Making a handheld game with no game engine in 7 days

[@SquidGodDev]

It's been delayed 1.5 years because of travel restrictions, but I'm finally going on my honeymoon! See you all in a few weeks :)

[@NathanHedglin]

Congratulations 🎉!!! Enjoy

[@phowlixx]

Yeaaah man have a great time💪💪✨

[@IamDaveDev]

You make games, and you got a partner? Teach us your ways!

[@sergio_henrique]

8:02 omg I was expecting some sort of punchline after "since the game was almost like Tennis...", because that's what the intonation suggested. But then that was just it, and I laughed a lot 🤣🤣🤣

[@SquidGodDev]

I had a punch line and then accidentally removed it while editing, and when I listened back it sounded so funny I had to keep it that way 😝

[@Pinkurori]

One of your cleanest games that you ever makes. Looks like an original game

[@SquidGodDev]

Thanks! Tried to up the polish on this one.

[@micahseethor3233]

Hey! I've been watching your content ever since the Playdate fell under my radar a few months ago. And I have to say you've really out done yourself this time, the game looks amazing and the sounds track and art really is banging. in KZbin's terms this is a 1/10 video. Continue making great content, and enjoy your honeymoon!

[@SquidGodDev]

Thank you! I've worked hard on this the past week so I'm happy that it's being well received :)

[@sergio_henrique]

With that score, you must be tough to please, I guess. 😆

[@SquidGodDev]

@@sergio_henrique haha in the KZbin studio app, a 1/10 is when your video is performing the best out of your last ten videos, so in KZbin terms that's a good thing :)

[@sergio_henrique]

@@SquidGodDev Wow, I didn't know that. I thought it might have been a funny typo. Good to know.

[@MrSchyzophrenic]

Impressive how you can build this so fast. I now want to look at these tools you have been using. Anything to speed up the workflow!

[@SquidGodDev]

For sure the tools helped a lot. Hoping to get even faster.

[@lordofthe6string]

Honestly this game has a lot of thoughts in it that even a lot of released games don't have. Like making the power bar wiggly when full is such a nice touch. It clearly shows you really think like a game designer. I see a lot of youtubers that just go through the motions and end up with confusing or lacklustre games. I think you will go far in games if that's what you pursue 👍

[@SquidGodDev]

Thank you!

[@Twice_Tess]

Comment for the algorithm!!!!!!!!! You deserve more recognition my guy

[@SquidGodDev]

Thank you!!

[@NKCubed]

wow, this has to be your most polished game yet, I love it! def feels like it could sell for something

[@SquidGodDev]

Thanks! Decided against it - I didn't quite like the feeling of selling Pocket Pets, so games are gonna be free for the near future

[@NKCubed]

@@SquidGodDev good by me, but glad you're reaching this level of playdate polish, can't wait to see what you make next

[@pizzafuel]

Been playing this almost nonstop since I got my playdate this week. Damn, the later levels get insanely hard. Love it! Great to see your journey through your devlogs. Your games are getting better and better! Keep them coming :D

This looks like a lot of fun! Can't wait for my playdate to arrive to try it out

[@SquidGodDev]

Can't wait for you to try it :)

[@starrybook]

I'm so glad the Playdate exists. It's like the Pico8 getting a massive upgrade with an easier way to code games and an actual *official* hardware.

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah pretty much how I see it too

[@leonardovigilatodemorais7280]

i'd really like to see you try and make a shadow of the colossus esque game where you have to climb giants and hit weak points to kill them, maybe you use the rank to aim a bow/swing a sword? perhaps maybe aiming a grappling hook so it's more fun to go up the giant?

[@SquidGodDev]

That sounds dope but really hard to pull off 😅

[@leonardovigilatodemorais7280]

@@SquidGodDev thanks! but i mean i just thought it was a cool thought! maybe the crank just cycles between the bow/sword/hand/glider? like in the original game? so you select the thing you want and "activate" it by pressing up on the d-pad, like you activate the bow by presseing up and now the crank angles it instead of changing item, and to deactivate it just press up again!

