Catalog
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| Released on 2023-03-07 | ||
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Catalog is the official storefront from Panic, accessible both on-device and on Playdate's website, allowing people to purchase and download a curated selection of games. It was announced on the Early 2022 Playdate Update, and officially released on March 7th, 2023 alongside Playdate Update #3.
Unlike other Playdate game storefronts such as itch.io, Catalog features a selection of games hand-picked by the Panic team, including games made by Panic members, as well as games from third-party Playdate developers. Some games are brand-new and exclusive to the Catalog storefront, while others may have released elsewhere previously, or still be sold on other platforms such as itch.
Catalog's games are released in batches called "Drops", updated every other Tuesday at 10am Pacific time. The Catalog can be visited either on a Playdate device, or on the web. New batches of games are indicated by a blinking, aqua-colored light located on the device's Lock button, which lights up after checking in to Panic's servers.
Releases
| Catalog Game | Developer(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAX (August 31st, 2023) | |||||
| Quantum Phantom Basketball | BRENDA ARTS | ||||
| Drop 10 (August 15th, 2023) | |||||
| The Tartine's Show | Flying Oak Games | ||||
| Crash Mole | Kait Sousa | ||||
| Soko | Tijn Kersjes | ||||
| PlayDice | Largemann | ||||
| Crank Tanks | Ethan Nicholas | ||||
| Drop 9 (August 1st, 2023) | |||||
| The Lushes Land | SN-Studios | ||||
| Factory Farming | Tim Martin | ||||
| To Dust | Cadin Batrack | ||||
| Smolitaire | Twenty Minute Mile | ||||
| The Crank Gym | fatnose games | ||||
| Ribbit Rabbit Special! | Kieran Anthony Penrice | ||||
| Drop 8 (July 18th, 2023) | |||||
| Gun Trails | Yoyogi Games | ||||
| Kicooya MP3 | Abeno Studio | ||||
| Possessions | Moonbeam Games | ||||
| CodeWordPlay | Mike Suszek | ||||
| Drop 7 (July 5th, 2023) | |||||
| Mash Gadget | Bipedal Dog | ||||
| Cranky Bird | Jerry Verhoeven | ||||
| Bomber Panda | Rob Seto-Patchett | ||||
| Clash Cards | Dardoyle | ||||
| DYG | Burgess Voshell | ||||
| Drop 6 (June 20th, 2023) | |||||
| P-Racing | Risolvi Productions | ||||
| Pocket Planner | Hydra Softworks | ||||
| Greed | Scenic Route Software | ||||
| Stars of the Screen | Mouflon Cloud | ||||
| Treasure Chasers | crait | ||||
| Drop 5 (June 6th, 2023) | |||||
| Snoik! | Ash K, published by Strangest.io | ||||
| The Barkless Doctrine | Neven Mrgan | ||||
| Shift | Scenic Route Software | ||||
| Playtime | Adams Immersive | ||||
| PlayDaPon | Lonely Star Software | ||||
| Drop 4 (May 23rd, 2023) | |||||
| Necrocrisis | Strangest.io | ||||
| Generations | Scenic Route Software | ||||
| Loopsy | Paul | ||||
| Along Came a Spider | fatnose games | ||||
| Castle Helios | Patrick Witmer | ||||
| Drop 3 (May 9th, 2023) | |||||
| Time From Earth | Pixel Ghost | ||||
| Legend of Etad | Gareth Williams | ||||
| Spike II: The Great Emu War | Goloso Games | ||||
| Post Hero | Scenic Route Software | ||||
| Drop 2 (April 25th, 2023) | |||||
| Shadow Gadget | Strangest.io | ||||
| Shining Gadget | Strangest.io | ||||
| Bub-O Collect | Gabboco Games | ||||
| A Balanced Brew | Robert Curry | ||||
| Skwish | Pawprints | ||||
| ART&.. More | Ledbetter Games | ||||
| Drop 1 (April 11th, 2023) | |||||
| Core Fault | SquidGod and davemakes | ||||
| Gravity Express | Nino van Hooff | ||||
| Sparrow Solitaire | Mac & Matt | ||||
| Life's Too Short | Pixel Ghost | ||||
| Crankulator | Dustin Mierau | ||||
| Launch Lineup (March 7th, 2023) | |||||
| Carve Jr | Chuhai Labs | ||||
| Direct Drive | DACvector | ||||
| Playmaker | Dustin Mierau | ||||
| Skew | Oiffy | ||||
| Swap Machina | NaOH & Zion D. Hill | ||||
| Grand Tour Legends | IORAMA | ||||
| Bloom | RNG Party Games | ||||
| EYELAND | Ron Lent | ||||
| The Botanist | Cadin Batrack | ||||
| Tapeworm Disco Puzzle | lowtek Games, Itd | ||||
| Down the Oubliette | RDK | ||||
| A Joke That's Worth $0.99 | kamibox | ||||
| Reel Steal | Sweet Baby Inc. | ||||
| Recommendation Dog | Sweet Baby Inc. | ||||
| Hidey Spot | Neven Mrgan | ||||
| Word Trip | Shaun Inman | ||||
Upcoming
Games known to be coming soon to Catalog.
