Difference between revisions of "SDK Resources"
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[https://devforum.play.date/t/tutorial-compiling-lua-projects-on-windows/3332 Compiling Lua projects on Windows] | [https://devforum.play.date/t/tutorial-compiling-lua-projects-on-windows/3332 Compiling Lua projects on Windows] | ||
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[https://extensions.panic.com/extensions/com.panic/com.panic.Playdate/ Nova editor extension] | |||
[https://devforum.play.date/t/helpful-tip-make-visual-studio-automatically-open-close-simulator/3661 Visual Studio Simulator build integration] | |||
[https://devforum.play.date/t/helpful-tip-visual-studio-debugging/3691/2 Visual Studio Debugging] | |||
[https://github.com/Whitebrim/VSCode-PlaydateTemplate VS code - Windows LUA development template] This template will help you with autocompletion and running your code in simulator. | [https://github.com/Whitebrim/VSCode-PlaydateTemplate VS code - Windows LUA development template] This template will help you with autocompletion and running your code in simulator. | ||
[https://github.com/orta/vscode-playdate VS Code (Mac OS only) launch extension] | |||
=== Libraries === | === Libraries === | ||
Revision as of 00:05, 15 March 2022
This page lists resources that are available for free to help you with developing games on Playdate - everything from free assets, libraries to extend Playdate's capabilities, or tutorials to help you get up to speed.
Tutorials
Programming Playdate YouTube video
Getting Started with the Playdate SDK (Windows-based)
Everything About Playdate SDK Collisions in 7 Minutes
Compiling Lua projects on Windows
IDE Integrations
Visual Studio Simulator build integration
VS code - Windows LUA development template This template will help you with autocompletion and running your code in simulator.
VS Code (Mac OS only) launch extension
Libraries
AnimatedSprite: Extends Playdate's sprite capabilities.
Playdate Aseprite Palettes: An Aseprite extension giving you palettes representing Playdate's 1-bit colour palette.
GFXP Lib GFXP is a small library with a collection of patterns for Playdate.
Fonts
June: June is a multilingual, high-resolution bitmap font with some playful curves and distinctive letterforms, inspired by portable game fonts of the 00's.
Tools
Dithering Oven: Great 1 Bit Image Dithering tool
Jsfxr: Jsfxr is an online 8 bit sound maker and sfx generator. All you need to make retro sound effects with jsfxr is a web browser
GFXP Pattern Editor v2: A simple browser tool for creating new patterns and a large library of ready-made ones. Now with the ability to create your own library.