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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Launch tags:

Retro Games•Crafting Games•Games

Launch Team

Dustin Mierau

Playmaker

Maker

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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!

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2yr ago

Badri Rajasekar

Jamm

@dmierau congrats - this is so cool!!

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2yr ago

Dustin Mierau

Playmaker

Maker

@baddn Thank you! That means a lot. Cheers.

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2yr ago

Ryan Hoover

Product Hunt

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).

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2yr ago

Dustin Mierau

Playmaker

Maker

@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!

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2yr ago

Emily Matick

The AI Creator Hub by Kajabi

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!

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2yr ago

Dustin Mierau

Playmaker

Maker

@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. :)

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2yr ago

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A whimsical creative space for Playdate.

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