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“The ‘check-in everyday’ nature of the game’s design was done because we knew players would already be checking the device for new games during the season,” he explains. Busche, who worked on the writing, music and art of spring, say the structure was very deliberate. It is a game designed to be played in short spurts The flowers bloom over time, and you interact with other characters via text messages, waiting included. during that time they developed spring, a combination of visual novel and gardening sim, which tells the story of a young woman’s life as she opens a rooftop flower shop. RNG had the advantage of being part of the Developer Preview program, giving the studio access to the hardware for about two years before it was launched. “Releasing as soon as we could help guarantee us keeping track of the game.”
“We’re a small team of three, with almost no budget, so it was one of the few ways we could think of to help ‘market’ our game.” “Releasing as soon as we could help us keep track of the game, which we knew would be more difficult for us,” Busche explains. Right now, Itch.io is the best place to find these experiences There are dozens of games and apps in the “playdate” tag, ranging from short experiments to full-blown narrative adventures. Outside of the season structure, the device also supports sideloading games, so developers can still create and release titles for it, even if they’re not involved in the season. When it comes to new games, new Playdate owners are pretty much prepared for at least a few months.īut there’s another way for developers to support Playdate - and for some, being part of that early rush of excitement was a key strategy for a viable launch. It was finally released earlier this year, and those who purchased it had access to a “season” of games Two new titles would be downloaded automatically every week for 12 weeks, and Panic managed to get notable developers like Keita Takahashi and Bennett Foddy on board.
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That tool was the Playdate, a hand-off from longtime Mac software developer Panic, which is defined by both its short stature and its side-clumping crank. RNG’s Ben Bush explains, “Unless you count the Nintendo Switch, with every major console manufacturer now gone from this place, this sort of thing may only have been possible once.” “And we didn’t want to miss.” So when he saw a new wave of hand-holding on Twitter that looked like a little yellow Game Boy, he knew he had to be a part of it.
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The team at indie games studio RNG Party has always loved handheld gaming, especially Nintendo’s quirky portable devices.