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The '''Playdate''' is an upcoming console by [[Panic]]. Preorders will open in July of 2021, with consoles to ship to buyers an indeterminate amount of time after. | The '''Playdate''' is an upcoming console by [[Panic]]. Preorders will open in July of 2021, with consoles to ship to buyers an indeterminate amount of time after. It will cost $179 USD, with extra for shipping. | ||
== Games == | == Games == | ||
The Playdate includes the [[:Category:Season 1|first Season]] of games for free with the purchase, with 24 games being included. They will be released at a rate of two games per week for three months from when the Playdate is first powered on. These games will be provided over the built in Wi-Fi. | |||
Games can also be developed, shared and loaded on the Playdate from a PC using the included USB cable. | Further official game releases are undetermined at this time - Panic has said they want to see the response to the Season model before they decide what to do next. | ||
Games can also be developed, shared and loaded on the Playdate's internal memory from a PC using the included USB cable. | |||
All Playdate games to date are singleplayer, but Panic plan on adding multiplayer functionality to the [[Playdate SDK]] some time down the road. | All Playdate games to date are singleplayer, but Panic plan on adding multiplayer functionality to the [[Playdate SDK]] some time down the road. | ||
Revision as of 12:23, 15 June 2021
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| Release Date: | July 2021 (Preorders) ???? 2021 (Shipping) | |
| Developers: | Panic Teenage Engineering | |
The Playdate is an upcoming console by Panic. Preorders will open in July of 2021, with consoles to ship to buyers an indeterminate amount of time after. It will cost $179 USD, with extra for shipping.
Games
The Playdate includes the first Season of games for free with the purchase, with 24 games being included. They will be released at a rate of two games per week for three months from when the Playdate is first powered on. These games will be provided over the built in Wi-Fi.
Further official game releases are undetermined at this time - Panic has said they want to see the response to the Season model before they decide what to do next.
Games can also be developed, shared and loaded on the Playdate's internal memory from a PC using the included USB cable.
All Playdate games to date are singleplayer, but Panic plan on adding multiplayer functionality to the Playdate SDK some time down the road.
Development
Every Playdate console serves as a development system; as long as you have a PC with a copy of the Playdate SDK, you'll be able to use it to develop, test and play Playdate games. These games can then be shared across the internet and played by other players.
The Playdate SDK supports both the Lua and C programming languages, with a series of Lua-specific Playdate libraries included with the SDK in order to help development in that language. It also has a simulator for the Playdate that can be used to test games.
There will also be a secondary development system, Pulp, which allows for simple, tile based games to be developed for the Playdate entirely via a web browser.
Specifications
- 76 x 74 x 9mm size.
- 180MHz Cortex M7 CPU.
- 16MB of RAM with 32KB of L1Cache.
- 4GB Flash storage (3.5GB usable).
- 400 x 240 monochrome display.
- Mono speaker with stereo headphone jack.
- Microphone.
- D-Pad & A + B buttons.
- Physical hardware crank.
- 802.11bgn 2.4GHz Wi-Fi & Bluetooth.
- 8 hour battery life, two week standby time.
- 3-Axis accelerometer.
- USB-C for charging and data (USB-C to USB-A cable included in box)