Today
A downloadable project
A version of my 2009 macOS screensaver for the Playdate handheld.
Inspired by On Kawara's "Today Series". A series of paintings, each consisting of a monochrome background onto which is inscribed the date of the day on which the individual painting is executed, in the language and according to the calendrical conventions of the country in which Kawara is present when he began it. Kawara created nearly 3,000 date paintings in more than 112 cities worldwide in a project that was planned to end only with his death. He died at age 81 on July 10, 2014.
User settings
- Display (AUTO, light, dark)
- auto switches to dark at 6PM and light at 6AM
- Format (YEAR, minute, second, day)
- MAR.9,2022
- 13:37
- 13:37:11
- WED.9.MAR
System settings
- 12/24 hour time display
Controls
- D-pad
- to change display setting
- A/B
- to change format setting
- Menu
- to change both settings
Purchase
In order to download this project you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $3 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Version 1.1 (20231214)Dec 14, 2023
Comments
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does the clock have a 12 hour format setting?
I just uploaded a new version that respects the system setting for 12/24 hour time display. Cheers!
awesome buddy! thanks.
i like the font! did you make it?
Yes, and no. The font is a well known one called Avant Garde. Back in 2009 I searched for a version of it that was most like the font painted in the Today series. I think I found it on an old Corel Xara font CD. I converted that to a subset because I only needed certain characters. This year, for Playdate, I converted my old font to bitmap. So, it’s complicated :)
undestood! for now i’m just sticking to the fonts in the sdk resources but it would be nice to have more options. i’ll have to learn about converting arbitrary fonts to work nicely in the playdate :)
Cool idea! I’ll get it as soon as I receive my Playdate :)