Crankominoes

Crankominoes

Made by Anthony Beyer

One day, I found a small wooden puzzle during a house move. I started playing with it and immediately loved it. Later, I discovered it was called a pentomino game.

So here is my declaration of love for this game on Playdate: Crankominoes.

You have to complete puzzles of various shapes composed with 12 pentominoes. There is 50+ puzzles in the game.

To help you, you can find some hints that indicate which pentomino can be on a tile (you can remove hints in playdate menu).

How to play:

  • Use the Crank to select a mino

  • Press A to place mino

  • Press A to remove hovered mino

  • Press B to rotate mino

  • Press B + D-Pad to symmetrize mino

  • Code, Graphics, Music: Anthony Beyer
  • Proofreading: Eva Beyer
  • Playtesters: Emilie & Cerise
  • SFX: https://shapeforms.itch.io/shapeforms-audio-free-sfx

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  • 1.9 MB.
  • First published 04/28/2026
  • This game's developer created it without the use of generative AI.
  • This game is appropriate for everyone.
  • This game uses D-Pad, A and B buttons, and the crank. Crank is only used to select a new puzzle piece.
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