Swansonge
@swansonge.bsky.social
Just published a new Playdate game (for free) on itch.io! meteors is a simple arcade game about shooting meteors developed for Playdate. It's inspired by Asteroids and was my attempt at learning the mechanics of Playdate game development in Lua.
Find it here: swansonge.itch.io/meteors
Find it here: swansonge.itch.io/meteors
June 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Just published a new Playdate game (for free) on itch.io! meteors is a simple arcade game about shooting meteors developed for Playdate. It's inspired by Asteroids and was my attempt at learning the mechanics of Playdate game development in Lua.
Find it here: swansonge.itch.io/meteors
Find it here: swansonge.itch.io/meteors
Finished up the code I created some simple art for when people load the game onto their Playdate.
I’m hoping to publish Meteors to itch.io within the next week!
I’m hoping to publish Meteors to itch.io within the next week!
June 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Finished up the code I created some simple art for when people load the game onto their Playdate.
I’m hoping to publish Meteors to itch.io within the next week!
I’m hoping to publish Meteors to itch.io within the next week!
Had a lot of fun making these gang vocals. I tried playing 10 different characters from different points in the room to make it sound like a big group of people and not just copies of myself.
June 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Had a lot of fun making these gang vocals. I tried playing 10 different characters from different points in the room to make it sound like a big group of people and not just copies of myself.
Coded in a simple title screen animation. Honestly I think the game is pretty much code-complete, so I just have to work on some packaging touches before publishing the game.
June 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Coded in a simple title screen animation. Honestly I think the game is pretty much code-complete, so I just have to work on some packaging touches before publishing the game.
Localization is now dynamic!
June 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Localization is now dynamic!
Added Japanese localization! Translated it myself so it’s not perfect. がんばった😅
Next step is to implement a way to update the text after unpausing.
Next step is to implement a way to update the text after unpausing.
June 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Added Japanese localization! Translated it myself so it’s not perfect. がんばった😅
Next step is to implement a way to update the text after unpausing.
Next step is to implement a way to update the text after unpausing.
See if you can parse every take playing at once to hear what the new song actually sounds like lol
May 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
See if you can parse every take playing at once to hear what the new song actually sounds like lol
Added sound effects
Combining my hobbies of music production and game development has been fun :)
Combining my hobbies of music production and game development has been fun :)
May 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Added sound effects
Combining my hobbies of music production and game development has been fun :)
Combining my hobbies of music production and game development has been fun :)
Wrote some music for my game-in-progress. I’m probably putting in too much effort for what should be an exercise in learning Lua for Playdate lol
May 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wrote some music for my game-in-progress. I’m probably putting in too much effort for what should be an exercise in learning Lua for Playdate lol
Added a simple menu with to turn on/off crank controls. Trying to be more conscious of building in accessibility options early.
May 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Added a simple menu with to turn on/off crank controls. Trying to be more conscious of building in accessibility options early.
Added a simple game over screen with a restart option so the gameplay loop is closed!
(Still lots to work on though)
(Still lots to work on though)
April 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Added a simple game over screen with a restart option so the gameplay loop is closed!
(Still lots to work on though)
(Still lots to work on though)
Lots of progress on my Asteroids-like!
- made the asteroids bounce off each other instead of overlap
- added a simple title screen with a transition
- made the asteroids bounce off each other instead of overlap
- added a simple title screen with a transition
April 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Lots of progress on my Asteroids-like!
- made the asteroids bounce off each other instead of overlap
- added a simple title screen with a transition
- made the asteroids bounce off each other instead of overlap
- added a simple title screen with a transition
Making some progress on my Asteroids clone. The asteroids now split into smaller objects and I added a display for score. The smaller asteroids are worth more!
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Making some progress on my Asteroids clone. The asteroids now split into smaller objects and I added a display for score. The smaller asteroids are worth more!
Created a system for randomly spawning “meteors”
April 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Created a system for randomly spawning “meteors”
Double dev update for today! Figured out how to make the player character shoot bullets at the proper angle
April 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Double dev update for today! Figured out how to make the player character shoot bullets at the proper angle
Only took me 3 hours to figure out how to rotate a triangle using the Playdate crank
April 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Only took me 3 hours to figure out how to rotate a triangle using the Playdate crank
Unwrapping the game on the device
February 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Unwrapping the game on the device
View of the game on the Playdate website play.date/games/date-n...
February 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
View of the game on the Playdate website play.date/games/date-n...
Catalog view of the game
February 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Catalog view of the game