Interesting … for those who don’t know what the Panic Playdate is all about, here’s something of Wiki…
Playdate is an upcoming handheld video game console developed by Panic. It was first introduced on May 22, 2019 on the cover of Edge magazine. It was designed in collaboration with Teenage Engineering, a Swedish consumer electronics company.
Taken from Engadget … Several months ago, Panic unveiled the Playdate, a tiny gaming handheld with a crank that is perhaps the most adorable gadget we’ve seen this year. As cute it is, however, it’s not quite ready for pre-orders just yet. But the hardware itself is effectively done. That’s why Panic is announcing a new preview program where developers can get their hands on one early, so they can start creating games for it.
In a blog post and a series of tweets, Panic states that it hopes to get early units to developers as soon as possible: “Very soon, we’ll put these Developer Preview units up for sale. We’ll email our developer preview list when it’s time.” The selection will be random as the company can only make so many of these early units. Any developer can order and they won’t be charged unless they’re chosen. Though Panic wouldn’t tell us just how many of them will be offered, we did hear that it would be in the “hundreds.” It also hopes to set aside a number of units for underrepresented developers.
Source: Engadget
