Key Takeaways
- Lub Playdate yog ib qho me me tes-cranked game console los ntawm indie software tsev Panic.
- Lub console muaj B&W screen, los nrog 24 kev ua si, thiab muaj crank ntawm sab.
- Nkauj lom zem.
Yog tias koj nyiam gadgets quirky, whimsical design, thiab tau hnov txog Un titled Goose Game, koj yuav mus rau L-O-V-E Panic's Playdate.
Lub Playdate yog lub hnab tshos game console los ntawm indie software tsev Panic, nrog kho vajtse tsim kev pab los ntawm Teenage Engineering, lub tuam txhab tom qab iconic OP-1 thiab OP-Z synthesizers. Ib qho saib ntawm Playdate's specs yuav qhia tias nws tsis yog tus neeg sib tw rau Nintendo Hloov, lossis lwm yam khoom siv tes tuav. Nws muaj lub vijtsam dub thiab dawb, tsis muaj lub teeb rov qab; nws cov kev ua si muaj npe xws li Casual Birder, Executive Golf DX, thiab Echoic Memory. Auj, thiab nws muaj crank ntawm sab.
Txhua yam yog qhov tsis txaj muag rau qhov qub Game Boy, thiab kev ua si qis ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd, tsuas yog muaj qhov zoo nkauj niaj hnub thiab kev nkag siab ntawm kev ua si. Tab sis leej twg yog qhov no $179 ntaus ntawv rau?
"Lub Playdate zoo ib yam li Willy Wonka-meets-Wes Anderson Game Boy, thiab tseem muaj txoj hauv kev tsis ncaj ncees rau nws lub tsev qiv ntawv game. Nws tsis sim sib tw nrog Microsoft lossis Sony lub consoles tshiab," Eden Cheng, tus tsim ntawm WeInvoice, hais rau Lifewire ntawm email.
Vim li cas Panic?
Panic paub zoo tias yog Mac software tsim tawm, tab sis tsis ntev los no tau tshaj tawm cov kev ua si zoo li Firewatch, Un titled Goose Game, thiab Nour: Ua Si Nrog Koj Cov Khoom Noj. Txhawm rau nkag siab tias yog vim li cas tus tsim tawm ntawm FTP qhov hluav taws xob app tsim lub tshuab ua si me me no vwm, koj yuav tsum nkag siab ib tus tsim.
Panic co-founder Cabel Sasser sau cov khoom noj khoom haus txawv txawv los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb, tsav tsheb Japanese Toyota Town Ace vim tias "nws ua rau kuv zoo siab heev," thiab tau ntau xyoo tau tshaj tawm cov ntawv tshaj tawm txhua xyoo nrog cov duab ntawm lub weirdest Thanksgiving. foob pob hluav taws. Nyob rau hauv luv luv, Sasser yog ib tug hlub ntawm technological kitsch.
Lub Playdate zoo ib yam li Willy Wonka-meets-Wes Anderson Game Boy, thiab tseem muaj txoj hauv kev tsis ncaj ncees rau nws lub tsev qiv ntawv game.
Lub Playdate, nws tus kheej, tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm Game Boy, thiab cov hnab tshos loj Nintendo Game & Saib cov khoom siv los ntawm xyoo 1980s. Yog li, thawj lo lus teb rau "Leej twg yog Playdate rau?" yog Sasser, thiab nws tus co-founder Steven Frank.
Leej twg Yuav Yuav Lub Playdate
Lub Playdate yog dab tsi yuav tshwm sim yog tias cov neeg nyiam tshaj tawm lub xov tooj ntawm tes ntawm Kickstarter, tsuas yog lawv yog cov kws tshaj lij uas xav paub txog cov ntsiab lus me me, thiab muaj cov peev txheej los koom nrog cov kev pabcuam ntawm Swedish Designs Teenage Engineering. Qhov tshwm sim yog lub console rau cov neeg uas nyiam kev lom zem, thiab txaus siab rau retro tech.
Nws kuj yog rau cov neeg nyiam cov khoom siv zoo nkauj tsim. Lub Playdate twb muaj ntau yam khoom siv, qhov txias tshaj plaws yog Playdate Stereo Dock, me me desktop speaker dock uas siv Playdate ua nws lub ntsej muag tswj. Thaum pw tsaug zog, zoo li 1980s-era Sony lub voos xwmfab moos xov tooj cua, thiab Playdate txawm pw nrog lub ntsej muag moos ntawm nws lub vijtsam.
Cov chaw nres nkoj kuj tseem ua haujlwm ntawm 2021 Apple Design Award-finalist app Poolsuite FM, zoo nkauj retro suab paj nruag / xov tooj cua app. Yog li, Playdate kuj yog rau cov neeg uas nyiam kev lom zem retro, ua nrog kev saib xyuas kom meej.
The Playdate
Cov kev ua si yog retro hauv kev zoo nkauj, thiab tseem nyob hauv lawv qhov yooj yim. Cov kev ua si yuav raug tso tawm hauv lub caij nyoog, nrog rau Lub Caij 1 suav nrog 24 qhov kev ua si, txhua yam zoo li ua si sib luag.
Thiab qhov no coj peb mus rau qhov pom tseeb tshaj qhov txawv ntawm qhov ua si-nws crank.
Lub crank tsuas yog qhov ntawd, tig tawm winder ntawm sab ntawm lub console. Qhov no yog lub hauv paus tswj kev ua si, yog li koj siv nws ntxiv rau cov nyees khawm d-pad thiab A + B nyees khawm. Lub crank cia koj tig nplooj ntawv, tswj cov lus tsa suab, thiab txhua yam ntawm lwm yam zoo nkauj thiab tsis xav txog.
Ntawm $179, Playdate yog ib qho pheej yig game console lossis ib qho khoom ua si neeg laus uas muaj nqi nruab nrab. Tab sis tiag tiag, nws yog cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo ntawm kev xav ntawm Sasser, nrog rau tag nrho cov indie developers uas tau pom cov demos thaum ntxov thiab dhia hauv los tsim kev ua si. Txhua feem ntawm qhov project, los ntawm kev tsim mus rau kev ua si mus rau cov khoom siv tshaj tawm, ua rau muaj kev xyiv fab ntawm cov neeg tsim.
Thiab yog vim li cas nws tsis tas yuav sib tw nrog Nintendo lossis Sony. Nws tsis tas yuav sib tw nrog ib yam dab tsi, vim rau ntau tus neeg yuav khoom, nws txaus tias nws tsuas muaj.
