Hi everybody,
I'm happy to release today a new game for the Playdate, called "The Simorgh".
It is the adaptation of a game published in a French magazine of the 80s, itself inspired by a novel. The game is available in English and French.
Here are some screenshots:
The game is free and available here: itch.io
I don't have the chance to have a Playdate console yet, so I would appreciate feedbacks on real hardware, thanks!
That artwork looks really cool on Playdate! I'll be giving this a play soon...
Very slick! Progress gets saved (and can be reset) 
Art looks terrific and scrolls smoothly. Text is bold and readable, with slick little transitions. Lots of polish.
I discovered you can hold (A) to fast-forward the text. Nice touch!
A couple things you might not know without hardware:
• I see you added an update with music! But for a sideloaded app to properly update and replace the old version, you must increase the build number in pdxinfo. (Incrementing the visible "version number" too is user-friendly but not vital.)
• The launch card (in the Playdate main menu) is currently plain black. Adding a launch card image would be cool! Which is also done via pdxinfo.
(I looking forward to playing through the story... I still haven't had time for more than a quick look.)
Thank you so much for your feedback, I will address all the issues you have found quickly.
By the way, to test the full launch experience on the Simulator—launch card and all—you can "install" your .pdx by putting it into PlaydateSDK/Disk/Games. (You might then delete it if you're doing further work: I have a tendency to launch the old "installed" version by habit and then think I'm running the latest build!)
This looks great! I love the illustration style.
Confirmed: the new 1.1 download properly updates over the old version via sideload. Progress was preserved, and music plays! (AND it has a snazzy new launch card!)
love the look and vibe. the text looks great, not to mention the art.
