Hi :) Unfortunately the game crashes for me on the newest PlayDate OS (2.0.3) during the initial game title animation.
It shows the error message below when I select “more detail”.
It seems there might be a typo in the font name (“Roobert10Bold”) or the font is no longer available on newer versions of the Playdate OS?
Alert.lua:128: attempt to index a nil value (field 'Roobert10Bold')
Alert.lua:128: in upvalue 'prerenderMessage'
Alert.lua:244: in field 'prep'
Intro.lua:330: in field 'render'
scenes/Stars.lua:90: in method 'update'
libraries/noble/Noble.lua:348: in function <libraries/noble/Noble.lua:340>
Thanks for the info! It’s definitely weird, as the font comes with the app — but it’s definitely a problem with the font not being loaded for some reason. I’ll look into it!
So far I’ve been unsuccessful at reproducing the problem, so if you have a moment, please let me know about the following two things:
Do you have a fresh Playdate (about 3 months-old or newer)? There might be some problem with the newer units I’m not aware of, so I’d ask someone with another new unit if they see the problem, too.
Do you sideload the game unzipped? (Some browsers unzip the download by default.) If so, please try uploading it in a zip and let me know if it helped. (I’m quite reaching with this one, but perhaps… I never know ;-))
There might be something else I’ll realize only later, so I may get back to you soon. Fingers crossed (for both of us :)), I hope you’ll be able to enjoy the game soon.
Yes, I received my playdate last week. It might be a series B playdate with the different chip, not sure about that.
I sideloaded it using USB (unzipped onto the memory disk Games folder, which worked fine for the other games), but I’ll try it again via the PlayDate website.
Thanks for trying these out! It’s still weird but I’m happy that it might have been just a coincidence (perhaps some problem with a case-(in)sensitive partition or just a borked copy). I hope that you’ll enjoy the game :)
To the potential future fellows who discover this thread while googling the same problem: let me know about it, please! :) If it happens more frequently, I’d like to know about it and fix it.
Otherwise you have all the scores on the score board (except “give up” where giving up is enough)? If so, not losing the tictactoes should be enough to unlock all secrets.
This game is fantastic!! I went into it expecting a unique experience, and it exceeded my expectations. I would love to see more updates with new screensavers over time! I will definitely be using these to play on my desk while I work.
Oh, Flying Toasters are hilarious but also hella complex! Some of the animations and choreographies are magical and it all adds up :) I wanted to draw everything by hand and mimicking their style is hard.
However, I have some updates planned (not only because I already found one thing I built and forgot to include in the final game 😅), so maybe there’ll be one update with that little bit of a burnt toast smell :)
There's a 1-bit verion out there. I used to have it (maybe still so if I search for it). It was simple green flying toasters against black - a joke as if the saver existed before the Mac and this was the DOS version. I'll hunt for it if it would help.
Thanks, it’ll definitely help :) I tried googling it a bit, but the original is pervasive.
I think that the variety of animations is part of its magic, but then again, I could do just a basic version and see whether it would be enough on its own :)
I stayed up way too late tonight hunting and hunting for this. I remember it becasue I had it, and the internet is omniscient so the info *must* exist. My Red Bull fueled persistence paid off. After three hours of hunting, the word "prototoasters" popped to mind. That's what that 1-Bit toasters saver was called. Armed with that keyword I soon found an interview with After Dark creator Jack Eastman where he says Prototoasters was a module in After Dark 4.0 based on his original prototype artwork. Interview is here.
Then I found another page with images of both the prototoasters and the final, more familiar ones. Both in 1-Bit. Hopefully you can either chase down an old copy of After Dark 4 or use the 1-Bit images to create sprites. The images show the wings in both the up and down positions.