| Catalog Game | Developer(s) | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Life's 2 Short: Unhooked | Pixel Ghost | Releases Sep 5th, 2023[1] |
| Resonant Tale | Orange Thief | Releases Sep 12th, 2023[2] |
| Oom | Gregory Kogos | Releases Q4 2023[3] |
| Four Corners | Scenic Route Software | Release date TBD[4] |
| Platform 10 | Gubba | Release date TBD[5] |
| Blocky Balloons | Brandooo | Release date TBD[6] |
| Reel-istic Fishing | ToadleyUnderControl | Release date TBD[7] |
| Pullfrog | AMANO | Release date TBD[8] |
| Faraway Fairway | Hedgehog Dreams | Release date TBD[9] |
| Mars After Midnight | Lucas Pope | Release date TBD[10] |
| Tau | Gareth Williams | Release date TBD[11] |
| Pikki Rikki | cole+ games | Release date TBD[12] |
| Pulse | MrFlamey | Release date TBD[13] |
Groups
On May 23rd, 2023, alongside Drop 4, Groups were implemented, which sorted games based on common factors such as genre, playtime, or development platform.
| Catalog Game | Developer(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action | |||||
| Gun Trails | Yoyogi Games | ||||
| Bomber Panda | Rob Seto-Patchett | ||||
| Skew | Oiffy | ||||
| DYG | Burgess Voshell | ||||
| Cranky Bird | Jerry Verhoeven | ||||
| Spike II: The Great Emu War | Goloso Games | ||||
| A Balanced Brew | Robert Curry | ||||
| Legend of Etad | Gareth Williams | ||||
| Snoik! | Ash K, Published by Strangest.io | ||||
| Core Fault | SquidGod and davemakes | ||||
| Skwish | Pawprints | ||||
| Necrocrisis | Strangest.io | ||||
| Coming Soon | |||||
| Mars After Midnight | Lucas Pope | ||||
| Tau | Gareth Williams | ||||
| Faraway Fairway | Hedgehog Dreams | ||||
| Oom | Gregory Kogos | ||||
| Quick Plays | |||||
| P-Racing | Risolvi Productions | ||||
| Skew | Oiffy | ||||
| Grand Tour Legends | IORAMA | ||||
| Core Fault | SquidGod and davemakes | ||||
| A Joke That's Worth $0.99 | kamibox | ||||
| Gravity Express | Nino van Hooff | ||||
| Skwish | Pawprints | ||||
| Greed | Scenic Route Software | ||||
| Loopsy | Paul | ||||
| Shining Gadget | Strangest.io | ||||
| Shadow Gadget | Strangest.io | ||||
| Word Trip | Shaun Inman | ||||
| Carve Jr | Chuhai Labs | ||||
| Shift | Scenic Route Software | ||||
| Necrocrisis | Strangest.io | ||||
| A Balanced Brew | Robert Curry | ||||
| Recommendation Dog | Sweet Baby Inc. | ||||
| Reel Steal | Sweet Baby Inc. | ||||
| Puzzle Games | |||||
| Clash Cards | Dardoyle | ||||
| Factory Farming | Tim Martin | ||||
| Shift | Scenic Route Software | ||||
| PlayDaPon | Lonely Star Software | ||||
| Generations | Scenic Route Software | ||||
| Loopsy | Paul | ||||
| Skwish | Pawprints | ||||
| CodeWordPlay | Mike Suszek | ||||
| TapewormDiscoPuzzle | lowtek Games, ltd | ||||
| Sparrow Solitaire | Mac & Matt | ||||
| Bub-O Collect | Gabboco Games | ||||
| Swap Machina | NaOH & Zion D. Hill | ||||
| Ribbit Rabbit Special! | Kieran Anthony Penrice | ||||
| Smolitaire | Twenty Minute Mile | ||||
| Pulp Games | |||||
| The Lushes Land | SN-Studios | ||||
| CodeWordPlay | Mike Suszek | ||||
| The Crank Gym | fatnose games | ||||
| Ribbit Rabbit Special! | Kieran Anthony Penrice | ||||
| EYELAND | Ron Lent | ||||
| Castle Helios | Patrick Witmer | ||||
| Time From Earth | Pixel Ghost | ||||
