Dynamate Playdate | PortMaster | Page 1

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:21 PM

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Dynamate is a puzzle game invented by Björn Kalzen and Jonas Norberg, a couple of years ago i contacted them to make a port for the gp2x handheld. They provided me with 2 cpp files with the main game rules / engine and the levels, but a complete game needed to be build around it so i did that and also added a level editor. I had finished the game about 15 years ago for the gp2x and last year i created a version for the Playdate handheld. This version is port of my playdate version containing both the playdate 1 bit graphics and gp2x colored graphics. The game by default boots up in colored mode.

Game Features:

30 default levels with increasing difficulty
Adapted numbered pieces in 1 bit mode since playdate can't display colors to make it easier to recognize them.
Level Editor to create your own levels to share with others
Autosaves progress

Playing the Game:
The aim of the game, in any level, is to clear the level of the numbered pieces in 1 bit mode or the colored pieces in color mode. Pieces can be removed in a predefined way by moving another piece into them. There are also pieces affecting the currently moving piece.

Controls

Dpad/joystick: Select menu's, options or levels to play. Move the selector.
A & Start: Confirm in menu and level selector, Holding (A) on a movable piece and pressing a direction with the Dpad will move that piece in said direction, place a level piece in level editor mode
B & Back: Back in menus, level selector and game
X: Reboot game & select next source pictures (1bit, colors 1 (default))
L1: Hold to select previous piece while editing a level
R1: Hold to select next piece while editing a level

Instructions:
Game is ready to run

Tested on:
(X) [480 x 320] (OGA)
(X) [640x480] (RG35XX Plus)
(X) [720x720] (RGB30)
(X) [Higher Res] (X55)
(X) AmberELEC (351v)
(X) JELOS (ACE, X55)
(X) ArkOS (RGB30, 353VS)
(X) muOS (armhf) (RG35XX plus)

📎 dynamate_playdate.zip

woeful raptor Mar 16, 2024, 12:31 PM

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trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:37 PM

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Works on my 35XX PLUS 😄

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thanks for including a zip, means i can install it remotely ❤️

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@open geyser is this a bug? I can get rid of all the beads and it wont continue 😐

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:41 PM

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oh weird

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no

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you are still holding a button ?

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:41 PM

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no?

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:41 PM

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try pressing A again & releasing i'll check on my end

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:41 PM

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i can reproduce it on both devices

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:41 PM

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fist time i've seen that 🙂

umbral anchor Mar 16, 2024, 12:42 PM

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certainly doesnt happen on any of mine (353VS/OGA Arkos and ACE/JELOS), there it works fine.

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:42 PM

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set it up like this

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and move them to completion

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:42 PM

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will try

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:43 PM

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only does it if you do the bottom green one to the bottom blue one second. 😂

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:45 PM

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i can't reproduce it, are you still using original gptk or your reworked one ?

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:45 PM

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oh god no

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thats not usable yet

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😄

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even if you do the top green one to top blue one first?

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i can do it every time

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:46 PM

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yes i did that still trying to reproduce it

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:46 PM

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maybe the covid has infected my device

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:47 PM

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haha no

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can you record it ?

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maybe easier for me todo same moves then

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:47 PM

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yeah 1 minute

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:47 PM

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i know the game waits until all buttons are unpressed

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:51 PM

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i did it 5 times in a row

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and now i try to video it, i cant do it. 😂

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:52 PM

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haha

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like to know what caused it as noone in gp2x days reported nor on playdate

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haven't been able to reproduce either yet

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:56 PM

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i just did it again without recording... then did the exact same steps again while recording and it didnt work. 😒

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:56 PM

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lol

umbral anchor Mar 16, 2024, 12:57 PM

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sounds like ghosts

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:57 PM

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i give up, lmao

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:57 PM

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lol

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and i can't reproduce it yet

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:58 PM

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fucking going crazy

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https://tenor.com/view/feelings-i-am-crazy-pills-gif-19623103

Tenor

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 12:58 PM

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do you release A while the piece is moving ?

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or keep holding it

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 12:59 PM

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both at this point

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:02 PM

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this is on a vanilla rg35xx plus image ?

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not that it should matter i guess

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:03 PM

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i did it on both

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that screenshot is on my anbernic 351v

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on amberelec 🙂

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(that works btw)

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:03 PM

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ah i see

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very odd

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still have not been able to reproduce it

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:04 PM

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me either lol

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except without video

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atleast i have screenshots of proof. 😂

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:06 PM

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yeah only need to figure out how i can reproduce this lol

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let me try rebooting the game

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and erasing the save game

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:07 PM

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i thought i was playing the game wrong the first few times 😂

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:07 PM

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haha no it must be some bug of some kind that noone ever noticed / triggered 🙂

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:08 PM

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i must be special 🥲

woeful raptor Mar 16, 2024, 1:09 PM

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trim tartan i must be special 🥲

https://tenor.com/view/thats-my-job-jason-hayes-seal-team-its-what-i-do-that-is-my-job-gif-24090785

Tenor

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:12 PM

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ah

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i'm onto something

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reproduced it

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and thin i know how

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let me retry

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yeah lol

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if you for example do HOLD A + Right and then while holding A press UP before it reaches the blue piece it happens

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its a bug in the game

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:14 PM

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yay

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😄

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:14 PM

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you must have been only person ever changing the direction lol

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:14 PM

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im special

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:15 PM

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playdate version probably has same bug then lol

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have to charge my playdate to test there as well

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i'll change to WIP until i can find solution

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:19 PM

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nah fuck it

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its playable

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:19 PM

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ok

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:19 PM

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just not by special people like me, lol

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:20 PM

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i can always update it later

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once i addressed the issue

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but need to fix it on playdate first

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as the code is vanilla playdate code

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i can add a warning on the readme for now

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to not change directions while a piece is moving :x

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:32 PM

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😄

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:35 PM

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can reproduce on playdate also

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:35 PM

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i really wanted a playdate

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but they're so spendy

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:35 PM

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yeah and i bought a new one from some 2nd hand site as i did not want to wait in the queue :x

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but they went up 20$

woeful raptor Mar 16, 2024, 1:36 PM

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trim tartan i really wanted a playdate

Had one in my shopping cart

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but then it was too much

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with tax and shipping 350€

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:36 PM

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i love panics software

open geyser Mar 16, 2024, 1:36 PM

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i did about 9 games for it last year

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 1:36 PM

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transmit is a piece of art 😄

trim tartan Mar 16, 2024, 2:02 PM

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https://panic.com/transmit/ -- i love playing with the truck on the website

open geyser Mar 17, 2024, 5:43 AM

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just tested the higher res myself on a X55 / jelos system, it only needs a test on a 480 x 320 device i think

umbral anchor Mar 17, 2024, 6:21 AM

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I already did, on the OGA

open geyser Mar 17, 2024, 6:27 AM

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ah was not aware

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thanks

#Dynamate Playdate