Maxxthetics
2023
It's pretty simple but it's also very charming and FREE! I had a good time with it, and the endless mode you unlock after completing it is still pretty fun. The ending was really cute too. I think this is a great time and a great use of the Playdate's crank too.
2023
Really didn't expect something along the lines of a Vampire Survivors style game for Playdate and it is pretty fun, but it feels like it runs out of reasons to come back once you've won your first 10-Minute run. There's just not enough build variety and there's only the one character. I wish there was some tougher long-term goal to shoot for. For $3 though it's pretty fun.
2023
Currrently my favorite Playdate game. A fun rougelite that's build to be fast for quick runs, but has enough depth to keep you coming back to it. It's a really fun game about balancing a tiny inventory and making tough decisions. Looks great and sounds great too.
Post Ending Update: Ending was kind of an anticlimax, but unlocked new tools and opened up the potential to keep playing. This game is easily the most worthwhile offering on Playdate I've found. Fantastic game.
Post Ending Update: Ending was kind of an anticlimax, but unlocked new tools and opened up the potential to keep playing. This game is easily the most worthwhile offering on Playdate I've found. Fantastic game.
2023
It's a perfect minigame. Really funny, easy to play. Definitely going to be my go-to demo game for Playdate.
2023
Really clever mix of Slay The Spire style deckbuilding and a word-building game like Scrabble. Outside of not using the crank for much, it's a perfect playdate game. It's really tough, but feels fair.
2022
I made this game for my girlfriend and I think she liked it.
2023
I made this game, so I think it's pretty cool.
2016
I've only put in a handful of hours, but I feel like it's a real shame this game seems so unnoticed by the larger gaming space. Tower Unite fills a similar niche to games like VRChat but it does it with all these highly polished minigames and coop experiences that are really fun. For how cheap this game is, you're functionally getting a social hub, a full Super Monkey Ball game, a great arena shooter, a full arcade simulator, a full casino simulaor, a full mini-golf game, and tons of more compact but still very worthwhile games. It's really cool. It reminds me of spending time of websites like Club Penguin or Neopets back in the day. Going between talking to random people to playing minigames and buying stuff to customize my space. It's nostalgic. Highly recommend.
2024
This is the best co-op game I've played in what feels like a decade and easily the best version of a live service game I've ever played. I figured I'd burn out after a weekend but I'm finding myself drawn to keep track of this game's community daily. It's a blast.
A really fun dlc, but really lacking compared to the previous Octo Expansion or Splatoon 3's own campaign both in terms of content and storytelling. Seeing Nintendo take a swing at a rougelite gamemode is really interesting though.