site23 wrote:Congrats ORKN, Resonant Tale did great! Really pleased for you!
Thank you! There was actually a bit of an awkward oscars-style mix-up and Resonant Tale actually won three awards including Best Adventure, which was announced differently in the video. To cut a long story short, I was told ahead of the show which awards Resonant Tale had won so that they could get a quote from me to display on the store page, so I went in expecting to see Resonant Tale get the win and was confused when it didn't. It's all been resolved now but I had to hold off posting anything on socials immediately after the show while it got sorted - apparently it came down to a spreadsheet mix-up and miscommunication, and I feel very bad for the game Post Hero that has had the award taken back! (I did suggest we could share it, but that's not what they decided to do in the end.)
Couldn't be happier with the wins regardless! Pulp Game of the Year, Best Adventure, and Pulp Technical Achievement is an amazing set, alongside the other nominations
jawa_ wrote:That was a fantastic show! ... I'd love to get a Playdate!
One of us! One of us!
Jenuall wrote:The game that was on the stream just now, Midnight Raider, looked fantastic!
Midnight Raider looks great for sure! Given what's upcoming for this year, I'm very glad Resonant Tale released last year haha
Just to highlight a few others:
Sketchbook MastersPokemon with famous art. It's genuinely genius, with different art movements as the "types" and the player making accurate copies of the 'mons in their sketchbook as the "capture" mechanic.
CometAn adventure game that uses a crank powered lamp as its central mechanic, this started as a Pulp game made by one person like Resonant Tale but has become a full SDK game made by a team, definitely one of my most anticipated games on Playdate!
DioraMonument Valley/Captain Toad style puzzling, and very impressive looking for the Playdate. Some really smart stuff going on!
Otto's Galactic GrooveA crank-based rhythm game similar to Trombone Champ but more serious. Rupert (who did the Resonant Tale soundtrack) is also composing the soundtrack for this
Crank WarA tile-based RTS played out on a rotating drum world (crank to spin, naturally) with amazing art. You have to take down kaiju with Advance Wars style tanks!