[@BlueOctopusDev]

Try to add freeze frames when the ball is hit, I can guarantee that it will feel amazing. (great honeymoon btw :)

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah I was thinking of doing some time dilation stuff, but decided against it. Maybe next time

[@airat_drums2135]

Wow! It's amazing! Happy honeymoon!!!

[@SquidGodDev]

Thank you!

[@floydhayes]

You truly are the God of all Squids. Loving all these videos!

[@Dylb0]

SQUIDGOD STAY BALLIN FR have a good honeymoon :D

[@SquidGodDev]

NEVER STOP 😤😤

[@LolaliciousSmiley]

Hey, this is air hockey, not tennis! Just kidding, it doesn't matter because it plays well. Very good title. The presentation is what really shines. Transitions are clean and not too long. Announcer voices are my second favorite thing in all of gaming. It is ABSOLUTELY perfect here and adds a ton of flavor. Now I understand how much attitude this game really has. The music is great (I like the byeuuu buheuuuuuuuuuu in the background)! It reminds me of old flash games with short music loops made in ACID Xpress. The net adds a ton of energy to the visuals. Very very smart addition. One thing is that I think a timer system would be better than the meter system for dashing. Maybe a flash when it's ready or a closing circle or something. Knowing how many hits away from a dash doesn't change my decision making at all. Actually, I am pretty disappointed in the fact that there is no custom wrapping paper. I understand I know I know you made this in like zero time, but the custom wrapping paper should really be the first thing you do (shame). This was a brilliant surprise. Have a good vacation!

[@thatsmaik]

Really cool! Awesome what you can archive in 6 days

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah it's fun trying to push my limits. Hoping to get better and achieve even more next time.

[@KibensFG]

this is so cool! makes me want to buy a playdate just to develop for it

[@Dino-ny1vz]

wow, this game looks amazing, the voice acting, art, it just combines so nicely, the only thing that bothered me was how that lock overlayed on the locked characters- other than that, its just perfect 👌 enjoy the honey moon 😎 tell the wife hi for me 👍

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah the lock was sort of a last minute thing - wasn't quite happy about it either, but it's whatever. Thanks! I'll tell her you said hi :)

[@Dino-ny1vz]

@@SquidGodDev yeah that makes sense, i still think it turned out amazing, especially for your 1 week time crunch, also cool i was kinda joking... anyway enjoy your honeymoon!

[@KuzuTomoki]

Now to give the other characters special moves and then make the game multiplayer online, lmao the birth of a Playdate fighting game, but it's Tennis (almost)

[@SquidGodDev]

No way to make multiplayer games on the Playdate quite yet, but that does sound like a cool idea

[@sebastianwardana1527]

it cant be overstated!

[@elizabethbarwise9966]

I was sceptical at first but by the end I was a convert to the game. Well done and enjoy your honeymoon!

[@SquidGodDev]

Haha glad you got converted. And thanks!

[@ninomojo]

Hey Squidgod, a random idea: since your net looks like water, why not make the bottom player a fish in water, and the top player a spider on the ceiling? :)

[@_gamma.]

This video was so interesting, earned a sub!

[@thejanman]

Great job. Very impressive!

[@jakehopper5204]

Amazing Game. The play date looks like a Game Dev dream. Would you recommend it for it's price if you want to make quick little games.

[@SquidGodDev]

It's super fun for sure. I personally like it cause I think it's amazing that I can make games for a handheld and since it's been out less than a year, there's still a lot of "firsts" to do on the console. If you're just interested in making little games, I would probably recommend PICO-8 first, but if that doesn't quite scratch the itch, then the Playdate might be something to go for.

[@metashrew]

For the abilities that are under/overpowered you could change how fast the meter fills up

[@simplyindev]

Another banger, he's done it again!

[@SquidGodDev]

Lookin forward to your next banger video myself

[@MarcosCodas]

Crazy. So good.

