
Made by Rae
Staff note: A boat-racing game that has a clever use of cranking to row your boat in the right direction. It includes a cute animated story to give you a nice break between each intense race!
Team up with a mechanical pal and row for the gold in the annual Fish Bowl!
So, you wanna enter the big annual boat-racing competition! It's quite an important event, you know. Alas, evil “RowBots” have torn the whole tourney from the hands of human — (err, animal?) — racers, and the competition’s only getting worse. By tandem-rowing with a defective junkyard RowBot of your own, it’s your goal to defeat these baddies…but soon you may realize, that these waters go deeper than you thought.
Can you put a stop to the nefarious Robo-X corpo-conglomerate led by the mischievous Shark Boss, put the evil RowBots in their place once and for all, and win back the spirit of the Fish Bowl (and, perhaps more importantly, that big golden trophy)?
With a lengthy story mode across seven stages, loads of hand-animated cutscenes, competitive on-line leaderboards, and more; RowBot Rally is the definitive top-down boat-racing game for Playdate! (…Trust me. It's a competitive field.)
🏅 PDCA '23 Nominee - Most Anticipated
🎖️ Featured in Catalog's Staff Picks!
👀 Seen at XOXO, PAX, & PRGE in 2024!
🎥 Spotlit in Playdate Update #5 & #6!
⭐️ A nice review from Playdate Unofficial!
- Art and code — Rae
- Music — Kevin MacLeod
- SFX — pixabay.com
- Addtl. art — magPlex and NickNack
- Addtl. code — Voxy, Toad, superfunc, The3DPrintist, and TheMediocritist
- Addtl. music — nexusnecromance
- Pedallica font — Neven Mrgan
- Kapel font — Font End Dev
- PDV conversion tool — Dave Hayden
- Tanuk library — Toad and Schyzo
- Bugsmashers — NickNack, orkn, Toad, superfunc, Omikron, budpikmin, Lavender, Yadis, dwfp, Zel, Soinksters, and The3DPrintist
- Playtesters — AidenKT, magPlex, kiwi, puttheyarndown, sourencho, and ThatWontCompute
- Thanks — Panic, the Playdate Squad/devlog members, all my friends, SquidGod, and YOU!
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Short Circuit: Best Times
- 1
- hekhound
- 2,276
- 2
- JimmyPlacid
- 2,283
- 3
- RPDev
- 2,291
- 4
- orkn
- 2,299
- 5
- midairmatthew
- 2,334
- 6
- @jsit@social.coop
- 2,343
- 7
- Lyman2012
- 2,358
- 8
- Redd_Panderson
- 2,374
- 9
- NickNack2
- 2,381
- 10
- 2DArray
- 2,382
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Surf Sanctuary: Best Times
- 1
- hekhound
- 2,950
- 2
- RPDev
- 2,967
- 3
- Lyman2012
- 3,037
- 4
- orkn
- 3,080
- 5
- midairmatthew
- 3,155
- 6
- Avion
- 3,180
- 7
- dwfp
- 3,190
- 8
- rae
- 3,207
- 9
- toad
- 3,217
- 10
- Lav_JuiceBox
- 3,234
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Paddle Beach: Best Times
- 1
- hekhound
- 1,922
- 2
- orkn
- 1,983
- 3
- Lyman2012
- 2,030
- 4
- dwfp
- 2,088
- 5
- fletch
- 2,109
- 6
- Lav_JuiceBox
- 2,262
- 7
- btap
- 2,282
- 8
- Fenggrosso
- 2,390
- 9
- Mustachute
- 2,532
- 10
- Ballerama
- 2,543
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Lake Labyrinthus: Best Times
- 1
- hekhound
- 1,048
- 2
- orkn
- 1,064
- 3
- btap
- 1,080
- 4
- dwfp
- 1,082
- 5
- Avion
- 1,134
- 6
- rae
- 1,145
- 7
- Lyman2012
- 1,147
- 8
- Fenggrosso
- 1,182
- 9
- Mustachute
- 1,230
- 10
- fletch
- 1,241
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Roguebot Jungle: Best Times
- 1
- hekhound
- 2,882
- 2
- Lyman2012
- 2,911
- 3
- orkn
- 2,989
- 4
- btap
- 3,471
- 5
- Fenggrosso
- 3,626
- 6
- dwfp
- 3,681
- 7
- GinFogOwl
- 3,702
- 8
- fletch
- 3,823
- 9
- Mustachute
- 3,873
- 10
- Lav_JuiceBox
- 3,876
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Cavern Canal: Best Times
- 1
- hekhound
- 1,229
- 2
- orkn
- 1,243
- 3
- Lyman2012
- 1,354
- 4
- scratchminer
- 1,382
- 5
- Fenggrosso
- 1,461
- 6
- dwfp
- 1,470
- 7
- SHiLLySiT
- 1,478
- 8
- btap
- 1,478
- 9
- Mustachute
- 1,496
- 10
- Puttheyarndown
- 1,559
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Robo-X Factory: Best Times
- 1
- hekhound
- 1,456
- 2
- orkn
- 1,460
- 3
- Lyman2012
- 1,512
- 4
- Fenggrosso
- 1,679
- 5
- dwfp
- 1,681
- 6
- btap
- 1,694
- 7
- scratchminer
- 1,703
- 8
- Mustachute
- 1,794
- 9
- Puttheyarndown
- 1,852
- 10
- rae
- 1,911
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Short Circuit: Best Times (Mirror Mode)
- 1
- hekhound
- 2,343
- 2
- Lyman2012
- 2,351
- 3
- 8_bit_BEAR
- 2,450
- 4
- SHiLLySiT
- 2,486
- 5
- andyific
- 2,542
- 6
- orkn
- 2,633
- 7
- dwfp
- 2,685
- 8
- scratchminer
- 2,691
- 9
- midairmatthew
- 2,966
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Surf Sanctuary: Best Times (Mirror Mode)
- 1
- hekhound
- 3,036
- 2
- Lyman2012
- 3,043
- 3
- orkn
- 3,224
- 4
- dwfp
- 3,299
- 5
- scratchminer
- 3,369
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Paddle Beach: Best Times (Mirror Mode)
- 1
- hekhound
- 1,965
- 2
- Lyman2012
- 1,986
- 3
- dwfp
- 2,362
- 4
- scratchminer
- 2,385
- 5
- orkn
- 2,453
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Lake Labyrinthus: Best Times (Mirror Mode)
- 1
- hekhound
- 1,074
- 2
- Lyman2012
- 1,087
- 3
- orkn
- 1,286
- 4
- dwfp
- 1,293
- 5
- scratchminer
- 1,443
- 6
- Mustachute
- 1,758
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Roguebot Jungle: Best Times (Mirror Mode)
- 1
- hekhound
- 2,875
- 2
- Lyman2012
- 2,908
- 3
- Lav_JuiceBox
- 3,156
- 4
- orkn
- 3,367
- 5
- dwfp
- 3,892
- 6
- scratchminer
- 3,899
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Cavern Canal: Best Times (Mirror Mode)
- 1
- hekhound
- 1,336
- 2
- Lyman2012
- 1,372
- 3
- orkn
- 1,471
- 4
- dwfp
- 1,473
- 5
- scratchminer
- 1,480
- 6
- Lav_JuiceBox
- 1,483
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Robo-X Factory: Best Times (Mirror Mode)
- 1
- orkn
- 1,464
- 2
- Lyman2012
- 1,501
- 3
- hekhound
- 1,644
- 4
- Lav_JuiceBox
- 1,670
- 5
- dwfp
- 1,676
- 6
- scratchminer
- 1,690
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