd like to make your first Playdate game in 2025? There's no better guide than SquidGod's new video, covering practically all you'll ever need. We hope it helps you build your dream game! 😌💭 youtube.com/watch?v=UZ04rk…

@JoseMartin48025 We've started shipping back orders! I don't know when exactly we'll get to yours, but we're shipping them every day now.

@playdate I Ordered My Playdate Back In October, And It Was Mentioned In The Fall Playdate Update Video That The Playdates Were Going To Be Restocked This Month, Have They Already This Month Or Is There Another Reason?

We hope you enjoyed today's Playdate Update! Here is a quick recap for ya: 🤩 Sneak peaks at some upcoming games and updates 🍂Catalog Fall Sale is live: 160+ games on sale now! ✌️Season 2 is a go! Coming 2025, more info soon 😎 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=wSNBCK…

🧢 Super Agent is in active development! Here's a sneak peek at the shooting mechanics. @playdate

You can also wishlist the game and be notified when it's out—click that 🩷 button! play.date/games/midnight…

Another upcoming Playdate title that looks incredible: Midnight Raider by Lumi is sure to be stellar, and you can check it out in the new tech demo build. Grab it and sideload it: lumicreative.itch.io/midnight-raide…

We've added more merch to our Cotton Bureau store, including gear for Playdate developers. (A classic Panic design has been updated for this new era…) We hope you find something you like! cottonbureau.com/people/playdate 🤽‍♀️

A wonderful list of 100 Playdate games that don't require knowledge of English!

Another tremendous devlog from the developer of Atlantic '41. This game is shaping up to be something incredible…… stephanrewind.itch.io/atlantic-41/de… 🚢

Check out this interview with Rae, creator of the upcoming Playdate game RowBot Rally—out next week on Catalog! Interview: playdateunofficial.com/articles/inter… 🚣‍♀️ Wishlist RowBot Rally: play.date/games/rowbot-r… 💙

We also have a shirt/sweatshirt/hoodie from the game, and a very cool mug. Wear and sip them proudly! cottonbureau.com/people/playdate 👚

Out now on Playdate Catalog: RowBot Rally, a robots+bunnies rowboat racer that's crank-happy and heavy on juice. Go ace that Fish Bowl, champ! play.date/games/rowbot-r… 🚣‍♀️