# Playdate - new handheld gaming system, with a crank **URL:** \ **Category:** Video Games\ **Created:** [May 22, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531 "2019-05-22T23:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/61 "2020-07-21T12:29:40Z")
Yes! A buddy of mine Nic is working on that. He ported one version quite quickly, and has restarted to port a more versatile version. I didn’t know there were so many different versions of doom source code! ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/62 "2020-07-31T19:34:53Z")
Exclusive look at a new car! ~~Possibly the game mascot car.~~ ![Screen shot 2020-07-31 at 20.29.51](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/retrogameboards/original/2X/0/06eab9c709601ebbc5b2bfd8fa20a12aacfa53de.png) ---
**Author:** ![dubc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/dubc/32/758_2.png) [@dubc](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/dubc)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/63 "2020-08-01T15:34:14Z")
It’s kind of like a VW bug that hasn’t fully accepted its future as a dune buggy. I like it! ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/64 "2020-08-12T22:04:11Z")
Thread of work-in-progress games by developer preview folks, including my little driving game! > ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/65 "2020-08-12T22:43:56Z")
Congrats @matt. Really hope I get to play your game 🤞🏻 ---
**Author:** ![Sapiens](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/sapiens/32/5160_2.png) [@Sapiens](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/66 "2020-08-13T13:21:45Z")
Nice work dude. Can’t wait to play it. ---
**Author:** ![petpolitics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/petpolitics/32/7604_2.png) [@petpolitics](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/petpolitics)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/67 "2020-08-13T13:47:29Z")
Saw that your game was featured - nice work! ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/68 "2020-08-14T21:55:42Z")
A really good response to my game announce, including several people who said they would buy a device just to play it. Dream scenario! ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/69 "2020-09-06T07:26:18Z")
I’m running a Patreon for my game, rewards are behind the scenes “making of” posts for those that might be interested in the game or Playdate or game development. > **[Matt Sephton is creating Daily Driver for Playdate | Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dailydriver)** > > Become a patron of Matt Sephton today: Get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators. With regards to release, season one is full (and apparently has been for some time!?! bit of a shock to the developer preview crowd) so things are up in the air right now. I’d rather have it released as part of a season so people are surprised to discover and play it, rather having to try to convince people to buy and play it. Any thoughts? > ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/70 "2020-09-06T11:56:46Z")
Definitely try to get it in a season if you can. Either way, if I could get my hands on the hardware, I’m down to play it. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/71 "2020-09-06T11:57:44Z")
My thoughts exactly. Let’s see what the next couple of months bring. ---
**Author:** ![sixteen-bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@sixteen-bit](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/sixteen-bit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/72 "2020-09-15T14:48:05Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jSLqYU5FwVk/maxresdefault.jpg "Mini Music Game Console - Why?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSLqYU5FwVk) 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/73 "2020-09-15T16:24:47Z")
Not surprised. Clones always seem to happen for every handheld. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/74 "2020-10-14T18:26:07Z")
Work on my game continues. I’ve also just set all the Patreon posts to readable, so nothing is locked away. Release date still unknown. The only certainty is that we can only be getting closer to release. The SDK continues to evolve. I recently benchmarked the last 4 versions and reported some performance regressions. I’ve been told that they liked my benchmarks so much they’ll be doing this internally going forward. So performance should improve and then at least not get any worse, but hopefully it improves over time. This is pretty huge as going forward it will benefit the platform itself as well as every game - not just the high performance “crazy” 60fps-targeting games like mine! …onwards! ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/75 "2020-10-30T22:09:43Z")
News! Delayed until early 2021, will never be “sold out”, more games in Season 1 (but not mine). > **[Playdate October 2020 Update](https://play.date/update-oct/)** > > Quick summary: a tough year, but our Season One games are locked, with more games than planned, the hardware is locked, the OS is almost there, and mass production for batch one starts next month. ---
**Author:** ![Yakumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/yakumo/32/1538_2.png) [@Yakumo](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Yakumo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/76 "2020-10-31T17:19:34Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u4OLntIqnO0/maxresdefault.jpg "Playdate - Yet to be released but it has a knock off") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4OLntIqnO0) Well, at least we can buy the knock off right now. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/77 "2020-12-05T00:41:38Z")
I’m now considering porting my almost finished game to other devices. I’ll be pitching to publishers soon. Not really what I expected to be doing. ---
**Author:** ![petpolitics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/petpolitics/32/7604_2.png) [@petpolitics](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/petpolitics)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/78 "2020-12-05T01:03:26Z")
Has something changed? Or is it a result of not being included in the first Season of games? ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/79 "2020-12-05T01:38:36Z")
Nothing has really changed, things actually have to happen to cause change and nothing is happening from a Playdate Developer Preview perspective at least! After the delay, and Season 1 being full (if you ignore the game by Chuhai Labs - developed since June this year - that was announced as a Playdate launch title just last week)…I just did some simple timelines. - Launch, maybe Easter - Season 1, maybe 4 months long - Earliest Season 2, maybe Aug 2021 or even 2022 - Fuck I’m not going to park this for a year on a wish and a hope. I need to be proactive. Plus, I think my game would work well on Mobile and, say, Switch. ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531/80 "2020-12-05T04:05:26Z")
I’d pick it up on Switch for sure. [Previous page](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531.md?page=3) [Next page](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/playdate-new-handheld-gaming-system-with-a-crank/1531.md?page=5)