Panic Playdate
Playdate is a handheld video game console developed by Panic. The device features a mechanical crank and a 1bit black-and-white screen that operating like e-paper but can produce up to 60 FPS. Official SDK is openly available, supports C, C++ and Lua languages and includes simulator. Games are created using SDK can be freely sideloaded to the device.
- GitHub: https://github.com/topics/playdate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playdate_(console)
- Created by: Panic
- Released: 2022
- Related Topics: game-development,
- Aliases: panic-playdate, playdate-console,
- Last updated: 2026-06-06 00:19:35 UTC
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https://github.com/gamesrightmeow/drainage
A tool for draining your Playdate's battery
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Last synced: 04 Sep 2025
https://github.com/thacuber2a03/playdate-luals
A LuaLS addon for the Playdate API
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Last synced: 15 Apr 2025
https://github.com/idleberg/playdate-sdk-feed
The missing feeds for Playdate SDK updates
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Last synced: 27 Apr 2025
https://github.com/jaames/playupdate
A bot that periodically checks for Playdate firmware updates and notifies a Discord channel when a new one is detected
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Last synced: 25 Mar 2025
https://github.com/carmon/playdate_jam
This is an arcade game I made to get familiar with Playdate development.
Last synced: 28 Jan 2026
https://github.com/megus/pdmod4play
Tracker module player demo for Playdate
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Last synced: 07 Feb 2026
https://github.com/CGagnier/six-card-golf
First experiment of coding a game using love2d
Last synced: 18 Apr 2025
https://github.com/cadin/panels-cutscene-example
Example showing how to integrate Panels comics into a Playdate game.
Last synced: 05 Mar 2026
https://github.com/rafapp/tenderroot
Global Game Jam 2023 entry. Puzzle game for the theme "Root" created using Lua, and the PlayDate SDK
Last synced: 14 Feb 2026
https://github.com/joyrider3774/my_browser_games
Builds of my browserplayable games shown in a modified microStudio MicroBox frontend
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Last synced: 18 Apr 2026
https://github.com/alanaktion/rens-adventures
A simple VN template for Playdate
Last synced: 21 Aug 2025
https://github.com/joyrider3774/puzzleland_playdate
Puzzle Land is a remake of the gameboy game Daedalian opus also known as puzzle road in japan.
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Last synced: 29 Mar 2025
https://github.com/ChildishGiant/playdate-yuescript-template
My template for using yuescript to write games for the playdate
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Last synced: 11 Apr 2026
https://github.com/childishgiant/playdate-yuescript-template
My template for using yuescript to write games for the playdate
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Last synced: 15 May 2026
https://github.com/joyrider3774/waternet_playdate
Waternet is a multiplatform puzzle game written for old consoles and handhelds like Game Boy (Color), Game Gear, Master System, Analogue Pocket and Mega Duck and now also Playdate !
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Last synced: 29 Mar 2025
https://github.com/joyrider3774/formula1_playdate
Formula 1 Game & Watch is a small, fictive game & watch style lcd game with high score keeping.
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Last synced: 29 Mar 2025
https://github.com/headblockhead/nix-playdatemirror
A nix flake to provide Playdate Mirror by Panic
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Last synced: 13 Jun 2025
https://github.com/deseteral/alchimia-pd
🎮 Playdate port of game I've made during Ludum Dare 51.
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Last synced: 15 May 2026
https://github.com/daprice/rollbackrally
A Playdate game made in a weekend for #PlayJam 2
Last synced: 24 Feb 2025
https://github.com/chances/zig-playdate
Zig template for building Playdate games & apps
Last synced: 27 Jun 2025
https://github.com/comhendrik/arrowgame
An arrow shooting game for the playdate
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Last synced: 14 Mar 2025
https://github.com/joyrider3774/funkey_sdl2_games
builds of my sdl2 playdate games for funkey / rg nano
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Last synced: 21 Jan 2026
https://github.com/aras-p/playdators
Simple 3D "engine" for Playdate console
Last synced: 27 Oct 2025
https://github.com/gruvw/chemishot
Transform learning chemistry and physics into a fun adventure with Playdate!
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Last synced: 06 Apr 2025
https://github.com/strawdynamics/pdbmp
BMP loader for Playdate, written in Nim
Last synced: 19 Mar 2026
https://github.com/bombsimon/play-out
☄️ A Breakout clone written for Playdate
Last synced: 20 Mar 2025
https://github.com/bdougherty/deal-with-it-playdate
A fun thing for Playdate
Last synced: 10 Sep 2025
https://github.com/brettchalupa/pdprototypes
Small experiments with the Playdate SDK
Last synced: 04 Jul 2025
https://github.com/esimkowitz/sunfish
Sailing game for Playdate, written in Rust
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Last synced: 20 Apr 2026
https://github.com/joyrider3774/benchmark_c_playdate
port of nim bindings benchmark, which in itself is a port of the lua benchmark
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Last synced: 24 Oct 2025
https://github.com/bigaston/enjam2022
You're playing a cursed steamroller that must kill cultists to summon the demon that cursed you.
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Last synced: 09 Jun 2026
https://github.com/alicerunsonfedora/pdkutils
The missing Playdate SDK package for Swift.
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Last synced: 02 Apr 2026
https://github.com/bastienleonard/playdate-font-converter
Generates Playdate font files from local fonts.
Last synced: 19 Apr 2026
https://github.com/robloach/asdf-playdate
Playdate SDK plugin for asdf version manager
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Last synced: 07 Apr 2025
https://github.com/colmugx/playdate-starter
A boilerplate project for Playdate developers to jumpstart their game creation process.
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Last synced: 13 Jun 2026
https://github.com/clpsplug/playdate_util_libs
My take at utility libraries for use in Playdate.
Last synced: 26 Jul 2025
https://github.com/romanthekat/play.dice-roller
Simple dice roller app for playdate
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Last synced: 11 Sep 2025
https://github.com/themkat/playdate-mode
Simple mode built upon lua-mode for Emacs for developing Playdate applications and games.
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Last synced: 25 Apr 2026
https://github.com/joyrider3774/retrotime_playdate
RetroTime for playdate is a game containing 8 retro based games playable in 3 game modes being Retro Carousel, Time Attack and Lives mode.
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Last synced: 29 Mar 2025
https://github.com/brettchalupa/pdsnake
No-frills Snake for Playdate
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Last synced: 07 Oct 2025
https://github.com/joyrider3774/playdate_custom_icons
icons for playdate games not having them
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Last synced: 08 Jan 2026
https://github.com/robertkist/cmoria_rpg_dev
A CRPG "forever" hobby project
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Last synced: 13 Oct 2025
https://github.com/britalmeida/project_snooze
Game submission for the PlayJam4!
Last synced: 08 Oct 2025
https://github.com/brettchalupa/pdqrcodegen
Easily generate pre-rendered QR codes for your Playdate game from the Simulator
Last synced: 15 Oct 2025
https://github.com/ambercaravalho/tamaplay
Generation 1 Tamagotchi rewrite for the Panic Playdate, written in Lua using the Playdate SDK.
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Last synced: 21 Mar 2025
https://github.com/notpeter/playdate-tribuild
Demo of Triangle geometry motion for Playdate
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Last synced: 18 Oct 2025
https://github.com/dps2004/playdate-zerobrane
Playdate Simulator and API support for ZeroBrane Studio
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Last synced: 29 Oct 2025
