Getting Started with Playdate Game Development in 2023
In this video, I'll be going over what making games is like for the Playdate and how to setup a Playdate SDK game development environment on Windows using Visual Studio Code. This video is an update to a previous video I've made called "Getting Started with the Playdate SDK: Setup and Basics".
== Setup Links ==
SDK Installation: https://play.date/dev/
Playdate Documentation: https://sdk.play.date/1.12.3/Inside%2...
Designing for Playdate: https://sdk.play.date/1.12.3/Designin...
Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
VSCode Template Github: https://github.com/Whitebrim/VSCode-P...
== Resource Links ==
Pulp Tutorial Playlist: • Learn to Make Playdate Games with Pulp!
SDK Development Playlist: • Playdate SDK Development Tutorials!
Beginner's Guide to Lua Book: https://squidgod.itch.io/lua-for-game...
Patreon: / squidgoddev
My Discord: / discord
Playdate Squad Discord: / discord
My Twitter: / squidgoddev
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:14 SDK Installation
4:24 Manual Code Compilation
6:38 Notes About Simulator
7:19 Installing VSCode
7:34 Installing Playdate Project Template
10:00 How the SDK Works
10:45 Writing a Demo
13:25 Uploading to Device
13:43 Next Steps and Resources