This is what Playdate Pulp is for: it’s a game maker where you don’t have to write any code at all unless you’d like to, in which case there’s also a scripting language called PulpScript. But what if you’re just starting out? If you have an idea for a Playdate game, we’d like to see you realize it quickly and simply. An experienced game developer could download our free SDK and write a game in Lua or C, using a rich set of APIs, the way you’d do it for most gaming platforms.

We wanted those games to be made by just about anyone.