The prototoasters (and flying toast) in the 1-Bit image look exactly like the Prototoaster screensaver (except in After Dark they were DOS green in keeping with Berkeley Systems' motto "Agressively Stupid." :)
EDIT: After writing this I noticed that my second link is to ⌘GET INFO, the web site of gingerbeardman, who's developed several Playdate games (Daily Driver, Bender, Sparrow Solitaire, Circular, among others). He wrote at length about Tomoya Ikeda, the artist who created the 1-bit toaster artwork based onEastman's prototyping. So it stands to reason gingerbeardman would be on board with making the toasters fly on the Playdate via Stars of the Screen. Perhaps he could be of assistance.
Omg, this is so good! I’ll have a free update some time in October. And I hope I’ll be able to capture some magic of Flying Toasters without completely ripping them off :) Also wow, it’s great to find out how people in the playdate community are very cool even beyond their pd apps.
(Sorry for a belated reply, I fell ill with covid right after my last message.)
It’s completely unrelated, but some of the humor and attention to detail found in Ikeda’s illustrations reminded me of another japanese artist mostly unknown in the West, Tiger Tateishi (I tried to create a Wikipedia page once and it got removed, but since then I got two of his books as a present from my wife… so next time it will be properly sourced :D).
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what a funny idea! Had a good laugh
Thanks for playing! You were pretty close to discovering the secret controls in those levels :)
absolutely worth every cent, the broom closet ending was my favorite!
I liked the part when you peeked out and then closed the door again!
Thanks for playing! <3
You got my curiosity in this page's description, and boy I'm glad I gave it a try =D
The perfect type of experience for the Playdate, I keep going back and finding new stuff (nothing besides screensavers of course)
I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks for playing! (And thanks for posting here, too! 💛)
Cos'ho appena visto!!
Ne voglio ancora!!!
Grazie per aver giocato! Hai sbloccato i livelli segreti? :)
(Scusate il mio italiano forse pessimo, sto usando la traduzione automatica.)
Mmm....in the "game menù" I see 12 "levels"...Are there other levels?
Yes! There are hints in the Playdate menu and if you get stuck, you can find walkthrough here in devlogs. Fingers crossed! :)
Nice little collection of screensavers, totally nothing else
This is one of the games I've "played" the most! I keep coming back to it. Money well-spent.
Hi :) Unfortunately the game crashes for me on the newest PlayDate OS (2.0.3) during the initial game title animation.
It shows the error message below when I select “more detail”.
It seems there might be a typo in the font name (“Roobert10Bold”) or the font is no longer available on newer versions of the Playdate OS?
Thanks for the info! It’s definitely weird, as the font comes with the app — but it’s definitely a problem with the font not being loaded for some reason. I’ll look into it!
So far I’ve been unsuccessful at reproducing the problem, so if you have a moment, please let me know about the following two things:
Do you have a fresh Playdate (about 3 months-old or newer)? There might be some problem with the newer units I’m not aware of, so I’d ask someone with another new unit if they see the problem, too.
Do you sideload the game unzipped? (Some browsers unzip the download by default.) If so, please try uploading it in a zip and let me know if it helped. (I’m quite reaching with this one, but perhaps… I never know ;-))
There might be something else I’ll realize only later, so I may get back to you soon. Fingers crossed (for both of us :)), I hope you’ll be able to enjoy the game soon.
Yes, I received my playdate last week. It might be a series B playdate with the different chip, not sure about that. I sideloaded it using USB (unzipped onto the memory disk Games folder, which worked fine for the other games), but I’ll try it again via the PlayDate website.
Thanks!
Ok by sideloading using the Playdate website it runs. Must have been some error during download or copying then, sorry.
Thanks for trying these out! It’s still weird but I’m happy that it might have been just a coincidence (perhaps some problem with a case-(in)sensitive partition or just a borked copy). I hope that you’ll enjoy the game :)
To the potential future fellows who discover this thread while googling the same problem: let me know about it, please! :) If it happens more frequently, I’d like to know about it and fix it.
