Strategies for Playdate

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• Changelog (1.2.3)
  April 29, 2024 by gingerbeardman

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  A few new decks brings us to 40+ decks and 2750+ cards! 8 Golden Rules of Interface Design, Ben Shneiderman, 1985– 10 Principles of Good Design, Dieter Rams, 1976 Design Rules, Jeff Raskin, 2000 ps... Continue reading
• Changelog (1.2.2)
  April 05, 2024 by gingerbeardman

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  Minor update. This wonderful list, “40 things I have learned being a creative entrepreneur”, was published on Twitter by Michael Flarup to celebrate his 40th birthday. https://twitter.com/flarup/s... Continue reading
• Changelog (1.2.1)
  August 21, 2023 by gingerbeardman

  Minor update. version/build number is now incremented includes the missing “Capital Cities” quiz deck... Continue reading
• Changelog (1.2)
  August 19, 2023 by gingerbeardman

  Version 1.2 is a pretty big update and addresses most issues that were found in earlier versions. It also adds a ton of new stuff. add: quiz mode! add: q&a appearance preference add: sound capability... Continue reading
• Changelog (1.1)
  July 29, 2023 by gingerbeardman

  Version 1.1 This version is notable for adding colour support (Simulator-only) on a per-deck level for regular decks and per-card level for game decks. It also adds jump labels in game mode, making au... Continue reading
• Where to put your Custom Decks?
  July 27, 2023 by gingerbeardman

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  This can be tricky the first time. If you mount the Playdate as data disk, over USB, it will show up as a drive on your computer. Open that drive, then drill into DATA folder. Then you’re looking fo... Continue reading
• Font choices (1.2)
  July 26, 2023 by gingerbeardman

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  apple = Chicago bold = Bitroute Bold futura = Futura Bold Oblique computer = IBM-style VGA pixel font pixel = UniPixels sans = Univers serif = JF-Dot-jiskan stdin = ST-DIN super = Supermini system = P... Continue reading
• Example: Interactive Fiction (1.2)
  July 26, 2023 by gingerbeardman

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  The format is the same as a regular custom deck , with additional text to define available buttons and jump locations. Example (title and options cards) The Secret of Little Rapa\\a work of interactiv... Continue reading
• Example: Custom Deck
  July 26, 2023 by gingerbeardman

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  Decks are plain text One line per card Place them in a folder on your Playdate at com.gingerbeardman.strategies/decks Structure first line is Title card second line is font definition subsequent lines... Continue reading
• Changelog (1.0)
  July 26, 2023 by gingerbeardman

  features 36 embedded decks (~2500 cards) 5 sample text decks crank to change card smoothly dice mode easing of animated card first transition includes title card font presets fonts (9 choices) game mo... Continue reading
• Credits for bundled decks (1.2.3)
  July 25, 2023 by gingerbeardman

  8 Golden Rules of Interface Design , Ben Shneiderman, 1985- link 10 Principles of Good Design , Dieter Rams, 1976- link 40 things I have learned being a creative entrepreneur , Michael Flarup, 2024 li... Continue reading