Panic wants everyone to make games for Playdate, and creating better, more empathic stories—while diversifying the games industry—is key to the mission of narrative development company Sweet Baby Inc. So Panic and Sweet Baby, along with Strange Scaffold, teamed up to pair industry veterans with first-time developers from diverse backgrounds to create and ship two Playdate games in just six months. Hear how the mentors and mentees approached these projects, and then download and play Reel Steal and Recommendation Dog!! for free, via Catalog for Playdate!

Show Notes

• Reel Steal’s game page


• Recommendation Dog!!'s game page


• Strange Scaffold


• Sweet Baby Inc.


• David Bedard on Twitter


• Strange Scaffold/Xalavier Nelson Jr. on Twitter


• Julia Minamata’s website


• Sherveen Uduwana on Twitter


• Will Herring’s website


• Adanna Nedd’s website


• Louisa Atto’s website


• Maxine Sophia Wolff’s website


• David Nguyen on Twitter


• Isaiah Henry on itch


• Raphael Batista de Lima on Behance


• Neha Patel’s website


• Eleanor Hébert’s website


• Ayla Myers’ website


• Jay Squared’s link tree


• Hassan DuRant’s website


• James Wright’s website


• Jenna Yow on itch


• Will Stacey on Twitter


• Jerry Belich’s website


• Nikki Liu on Behance


• Episode 7: Lost Your Marbles


• Lupin III


• Tiger Handheld Games


• Episode Transcript