I’d like a hint on how to unlock the secret screen savers (flying toaster). I did find tic tac toe but wasn’t able to win it yet
Otherwise you have all the scores on the score board (except “give up” where giving up is enough)? If so, not losing the tictactoes should be enough to unlock all secrets.
What's new? :)
Generally just a few tiny fixes and a new launch animation :-) Thanks for noticing!
There will be a proper devlog soon (and a walkthrough), I didn’t want to post during the anti-sale ;-)
pretty simple game, loved the part when you turn the crank
11/10
thanks! just curious: on a scale of 1 to 10, would you recommend docking and undocking crank repeatedly to your friends? [:)]
This game is fantastic!! I went into it expecting a unique experience, and it exceeded my expectations. I would love to see more updates with new screensavers over time! I will definitely be using these to play on my desk while I work.
Thanks! I’m really glad you liked it!
I hope to see more from you in the future! The comedic bits were hilarious too, very funny :D
"You're the loader!"
I really really really hope this has Flying Toasters. Please God!
Oh, Flying Toasters are hilarious but also hella complex! Some of the animations and choreographies are magical and it all adds up :) I wanted to draw everything by hand and mimicking their style is hard.
However, I have some updates planned (not only because I already found one thing I built and forgot to include in the final game 😅), so maybe there’ll be one update with that little bit of a burnt toast smell :)
There's a 1-bit verion out there. I used to have it (maybe still so if I search for it). It was simple green flying toasters against black - a joke as if the saver existed before the Mac and this was the DOS version. I'll hunt for it if it would help.
Thanks, it’ll definitely help :) I tried googling it a bit, but the original is pervasive.
I think that the variety of animations is part of its magic, but then again, I could do just a basic version and see whether it would be enough on its own :)
I stayed up way too late tonight hunting and hunting for this. I remember it becasue I had it, and the internet is omniscient so the info *must* exist. My Red Bull fueled persistence paid off. After three hours of hunting, the word "prototoasters" popped to mind. That's what that 1-Bit toasters saver was called. Armed with that keyword I soon found an interview with After Dark creator Jack Eastman where he says Prototoasters was a module in After Dark 4.0 based on his original prototype artwork. Interview is here.
Then I found another page with images of both the prototoasters and the final, more familiar ones. Both in 1-Bit. Hopefully you can either chase down an old copy of After Dark 4 or use the 1-Bit images to create sprites. The images show the wings in both the up and down positions.
The prototoasters (and flying toast) in the 1-Bit image look exactly like the Prototoaster screensaver (except in After Dark they were DOS green in keeping with Berkeley Systems' motto "Agressively Stupid." :)
EDIT: After writing this I noticed that my second link is to ⌘GET INFO, the web site of gingerbeardman, who's developed several Playdate games (Daily Driver, Bender, Sparrow Solitaire, Circular, among others). He wrote at length about Tomoya Ikeda, the artist who created the 1-bit toaster artwork based onEastman's prototyping. So it stands to reason gingerbeardman would be on board with making the toasters fly on the Playdate via Stars of the Screen. Perhaps he could be of assistance.
Omg, this is so good! I’ll have a free update some time in October. And I hope I’ll be able to capture some magic of Flying Toasters without completely ripping them off :) Also wow, it’s great to find out how people in the playdate community are very cool even beyond their pd apps.
(Sorry for a belated reply, I fell ill with covid right after my last message.)
It’s completely unrelated, but some of the humor and attention to detail found in Ikeda’s illustrations reminded me of another japanese artist mostly unknown in the West, Tiger Tateishi (I tried to create a Wikipedia page once and it got removed, but since then I got two of his books as a present from my wife… so next time it will be properly sourced :D).
Wholeheartedly recommended — here’s a b&w example https://samim.io/p/2021-01-14-illustrations-by-tiger-tateishi-1941-1998/, but there’s a lot more accessible via google images.
Haha love the description parts of the game ^^
😅