[@pitifulrock630]

squidgod off 2 blinkers

[@AmyValentine100]

That's so cool. And in 7 days. Very impressive 😀👍

[@TheEarthSausage]

This is about the blow up

[@roku-casualenjoyer555]

Im no game dev and have 0 programming knowledge but this video urges me to dive into this rabbit hole

[@SquidGodDev]

You should - no harm in looking into it :)

[@roku-casualenjoyer555]

@@SquidGodDev ill start saving money to buy this

[@SquidGodDev]

@@roku-casualenjoyer555 You can do programming/game dev for free - I definitely would start with that. Maybe Unity or Godot

[@tracythan362]

Hope you have a great honeymoon!!

[@SquidGodDev]

Thanks Tracy!

[@Extner4]

Can you do a tutorial on sfx and music? Your game looks really polished well done!

[@SquidGodDev]

Thanks! Maybe at some point.

[@SleepyGhostly]

7:35 it doesn't look like a tophat it looks like a muscle person crossing his arms

[@comfyspacerobot]

Congrats on the honeymoon my guy!

[@SquidGodDev]

Thank you!

[@WhityLee_]

gamedevs do the weirdiest challenges: "oh my honeymoon is in a week! bet I can make a game in that time..."

[@SquidGodDev]

Hahaha heck yeah we do

[@Serpent_Greenhorn]

Have you considered inverting the tennis racket. With those clean sprites it looks odd. (Almost like it's made of cardboard.) Everything here makes me want to get a Playdate myself.

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah the sprites kinda jank for sure. I just threw it together and I guess it stuck.

[@silentkillaa2673]

almost tennis.. it's a squash! :D

[@RandellMonaghan]

ok thanks heaps, your games look cool as and now i have to go out a buy a bloody playdate. far out bro you screwed me. congratz on getting married.

[@shawnkirsch]

I downloaded this one and it’s epic!

[@skiddlydoobop3543]

the guy with the hat kinda looks like a super buff frog

[@KATBOI667]

god I wish I had a playdate. that's sick

[@SquidGodDev]

Can confirm it's awesome having a Playdate

[@BloodyDeadCat]

You should add level select

[@CitrusArchitect]

Enjoy your honeymoon!!! Take time to enjoy yourself!

[@SquidGodDev]

Thanks Citrus!

[@NeptuneSega]

You can't directly compare the processor speed. That was basically oversimplified. Yes, I know this isn't a hardware channel before I get stopped in the comments by fanboys. The segment could of been skipped and briefed that this thing is not really a powerhouse at all.

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah I was thinking about that just today actually. Realized I didn't think about multiple cores and other ways faster processors use to process more instructions faster like pipelining, branch prediction, and cache management. The turnaround for the script was pretty short and I wanted to have a point of reference for how much slower the Playdate is, but I'll think more about that next time.

[@eboatwright_]

This is awesome! It would have been cooler if you used the crank to swing the paddle though :)

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah it def would've been interesting, but it's a bit awkward cranking and using the d-pad at the same time - kind of hurts the hand.

[@lfbaroni]

@@SquidGodDev you can use the crank just for serving ?

[@lfbaroni]

@@SquidGodDev congrats and happy honeymoon btw...

[@SquidGodDev]

@@lfbaroni Ohh interesting idea. Welp maybe next time

[@eboatwright_]

@@SquidGodDev Ah, that makes sense :)

[@MusicReyansh12]

This might be hard but if you can,please make futbol/soccer game for playdate

[@SquidGodDev]

Haha that would be cool. Maybe in the future, but not anytime soon.

[@glorytotheaprdeathtotheufl7917]

Love it, hope you have fun on your honeymoon ;)

[@ethanbuttazzi2602]

you should od a custom editor for it.

[@Sarif98]

I laughed so hard at this joke! 😂 8:00

[@necromancerV9S]

Anyone else Tall hat tim looks like a buff mean frog 8:50.

[@skibbl_dev]

The crank doesnt swing the raqcuet? 😢

[@PepperBoi]

Wtf I was also inspired by thwack, my idea was pretty much the same as yours but you could jump over the net and attack the enemy with your racket

[@SquidGodDev]

Thwack gang rise up 😤

[@Computer-Frog]

Me the whole video: USE THE CRANK

[@SquidGodDev]

Just made an update to the game to make it so you can crank to swing now.

