"Dots" - my first Playdate game

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Heya!

I thought I share a mini-game that I made for Playdate today: itch, download link, source code.

dots-gameplay

"Dots" is a working title, and the game is sort of like a rhythm game without music (yet!) where you have to hit the "notes" by rotating crank to align the open circles. It was fun to work on and I probably don't mind taking it further in coming days.

Let me know what you think!

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Very cool!

I love the little touch where the dots get smaller as they get near the centre of the circle. Juicy!

Are you going to add music soon?

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I love the little touch where the dots get smaller as they get near the centre of the circle. Juicy!

Thank you!

Are you going to add music soon?

This is the plan! I need to:

  1. Write a midi loop that is long enough to not be repetitive, but challenging enough
  2. Write a synth abstraction for Playdate that supports varying bpm
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Well, I quickly came up with something, it was super fun: https://github.com/indutny/playdate-game/releases/download/v1.0.3/Dots.pdx.zip . It isn't perfect and I'll probably refine it tomorrow!

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To be honest, I'm not entirely sure if it is better with music (even if I make the music better). Perhaps, I should keep it simple as in original post?