Episode Description
Nick is trying to convince Chris to buy a Playdate. How has Nick enjoyed his Playdate? What games are grabbing him? What's he cranking on? Also: There's now VR in Chris' home.
Topics:
- (00:24) - Welcome back
- (01:17) - Why are we recording now?
- (02:27) - Who makes the Playdate?
- (04:36) - What is the Playdate?
- (10:28) - Who's buying the Playdate?
- (14:23) - What does the Playdate sound like?
- (16:37) - Is the cover necessary?
- (17:35) - How is charging handled?
- (18:40) - The Playdate as a nice screen device without all the apps
- (21:08) - Can you play Fortnite on the Playdate?
- (22:23) - How much is the crank used?
- (25:26) - Eww Dad, it looks old!
- (27:06) - Learning to make games with Pulp
- (31:55) - Is Chris ordering a Playdate?
- (32:45) - What we've been playing
Links:
- Play.date
- Podcast.Play.date
- Playdate SDK
- Playdate Pulp
- Playdate game collection
- Catalog Update #1
- Playdate - $199 starting April 7
- Pre-Order for late 2023
- Cover?
- Playdate Pulp
- Recommendation Dog
- GameDev Journal by Dave Rupert
- Scratch
- The Murderbot Diaries
- Meta Quest 2
- Gorilla Tag
- Lego Star Wars
- Minecraft
- Mario Party
- Pokemon Scarlet
- Castle Crumble Apple Arcade
- It Takes Two