Mr. Orange & The Squeezer

co-authored: @mallykm
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06
*PLAYDATE SIMULATOR REQUIRED TO PLAY!*

A small playdate game made to practise developing games on the Playdate.

Save Mr Orange from the crushing walls by using your energy carefully to move the walls outwards while Mr Orange moves around the screen!

*PLAYDATE SIMULATOR REQUIRED TO PLAY!*

CONTROLS:
D-Pad - Select wall
A - Push wall out (costs energy but increases area)
B - Bring wall in (restores energy but decreases area)

Comments15

Ray-Flower2 Oct 2023, 22:42
How do I download the simulator? All I see is the dev kit and the desktop app, but the desktop app you need to connect a playdate to it
Joe Bevis
Joe Bevisauthor2 Oct 2023, 23:11
Hi, you would need to download the dev kit which includes the simualtor. If you don't want to that's completely understandable!
Veridis3 Oct 2023, 12:07
Very cute! It gets tense quick to try and save your guy and the crank definitely adds a lot to the game feel
Chailotl
Chailotl3 Oct 2023, 20:45
Oh cool, a Playdate game! I sideloaded it onto my Playdate and got a highscore of 66.98 seconds :3 I've been interested in developing my own Playdate game, so how was your first time experience with it?
Joe Bevis
Joe Bevisauthor4 Oct 2023, 17:31
@chailotl Thanks for trying it out on your Playdate! It takes a little while to get used to the SDK, although it's very beginner friendly overall and you should 100% give it a go!
Phillips Albright
Phillips Albright4 Oct 2023, 22:21
Maybe pack the simulator with the game, could be helpful
LDJam user 279507
LDJam user 2795074 Oct 2023, 22:28
Yes a playdate game! Sideloaded and got 75s as my best score. Really crisp aesthetic and using the crank for fine adjustment was neat. It's quite a slow and careful game, would like to see what a fast paced version is like. Perhaps that could speed up the decision making. absolutely nailed the theme, good stuff!
Diego Escalante
Diego Escalante4 Oct 2023, 23:13
Yay Playdate game! Sideloaded and tried it out. It is a little tricky to get used to, but I appreciated the good use of the crack. I don't think I was very good at the game but I enjoyed it all the same. Good work!
Deseteral
Deseteral7 Oct 2023, 20:15
Very nice game! My best time is 53.05 so far, but I'm going to keep it on my device and play it more later. Good job!
sansen10 Oct 2023, 07:50
Nice game, good job!
fatEmperor10 Oct 2023, 16:10
Unfortunately I don't have the necessary device.
Savidiy10 Oct 2023, 20:40
Thank you for reminding me about this device, although I don't have one. But I was able to run on the simulator. A fun game.
EgorMnc14 Oct 2023, 14:37
The game is interesting, it was quite nice to play it, keep working on it and everything will be cool
epb900018 Oct 2023, 02:18
Nifty seeing a non-PC game on here. Best time was 47 seconds.

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