A downloadable Playdate game

Crystal Daze is an underground action score-chasing game for the luscious, lovable Playdate handheld.

In the game, you strive to help the King to recover his Kingdom - grab crystals using your Playdate's crank and find power-ups to aim for a high score, while avoiding the crystalline growth and the feral creatures (as well as any coding bugs). I started making this game as my first foray into Playdate development a few weeks back, using stock Pulp. It is currently nearing completion, due for release in the next few months.

More development planned, with an ongoing devlog in the Playdate Squad Discord but hope you enjoy!

Featuring

  • 8 levels to crank your way through, one for each weekday and then some
  • Action-packed end sequence
  • Unlockable Score Challenge mode for a quick blast
  • Game auto-saves after you complete each level, so you can quit, make a cup of tea, come back, and continue
  • High score table to track your 3 best scores in each mode

Handy Information

This game contains mild threat from lightly-animated 1-bit bugs, and is probably appropriate for general audiences.

This game uses the D-Pad, A button, and rapid, inaccurate use of the crank.


Development log

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I thought I was doing pretty good until I got crushed by a new crystal! The continue game animation caught me off guard and made me laugh :).