Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure (Panic PlayDate) (GAME FOOTAGE)

This video is not mine. This is taken from one of the two interactive front-page demos on in 2019, by inspecting the HTML element it resides in, upscaled to 1080p in case YouTube would’ve put artifacts on the original 240p video. If you don’t know what the PlayDate is, it’s a new handheld game console announced by the popular Mac app developer and Untitled Goose Game publisher Panic Inc. on May 22nd, 2019 via issue 333 of the EDGE magazine. This handheld takes in a combination of a retro feel (with its minimalist 1-bit screen and limited buttons) and an industrial design by Teenage Engineering (who came up with the device’s signature analog crank). The PlayDate has been shown off at the 2019 Game Devs of Color Expo and PAX West events. Since then, it’s been followed up by a few updates, a stream on Twitch from Panic about the basics of PlayDate game development, and a premiered video update which revealed many details, such as the names and menu banners of m