Developer Resources

Art Resources

Sites

• https://jspaint.app/ - Online art program
• https://www.piskelapp.com/ - Online art program
• https://avatarmaker.com/ - Online portrait maker
• https://kaasiand.cool/tophat/ - For creating fonts for PlayDate
• https://dev.playdate.store/tools/gfxp/ - in-browser pattern editor

Various 1-bit conversion tools:

• https://kaasiand.cool/oven/
• https://www.pixelicious.xyz/
• https://potch.me/demos/playdither/
• https://29a.ch/ditherlicious/
• https://gazs.github.io/canvas-atkinson-dither/

Tutorials

• https://saint11.org/blog/pixel-art-tutorials/
• https://pixelparmesan.com/fundamentals-of-isometric-pixel-art/
• https://c6y.github.io/tilix-reference/

Programs

• BitCam - paid; a one-bit camera for iPhones
• PixelBasher - paid, a "kitbashing" program
• dotpict - free; for iPhone and Android
• OneBitDitherTool - free - PC
• Pixen - free with paid options; for Mac and iPad
  • Article on using Pixen to create Playdate graphics
• aesprite - paid - multiple platforms - the "gold standard" of pixel art programs.
  • https://twitter.com/Gogolitus/status/1634596725045198850?t=dwcjGHKH7IhUw0_LxkCQ8Q&s=19 add-on for Aseprite; dithering brushes.
  • https://noesteryo.itch.io/aseprite-isometric-guidelines add-on for Aseprite; isometric guidelines
  • https://github.com/dzuk-mutant/playdate-palette add-on for Aseprite; a playdate palette.

Assets

A variety of assets available for use.

A lot more can be found at https://itch.io/game-assets/tag-1-bit , but here are some commonly used ones.

Fonts

• http://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/gallery/ - Online font-maker; has various bitmap fonts.
• https://kaasiand.cool/tophat/ - Converts font files into Playdate font format
• https://gingerbeardman.itch.io/st-din-playdate-font - Ready-to-use Playdate fonts
• https://crabaret.itch.io/8x8-fonts-for-playdate-pulp - two fonts for Pulp development

User Interface

• https://andelrodis.itch.io/1-bit-game-ui-pack
• https://minalien.itch.io/playdate-16px-input-icons
• https://kenney.nl/assets/1-bit-input-prompts-pixel-16

Tile Sets

• https://winglesspenny64.itch.io/playdate-platformer-tileset - Useful for platformers

Misc

• https://jayjay99.itch.io/1-bit-portraits - Portraits

Music Resources

• https://github.com/GamesRightMeow/micaudioplayback

Game Design

• https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/how-to-make-a-roguelike - Making a Roguelike

Other Lists

• Awesome Playdate: A list of awesome resources for game development on Panic's Playdate console.