u/Similar_Bunch6896

▲ 28 r/PlaydateConsole

🌞 Summer Sale lasts until Monday!

https://itch.io/s/190427/summer-sale-2026

https://play.date/games/the-fall-of-magic-castle/

https://play.date/games/magic-castle/

Hey, let's have some fun! Please don't spoil the solution in the comments until all codes are used ;) Hints are ok!

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What can I say? ThisSummerSureIsHot

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u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 2 days ago

▲ 76 r/PlaydateDeveloper+1 crossposts

That's a wrap! 🎬 A whole series on Playdate Video Game Development. Had fun doing those.

It's a series of videos that summarize my experiences with creating stuff for the yellow brick. Today I'm publishing the last one, as I think I covered every topic I wanted to.

Most of it is about the different aspects of developing a game for the Playdate, some is a post-mortem for The Fall of Magic Castle, some is just a hands-on tutorial.

youtube.com

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 4 days ago

▲ 23 r/PlaydateConsole

Summer Sale! 🌞 Grab Magic Castle on Catalog or snag the Superbundle on itch!

Catalog:
https://play.date/games/magic-castle/
https://play.date/games/the-fall-of-magic-castle/

Itch:

https://itch.io/s/190427/summer-sale-2026

(free demo for The Fall of Magic Castle is also available on itch)

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 11 days ago

▲ 10 r/PlaydateDeveloper

Playdate Game Development: Having Fun with Blender

Today a few notes on working with Blender and how 3D models can be used in a Playdate game :)

youtu.be

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 12 days ago

▲ 10 r/PlaydateDeveloper

Playdate Game Development: Having Fun with Panels

Today I wanted to share a few insights on working with Panels - one of the best Playdate libraries.

youtube.com

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 19 days ago

▲ 23 r/PlaydateDeveloper

Playdate Game Development: Organizing Game Data & Code

Today diving into the Playdate SDK and talking about how I structured my data & logic in the Fall of Magic Castle. Practical details on making a quest system, managing game data, organizing sprites etc.

youtu.be

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 26 days ago

▲ 14 r/PlaydateDeveloper

Playdate Game Development: Finding Inspiration

Today I wanted to talk about finding inspiration. Mostly focused on doing research when constructing gameplay systems and where do I usually look for ideas (other games, books etc.)

youtu.be

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 1 month ago

▲ 15 r/PlaydateDeveloper

Playdate Game Development: Creating Levels

This time I wanted to share a few things about creating levels (both Pulp and SDK). The SDK part focuses a lot on LDTK integration and summarizes the workflow I used for The Fall of Magic Castle, including some gotchas and general advice.

youtu.be

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 1 month ago

▲ 14 r/PlaydateDeveloper

Playdate Game Development: Editing Assets

A few things that I picked up during the development of Magic Castle & The Fall of Magic Castle.

youtu.be

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 2 months ago

▲ 41 r/PlaydateConsole

Starting a new series on Playdate Gamedev. Tutorials / Postmortem. Basically just a collection of thoughts and a summary of all the things learned so far.

youtu.be

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 2 months ago

▲ 76 r/PlaydateConsole

Magic Castle sold over a 1000 copies on Catalog!

When Magic Castle first released on Catalog in August 2024, I hoped that at least a handful of people would be interested. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would reach over 1,000 sales on Catalog!

Thanks to everyone who gave it a chance, for all the messages and emails I received about the game, and for all the suggestions for improvements. I tried to incorporate some of them into the sequel :)

Here's a bunch of download codes for both games:

(Edit: All the codes are used up, but there's still a week to grab both games at a discount!)
Catalog:
https://play.date/games/magic-castle/
https://play.date/games/the-fall-of-magic-castle/

Itch:
https://itch.io/s/181407/magic-castle-bundle

Magic Castle

~~https://michalakweb.itch.io/magic-castle/download/MXNlFPwKNrcJoYPTTQo_WMfl_oFw9JbS0qsPKZid~~

~~https://michalakweb.itch.io/magic-castle/download/SoqyZaM__jQd6C2T4Lc3G81eydpvch5dk2r6vzwP~~

~~https://michalakweb.itch.io/magic-castle/download/kYU7SMzzsStDB6pErmrVsvAi__M2jBz9NbkF8gEJ~~

The Fall of Magic Castle

~~https://michalakweb.itch.io/the-fall-of-magic-castle/download/QzNrGH559MQkACddOak0NUm5M8_q3OunRkEXhkh_~~

~~https://michalakweb.itch.io/the-fall-of-magic-castle/download/de6wgUdrWPy7yfPpfPgvZ3dDfuzsTcgRHmnwBMdA~~

~~https://michalakweb.itch.io/the-fall-of-magic-castle/download/GbvRuF_zWeTwgYw92ChPQXh_gnNMOrB3WqTOadMq~~

u/Similar_Bunch6896 — 2 months ago