For the coders…
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Playdate SDK
All you need: Lua and C APIs, docs, as well as a Simulator for local development, with profiling and more.
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Playdate Development Documentation
The official reference documentation for programming Playdate games.
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Useful Links
SDK Tutorials, editors, importable libraries, engines, templates, bindings, and more helpful resources from our developer community—as well as tools made by Panic.
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Dev Forum
The place to talk to other Playdate developers about your game and see theirs. Post your progress, or questions about best practices and cool tricks.
For everybody else…
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pulp
Web-based game editor for Playdate. Pixel art, chiptune music, and simple scripting built right in. It's fun!
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Pulp Links
Pulp-oriented help videos, tutorials, and how-to's to help you learn Pulp and build something you didn't think was possible.
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Pulp Forum
Ask questions about your Pulp game and share code tips with other developers.
Cool info for all
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Playdate Mirror
A desktop app that mirrors the screen of your connected Playdate in real time. Perfect for capturing Playdate video so you can stream it or record it locally.
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Link badges
Playdate link badges for developers. Use these when linking to your game if you'd like to show that it's a Playdate title.