| ART&.. More | Ledbetter Games | ||||
| Bub-O Collect | Gabboco Games | ||||
| Life's Too Short | Pixel Ghost | ||||
| Hidey Spot | Neven Mrgan | ||||
| Swap Machina | NaOH & Zion D. Hill | ||||
| Along Came a Spider | fatnose games | ||||
| Launch Titles | |||||
| Word Trip | Shaun Inman | ||||
| Reel Steal | Sweet Baby Inc. | ||||
| Recommendation Dog | Sweet Baby Inc. | ||||
| Skew | Oiffy | ||||
| Carve Jr | Chuhai Labs | ||||
| Playmaker | Dustin Mierau | ||||
| Direct Drive | DACvector | ||||
| Grand Tour Legends | IORAMA | ||||
| Swap Machina | NaOH & Zion D. Hill | ||||
| Bloom | RNG Party Games | ||||
| EYELAND | Ron Lent | ||||
| A Joke That's Worth $0.99 | kamibox | ||||
| The Botanist | Cadin Batrack | ||||
| Tapeworm Disco Puzzle | lowtek Games, Itd | ||||
| Hidey Spot | Neven Mrgan | ||||
| Down the Oubliette | RDK | ||||
Trivia
- Scenic Route Software and Strangest.io are tied for most games released on the Catalog. Scenic Route has published Shift, Greed, Generations, and Post Hero; and Strangest.io has published Shining Gadget, Shadow Gadget, Necrocrisis, and Snoik!.
- Only a few other devs have multiple games on the storefront: Neven Mrgan (Hidey Spot and The Barkless Doctrine), Pixel Ghost (Life's Too Short and Time From Earth), Cadin Batrack (The Botanist and To Dust), fatnose games (Along Came a Spider and The Crank Gym), and Dustin Mierau (Playmaker and Crankulator).
- Drops 7 and 11 are the only drops so far to not follow the usual release pattern. Drop 7 was pushed from July 4th (a national holiday) to the 5th, and Drop 11 was delayed from August 29th to September 5th due to PAX.
- Quantum Phantom Basketball is currently the only game to have been released on its own, outside of any drop. It was released on August 31st, 2023, assumedly because of its spotlight in PAX.
- The Lushes Land was originally meant to be released in Catalog alongside Drop 8, but wasn't able to be included in time due to last-minute legal/financial complications[14]. It was placed into the Coming Soon group temporarily, and officially released in Drop 9.
- Faraway Fairway, Quantum Phantom Basketball, and Oom were all funded by Panic.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/pixelghostuk/status/1692821420294709291?s=46&t=UzB3AUHIMHOuF6Ersci6ZQ
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/965565089556099083/1131984997524447373
- ↑ https://play.date/games/oom/
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/675983555209330691/1133867935375577098
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/675983555209330691/1134489231922831432
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/933462878076424262/1134333051296563230
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1135797020389560382/1138660633680806038
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1140742543802368035/1140748266712092723
- ↑ https://play.date/games/faraway-fairway/
- ↑ https://play.date/games/mars-after-midnight/
- ↑ https://play.date/games/tau/
- ↑ https://itch.io/post/8500625
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/821661913393004565/1146454282305028297
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/675983555209330691/1130912520119517244