#yoyozo — Public Fediverse posts

A single architecture Apple Silicon build of Dottie fits on a 3.5" 2HD floppy disk with room to spare as it is only 970 KB compressed (2.2MB uncompressed) double those sizes for the Universal build.

The key: no external frameworks or libs! Which is the same way I kept #YOYOZO so small

All graphics in #aquaplane are created using only shapes (line, rect, circle, polygon) an approach I used in my game #YOYOZO (GOTY 2023, remember?)

So I figured I'd keep on with the synthesised shtick and generate all the sound effects. SFXR! #love2d #indiedev #gamedev #sfxr

All graphics in #aquaplane are created using only shapes (line, rect, circle, polygon) an approach I used in my game #YOYOZO (GOTY 2023, remember?)

So I figured I'd keep on with the synthesised shtick and generate all the sound effects. SFXR! #love2d #indiedev #gamedev #sfxr

All graphics in #aquaplane are created using only shapes (line, rect, circle, polygon) an approach I used in my game #YOYOZO (GOTY 2023, remember?)

So I figured I'd keep on with the synthesised shtick and generate all the sound effects. SFXR! #love2d #indiedev #gamedev #sfxr

All graphics in #aquaplane are created using only shapes (line, rect, circle, polygon) an approach I used in my game #YOYOZO (GOTY 2023, remember?)

So I figured I'd keep on with the synthesised shtick and generate all the sound effects. SFXR! #love2d #indiedev #gamedev #sfxr

All graphics in #aquaplane are created using only shapes (line, rect, circle, polygon) an approach I used in my game #YOYOZO (GOTY 2023, remember?)

So I figured I'd keep on with the synthesised shtick and generate all the sound effects. SFXR! #love2d #indiedev #gamedev #sfxr

✨1-UP!✨ I'm 48 today.

Another loop around the sun completed. A year older & wiser & more disappointed in humanity.

Achievements from the past year: GOTY 2023 for my game #YOYOZO & my first DJ mix.

Things I'd have rather not had to deal with: health, harassment, shitheads.

NEWSFLASH 📢 If you're in Seattle for #PAXWest2024 then you can play my award-winning game #YOYOZO at the @playdate booth. Try for the high score! https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

Thanks to @panic for selecting it.

NEWSFLASH 📢

If you're in Portland this weekend for #xoxofest or Seattle next weekend for #PAXWest2024 then you can play my award-winning game #YOYOZO at the @playdate booth. Try for the high score! Thanks to @panic for the feature.

https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

One of the @playdate community traditions is the awarding of CAKE to any player who completes a lofty goal in a game.

Over the holidays the amazing Quinndini broke the 32-bit number limit of 2.147BN on #YOYOZO a score high enough to crash the game! 🍰

https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

My game #YOYOZO for Playdate has received a GOTY (Game of the Year) accolade from long-standing technology publication Ars Technica! 🤯

They list my game alongside three masterpieces by my heroes Nintendo! To say I'm humbled to be mentioned in the same breath as Mario, Pikmin and Zelda is an understatement. And to then be compared with such timeless classics as Super Hexagon and Geometry Wars... well... I think I've got something in my eye 🥺
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/12/ars-technicas-best-video-games-of-2023/7

OMG! 🤯 #YOYOZO for @playdate is a GOTY! 🥹

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/12/ars-technicas-best-video-games-of-2023/7

Against the Storm
Alan Wake 2
Baldur's Gate 3
Brotato
Chants of Sennaar
Cocoon
Darkest Dungeon 2
Dave the Diver
Diablo IV
Humanity
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Pikmin 4
Puzzmo
Spider-Man 2
Starfield
Street Fighter 6
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Venba
Viewfinder
YOYOZO ✨

Feeling a bit E-Motion-al... this is the game I was starting to make when I got the flash of inspiration for #YOYOZO
So let's try again! This prototype is using Love2D, but final thing would be for @playdate

The #YOYOZO top 10 online score board is now filled with yozillionaires! Congrats to @KyleOrl 🏆 https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

Well, there we have it! The 1 BILLION points ceiling has been well and truly broken by Quinndini in #YOYOZO 🤯🪀🚀🔥 https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

OMG things are really heating up at the top of the #YOYOZO online score board! This weekend I’m going to add some extra stuff for these high scorers. Let’s goooooooooooooooo!

