Community Content

This is a page of content created by the community that isn't games. This content ranges from physical media to the Playdate Community Direct.

Playdate Community Awards

The Playdate Community Awards is a game of the year show hosted live on the Tiny Yellow Machine Twitch channel.

The show is a swanky affair with the hosts GantProdux & Guv_Bubbs dressing up for the show.

Year	Air Date
The 2022 Playdate Community Awards!	December 8th, 2022
The 2023 Playdate Community Awards	March 8th, 2024

Playdate Community Direct

The Playdate Community Direct is a quarterly ____ created by the YouTube channel Tiny Yellow Machine. Each direct features trailers for upcoming games or content created by the community.

Community Direct Number	Air Date
Community Direct 1	July 6th, 2023
Community Direct 2	October 5th, 2023
Community Direct 3	January ???, 2024

Playdate Community Census

As the name implies, this is a census run by the community so we can learn about who we are, how we're using our devices and what we want the future of Playdate to look like.

Page	Release Date
Playdate Community Census 2022	August 24th, 2022
Playdate Community Census 2024	Q1, 2024

Game Jams

Name	Start Date	End Date	Entrants	Winner	Link
PlayJam	2022-06-25	2022-06-28	11	Avava	Link
PlayJam 2	2022-12-03	2022-12-06	24	Super High School Sports Day Crankathlon	Link
PlayJam 3	2023-05-12	2023-05-15	18	Digscovery (Playdate)	Link
PlayJam 4	2023-11-10	2023-11-13	21	Snooze or Lose	Link
PlayJam 5	2024-04-12	2024-04-15	-	-	Link
Yellow Square Jam	2023-10-01	2023-10-29	14	What the Crow?!	Link
Minigame-Jam	2022-04-02	2022-04-08	15	Catch the thief	Link
Global Game Jam 2023	-	-	4	-	Link

Playdate Podcasts

Podcast Name	Creator(s)	Link
Hello Playdate Podcast	bingopodcast, coinopcarnival, callmesteam	Link
Playplace	Talon Stradley	Link
1 bit wonders	TeaBeast	Link

Print Media

Playdate Centric

Print media that is specifically all about the Playdate with little deviation from topics related to the handheld and games.

Playdate Digest

The Playdate Digest is a zine created by 6ATO which features art, news, previews and more.

Issue	Release Date
PlayDate Digest NO.1	September 18th, 2021
PlayDate Digest NO.2	March 13th, 2022
PlayDate Digest NO.3	June 06th, 2022
PlayDate Digest NO.4	???

Uncrank'd Magazine

The Uncrank'd Magazine is a zine created by XaniaLasagna.

Issue	Release Date
Uncrank'd Magazine 1 (Digital)	October 5th, 2023
Uncrank'd Magazine 1 (Physical)	October 5th, 2023
Uncrank'd Magazine 2 (Digital)	January 19th, 2024
Uncrank'd Magazine 2 (Physical)	TBD

Calendars

Calendar	Release Date
2024 Playdate Community Calendar	January 2024

Mentions of Playdate

This section features mentions of the Playdate where the main topic of the print media is not about the Playdate and its games.

Books

Book	Page Number	Author	Publication Date	ISBN-13
A Handheld History	pg. 239	Lost in Cult	October 17, 2023	978-0008598174

Magazines

Magazine	Issue	Page Number	Publication Date
Level	Level 332	pg. 120	December, 2023
EDGE	EDGE 333	pg. 1, 56	May, 2022

Comics

Comic Series	Publisher	Info
Santos Sisters	Floating World Comics, Lunar Distribution, Diamond	The Santos Sisters comics features Ads for the Playdate and its games.

Other Community Content

Physical Edition Games

Game	Developer
Spike II Physical edition	Goloso Games
Shining/Shadow Gadget Physical edition	Strangest.io
Angel Pop	nnnn2

Merch

Other merchandise such as posters, shirts, and other things related to Playdate and games made for Playdate.

Creator or Game	What's available?
LedbetterArt	Shirts, Posters, Cards, Wallet, Socks, Bandana
Gun Trails	Poster, Stickers
Chuhai Labs	Soundtrack, Shirts, Mug, Hat, Sweat Shirt
XaniaLasagna's Emporium	Magazine's, Zine's, Stickers, Calendar
1-bit Wonders	Shirts
Lowtek Games	Shirts, Stickers
Pixel Ghost	Mug, Bags, pin, candle