u/stuffbyrae

hello! quick post to let you know that my nice klondike solitaire game i've been working on will be coming to the catalog at some point in the future! i just got the acceptance e-mail today, so i don't have a concrete release date yet. but at an educated guess; i'd hazard to say maybe late october to early november? grain of salt, though.

it's all 100% human-done (art, sounds, code; the lot), it's got a HEAP of gameplay and graphics customization options (and even some amazing custom decks from guest playdate artists — thank you toadleigh for making the awesome reel-istic fishing-inspired deck in this gif!), and it's just generally good ol' solitaire fun that's perfectly suited for the playdate.

i hope you like it! if you wanna keep tabs, you can visit https://rae.wtf for updates and more cool stuff. have a nice day! xo

hello! my nice playdate games are on sale as part of augustravaganza!

you can find all my games in catalog here: https://play.date/games/studios/wtf.rae — but if you'll allow me some plug time to talk about a couple highlights...

rowbot rally took home outstanding visual achievement and the CRANKY award in this year's community awards. it's typically $15, but right now you can get it for $11! it's experimental and made with love

HEXA's a nice match-six puzzler that you'll have trouble putting down once you pick it up...even if your score isn't all that great to start. usually $8, you can get it for just a fiver right now!

labsylle's a wordsy, swappy puzzle game that focuses more on chill par-based scoring than timing...though there's also a 60-second mode if you want the thrill. usually $7, you can get it for $6 right now

cloudburst! traffic jam! mission lunatrix! bona fido! first in... line? all great games (and an app!), each typically $5, available right now for the low low price of $3!

across the gamut, there's surely something you'll be interested in. all made with absolutely zero AI. i'm in it for the love of the game! and if you love games too, then i think you'll get along just fine with mine. thanks for your time! have a nice day

(by the way, i'm working on new stuff, too! the solitaire game i shared in the past has been bowled for a catalog spot (fingers crossed!!), and we're basically right on the eve of my mysterious "project pesto" being revealed to the world. if you wanna stay up-to-date on the latest, you can visit my website, at https://rae.wtf !)

hello, happy august! august is pretty cool. we're right in the dog days of summer, the days are bright and sunny, ...why not take your playdate out to enjoy some great games?

i'm happy to announce that the 2026 installment of our augustravaganza community sale is live NOW! it's a big people-powered event where a bunch of nice people put their games on sale in catalog for the first week of august. we did it in 2024 and 2025, and they've been tremendously fun to organize, so let's run it back!

in 2024, we had a little over 30 games available as part of the event. in 2025, over 60 participating games came through! now, i'll admit i completed this nice key art a little early...but i'm happy to announce that we actually have over 80 games participating in this year's sale! if you wanna see everybody who registered their games, check out this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FKVh8_5uF20S5ezeoNpsdPvMElOKx44PlquJe8yiFUM/edit?usp=sharing

or, if you want some particular highlights...
• playdate all-timers gun trails and P-racing are just $1 each!
• the vast catalogs of powerdive games and scenic route software are all on sale!
• two playdate GOTYs, reel-istic fishing and echo: the oracle's scroll, are each half off!
• agents of groove and under the tree are nearly half off!
• the mind-blowing outside parties available for just $9!
• much, much, much more!

if you wanna see everything there is to buy — and pick up some of it for yourself — you can head straight to the "on sale" section in catalog, on your playdate! (press B from the main menu, and scroll down). if you wanna browse on web, you can visit https://play.date/games/tags/on-sale/

i think it's really fun to be able to organize these, so thank you to everybody who volunteered their games! and thank you folk for your support. feel free to use the comment section to let everyone know what you picked up, or what you already have that you think others should take a look at!

"gee, rae, you've been showing us a lot of prototypes and not a lot of finished games!" i KNOW i KNOW, just bear with me

uum hey! i wanted to play klondike solitaire on my playdate, so i decided to make a klondike client (see image 1). i know i'm not breaking any new ground here — there are klondike games in catalog, even — but i thought it would be fun to throw my hat into the ring! and i've honestly been getting a lot of mileage out of it as a player from the exact moment it was coded enough to be playable LOL

it's work in progress right now, but real polished so far. i've been working on adding a whole bunch of settings and rule tweaks as well, to really make it yours. with luck, i'll even have stuff like solvable decks, auto-completion, full undo history, and cold-suspend/resume. there are also a few fun features that take advantage of playdate specifically; like crank-to-complete with granular settings (see image 2!), and Quick-Pick (for grabbing a whole stack real fast)

there's also a system for changing the background, card designs, and cursors (see image 3) — i plan to make a bunch myself, but i've also been gathering a couple guest decks from volunteer playdate developers. good times!

this is my first time making a game that literally fully already exists, so it's quite out of my wheelhouse, but it's been quite the fun code challenge! as with all my stuff, it's completely human-made, and i plan to make it completely open-source. i hope to submit to catalog by the 2nd...because on the 2nd, the new rhythm heaven game comes out, and i know that's gonna make me unproductive for at least a month solid XP

thanks for listening! i only plan to include klondike (for now?!), but let me know if there's anything fun you'd like to see out of it!

hello!! just wanted to quickly cash in some brag tokens to show off what just arrived in the mail today (shiny!!), ...and also take a moment to say, thank you all for playing and liking the games i've put out.

it's still so surreal to me that not only can i actually make and release video games like i've wanted to do since i was a kid (thank you playdate for making that so overwhelmingly easy), and not only are people able to play and appreciate the stuff i do (thank you, all of you, for playing!); but i also have tangible metal proof of that fact to keep me going (thank you paul straw, daniel simon, BT, toad, literally everybody who puts on the awards show this and every year).

i've always got more stuff that i'm working on, and seeing just how much of an impact my games can have really motivates me to wanna keep at it. here's to another year of great playdate games! thanks for your time.

hello! i'll keep it brief, but a couple cool updates regarding my nice playdate puzzle game HEXA today:
• it's now available on steam!! (with nice things like leaderboards, achievements, and rich presence.) peep the trailer above!
• it's now localized into japanese!! (alongside existing english and french localizations.) as with the other localizations and the game itself, it's an entirely human effort — thank you to my lovely translator, philemax; and testers/proofreaders!
• a new update is also available (no matter where you play) with a whooole smattering of bug fixes and tweaks.

you can buy (or wishlist!) HEXA on steam here. $8 USD, same as the playdate version: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4581230/HEXA
peep the changelog to see what's new in-game: https://rae.wtf/blog/hexa-manual#changelog
and read a lot more words about the meta-happenings here: https://rae.wtf/blog/hexa-too-much-news

thanks for your time! xoxo

(...oh, and if you've previously purchased HEXA for your PC on itch dot io, check your download page — you have a steam key available to claim!)

hello! all eight of the nice games i've made for playdate catalog are on sale right now. find your next obsession! here are some highlights:
• rowbot rally has cute cutscenes, experimental gameplay, and a loving story. winner of the CRANKY and outstanding visuals awards in 2025! 13% off at $13
• HEXA is an addicting match-six puzzle game based on everybody's favorite shape. nominated for best arcade game and best puzzle game in 2024! just a fiver.
• plenty of great titles such as cloudburst, traffic jam, and first in... line? are just three bucks!

the sale runs until next saturday, may 2nd, at 10am pacific time. if you pick something(s) up, let me know what you think! always happy to hear from folks.
all my games: https://play.date/games/search/?q=raewtf&sort=newest

have a nice week!