There’s a new #YOYOZO hi score of 656M by Quinndini! So there's a gap to 2nd place greater than the highest score I thought I’d ever see! As a game developer, seeing somebody play your game with this level of skill and control is such a treat. 🪀💝
https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

#YOYOZO features in Playdate Catalog's Staff Picks 2023 "...perfect execution of a simple idea" https://play.date/games/staff-picks-2023/

A new #1 score on #YOYOZO for @playdate ! Amazing, I didn't expect this sort of score to be reached at all, never mind this quickly after launch. So I might have to add more late-game surprises. https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

Fore! Track was originally made in a week back in June, and I documented the process: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2023/06/26/ball-und-panzer-golf-making-a-playdate-game-in-a-week/

Total time working on it up to this point is about a month. My previous game #YOYOZO was around the same.

Voting is now in progress for...
The 2023 @playdate Community Awards

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqM3AZnv3F8Vi-_jT_sUtretB10yW3RRo4LT1Inw0DTYf3ag/viewform

I'd appreciate any votes for #YOYOZO if you've enjoyed the game, its manual, or my development blog posts!

A new #1 on the #YOYOZO online score board from #Playdate Pro Quinndini 🏆

So far we have 5 "yozillionaires" on the score board: players who have scored more than 100M points. Let's reach for the stars! 🪀🪐

first update! #YOYOZO on #Playdate

202311281554
- add: toast for exceeding previous best
- add: online scores now also retrieved every 20 games
- fix: online score numeric id call to action
- change: explosions now affected by collision speed

more features; 305 bytes smaller!

did you notice... in #YOYOZO for #playdate when you collect a star the particles from the explosion travel away from the point of collision? It's all in the details! #gamedev
https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

In the vast expanse,
A star collector gathers...
Celestial jewels

Amidst stellar streams,
Performing cosmic ballet;
Gravity's sweet pull!

#YOYOZO #haiku

https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

A new blog post about the particle system in #YOYOZO:

"Easter egg emoji: converting pixels into particles"
https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2023/11/26/easter-egg-emoji-converting-pixels-into-particles/

#YOYOZO has dynamic music & sfx. Title song wanders around its original arrangement, in-game song increases BPM/tempo with your score. Pickup chimes are from the Dorian Scale, and other sounds are synthesized using formulas involving the game elements! https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

#YOYOZO feature at Time Extension https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/11/yoyozo-is-a-new-playdate-game-inspired-by-the-japanese-cult-classic-pendulumania

Yesterday #YOYOZO hit the top slot on Hacker News! The experience was (mostly) positive.

#YOYOZO has dynamic music - the title music constantly wanders around its original arrangement, and the in-game music has variable BPM/tempo that changes depending on how well you're playing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IHiucLVPQ0

I also created a manual/player's guide for #YOYOZO in the traditional/old-school style!

It gives inquisitive players a glimpse behind the curtain, with explanations of how the game systems work, and has hints and tips littered throughout. Download it at: https://play.date/games/yoyozo/

Music in #YOYOZO was written in Pulp by Jamie Hamshere—a friend of mine for some 20 years!

As well as being an award-winning video game musician, he's programmed games in assembly language for Atari 2600 & ST, and wrote his own tracker—Turbochip—for Atari ST.

ABSOLUTE LEGEND!

The amazing promo artwork is, as always, by the wonderful Vxcl ✨

#YOYOZO get it now https://play.date/games/yoyozo/