Two Swords
A downloadable game
Play as Descartes and Hipparchus in this 2-player Playdate game! "P1" (Hipparchus) controls with the Playdate crank and A-button, and "P2" (Descartes) controls with the D-pad and B-button in this simple co-op adventure-arcade game.
Ok, but 2-players on 1 Playdate? Sounds a bit cramped right?! While it can be fun to navigate the finger-logistics here, we suggest trying this game out with Playdate Mirror + an external game controller! Check out this diagram to get an idea of the ideal setup:
Ripe for future expansion, this concept game demonstrates at least one way to accomplish multiplayer with the Playdate :)
Credits:
Nikola Whallon - concept+design, programming, sound effects
Sam DeVarti - original art
Solluco Asset Pack used for non-original art (https://solluco.itch.io/1-bit-asset-pack-16x16)
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Install instructions
Check out this documentation for side loading Playdate games: https://help.play.date/games/sideloading/
Development log
- Multiplayer With 1 PlaydateApr 30, 2024
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great little game to start. the sword sound gets annoying really quickly
agreed on that sound effect ;_; will adjust in the next update!!
Played this with my partner. We had a lot of fun! <3 Looking forward to updates, but this was already enjoyable as is! Great demo
im getting this error when i try to sideload:
The bundleID field is missing from pdxinfo.
How are you doing the side-loading? I've only used the SDK/simulator to side-load, maybe there are other steps I need to do for people to side-load via the web/Playdate account? Either way, I'll make a note in "Install instructions" for now!
Ok! I figured it out, I was able to package the game up correctly such that it can be side-loaded via the web/Playdate account! Thank you so much for pointing this out, it's my first Playdate game so I hadn't figured that part out yet.