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Playtiles: The Pocket-Sized Gaming Platform

25 points by surprisetalk 1y ago

crimsoneer 1y ago
Aww this is a cute variation on the playdate model, which I really enjoyed
atulvi 1y ago
I've been wanting something like this! but how does it stick?
- mathgeek 1y ago
  From the FAQ, they're using one of the sticky surfaces that are reusable and refresh via getting them wet.
  - seivan 1y ago
    [dead]
sandboxdev 1y ago
I don't understand what you're buying, a sticker and access to the software?
- zem 1y ago
  the sticker is a game controller, with physical buttons. meant to give you more of a handheld gaming device experience on your phone
Y_Y 1y ago
Fuck QR codes so much. Yes they have good uses, but this isn't one of them. Would have been a good place to use NFC though.
- nosrepa 1y ago
  Cameras are more ubiquitous than nfc chips
bhz 1y ago
Sad that the dev-kit apparently costs money. Unless I'm missing something, you have to pay to explore the SDK.
- zem 1y ago
  it's not entirely clear from the page - the description of what you get when you buy the "dev kit" says 8<---------------- Each kit includes a custom Playtile and a download key for Gumpy Function's enhanced version of "Let's Build a Platformer!" course, featuring exclusive Playtiles chapters on sideloading, testing your games, digital manual, achievements, and more. 8<---------------- so at the very least it sounds like you buy the dev kit and it comes with the device as well, and the PDF course book. but it's not clear whether you can just get a playtile and then develop your own games for it. they do say you can "sideload" games from itch.io and play them with an actual controller, which makes me think the sdk is very minimal and mostly involves input translation, and might well be documented on their site when they release. it would be nice to have that spelt out in the faq though.
  - weslito 1y ago
    The devkit is the hardware device to test your game + the course The sdk/game engine is free and open source https://www.gbstudio.dev https://www.gbstudio.dev You can submit your game and get a publishing agreement on the platform here https://tally.so/r/wbylPE https://tally.so/r/wbylPE
    - zem 1y ago
      that's good to know, and greatly increases my likelihood of getting one!
nosrepa 1y ago
I hope their production units have better buttons than what's shown on some of their images. https://api.playtil.es/api/v1/shop/items/92/files/screenshots/IWED-alone.webp https://api.playtil.es/api/v1/shop/items/92/files/screenshot...
- zem 1y ago
  the homepage design makes it impossible to link to anything, but they have a video which makes it look a lot better than that.
- nom 1y ago
  yeah those are FDM 3d printed, unlikely that they are doing that in production for such simple pieces of plastic, it surely must be a prototype.
fuzzythinker 11mo ago
How does it work w/o batteries? The FAQs didn't answer that.

25 points by surprisetalk 1y ago

crimsoneer 1y ago

Aww this is a cute variation on the playdate model, which I really enjoyed

atulvi 1y ago

I've been wanting something like this! but how does it stick?

mathgeek 1y ago
From the FAQ, they're using one of the sticky surfaces that are reusable and refresh via getting them wet.
- seivan 1y ago
  [dead]

sandboxdev 1y ago

I don't understand what you're buying, a sticker and access to the software?

zem 1y ago
the sticker is a game controller, with physical buttons. meant to give you more of a handheld gaming device experience on your phone

Y_Y 1y ago

Fuck QR codes so much. Yes they have good uses, but this isn't one of them. Would have been a good place to use NFC though.

nosrepa 1y ago
Cameras are more ubiquitous than nfc chips

bhz 1y ago

Sad that the dev-kit apparently costs money. Unless I'm missing something, you have to pay to explore the SDK.

zem 1y ago
it's not entirely clear from the page - the description of what you get when you buy the "dev kit" says 8<---------------- Each kit includes a custom Playtile and a download key for Gumpy Function's enhanced version of "Let's Build a Platformer!" course, featuring exclusive Playtiles chapters on sideloading, testing your games, digital manual, achievements, and more. 8<---------------- so at the very least it sounds like you buy the dev kit and it comes with the device as well, and the PDF course book. but it's not clear whether you can just get a playtile and then develop your own games for it. they do say you can "sideload" games from itch.io and play them with an actual controller, which makes me think the sdk is very minimal and mostly involves input translation, and might well be documented on their site when they release. it would be nice to have that spelt out in the faq though.
- weslito 1y ago
  The devkit is the hardware device to test your game + the course The sdk/game engine is free and open source https://www.gbstudio.dev https://www.gbstudio.dev You can submit your game and get a publishing agreement on the platform here https://tally.so/r/wbylPE https://tally.so/r/wbylPE
  - zem 1y ago
    that's good to know, and greatly increases my likelihood of getting one!

nosrepa 1y ago

I hope their production units have better buttons than what's shown on some of their images. https://api.playtil.es/api/v1/shop/items/92/files/screenshots/IWED-alone.webp https://api.playtil.es/api/v1/shop/items/92/files/screenshot...

zem 1y ago
the homepage design makes it impossible to link to anything, but they have a video which makes it look a lot better than that.
nom 1y ago
yeah those are FDM 3d printed, unlikely that they are doing that in production for such simple pieces of plastic, it surely must be a prototype.

fuzzythinker 11mo ago

How does it work w/o batteries? The FAQs didn't answer that.