[@fredik21]

Ohh nice 👍 Interesting video)

[@SquidGodDev]

Thanks!

[@eitanbil]

me: up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right, B, A

[@RegiRuler]

4:20 whatever you did probably works in practice, but I think this math is off? The cosine only works when the ball and the racket are on the same x dimension, because only then would you get the right angle necessary for trigonometry. Otherwise, think about it: if the ball were to be further from the player, but at the same angle, then the cosine would mathematically be the same. But that's not what you're doing here I think. EDIT: I'm profoundly stupid, you're not getting the distance to the racket, but the horizontal distance to the ball.

[@SquidGodDev]

Haha no worries. I was thinking about changing the speed based off the distance along the racket, but decided against it for some reason

[@MrMegaManFan]

How long does it take to get a Playdate from order to delivery these days? Your channel has me interested but I don’t want to wait an Analogue length of time after putting down a couple hundred bucks.

[@SquidGodDev]

A while. No definitive answer I think, but if you order now it'd probably be like Q4 before it gets delivered.

[@kyubi7166]

Happy honeymoon

[@SquidGodDev]

Thanks!

[@emisorano]

hat dude looks like a muscular man with arms crossed lmaoooo

[@Stinky_malinky]

so where do you get this so called play date

[@SquidGodDev]

play.date/

[@XViprin9999YT]

Mark Zuckerberg? He is a fan of gan cube!

[@SquidGodDev]

YODIEEEEE GANG. Shall we?

[@endyferdinand]

so cool but i can't buy at MALAYSIA... Why?

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah it's definitely weird because it's manufactured there, but I believe there's some strange regulatory issues. Not too sure

[@ilikepigs7937]

hi im in grade 5 and thanks for teaching me basic triganomitry im gonna go lern more soon

[@SquidGodDev]

Glad I could help!

[@maringudelj1676]

Where can i download ur games?

[@SquidGodDev]

My itch page: squidgod.itch.io/

[@Pavel...]

А можно ли как-то на play date сделать онлайн игру?

[@SquidGodDev]

No, not yet. There's a wifi chip on the Playdate, but there's no API yet to access it.

[@masteryoshi6434]

Where did you got the assets? which site?

[@SquidGodDev]

itch.io

[@rooty]

I thought playdate games had to be monochrome

[@SquidGodDev]

Yeah it's 1-bit. There's two colors a sort of light gray and a black. This game only uses those two colors

[@rickystephens4689]

I'm probably gonna buy a playdate will you release this game I would pay like 6 pound and under and it you don't release it send me the code or download or something nice work love from London

[@SquidGodDev]

It's been out for free for the last ~2ish months: squidgod.itch.io/almost-tennis

[@himasf]

It's so hard 😢😭😔

[@soaremicheledavid6020]

How tou become so smart at this?

[@SquidGodDev]

Well I went to school for Computer Engineering so I learned programming stuff there, and I've been programming for like 7ish years. Just takes time.

[@soaremicheledavid6020]

@@SquidGodDev Wow, cool, good for you. I am a specialist in hardware, repair laptops/phones/consoles.

[@OmegaTakenZ]

I'm a German 8th grader and our teachers never taught us trigonometry 😭😭😭

[@SquidGodDev]

You'll probably learn it soon

[@OmegaTakenZ]

@@SquidGodDev I hope so or else I'm screwed if I want to be a game dev

[@heitorsant1759]

Make mario for playdate

[@SquidGodDev]

I have some ideas for a platforming thing coming soon

[@pablobarria296]

impressive!, do you study computer science at university or something?

[@SquidGodDev]

Thanks! I studied Computer Engineering at university, but I'm working as a software engineer now

[@gameinglizard6984]

WAIT YOU GOT MARRIED???

[@SquidGodDev]

Been married! Honeymoon was just delayed for a while because of covid restrictions

[@CalvinArt]

The Waffle House has found its new host

[@robertwatts7894]

The waffle house has found its new host.