Coming soon to Playdate

What the Crow?!


Play as a little crow who is a little bit angry and a bit bitter. Why is he so angry and causing trouble? Find out in this smash and bash side platform game.

FEATURES

  • Use your fists -ahem- I mean wings to smash destructible plates, lightbulbs, and even some toilet paper.
  • Avoid the humans by hiding behind objects
  • Get combo points for breaking multiple objects in a row
  • Find and grab feathers throughout the house to fly higher
  • Beat your highscore
  • Invincible mode available if you just want to play casually. Highscores will not be recorded in this mode.

GAME LENGTH
This is a short but sweet game and should take only a few minutes to complete. However, feel free to come back to beat your highscore and grab those combos!

crow gameplay
crow being dizzy
crow coming through window
crow sleeping
crow bashing objects
scene selection screen

Upcoming updates:


NEW GAME UPDATES:

  • Second level is coming soon
  • Optimizations to overall game framerate, built from the ground up

APRIL 1 2024


Version 1.0.2 live

  • FIXED (from March 31): If standing still when music changes, it get's too loud and doesn't change volume based on how far you are from the speaker.
  • ADDED (from March 31): Globalscores auto-refreshes if no globalscores are displayed on first load.
  • FIXED (from March 29): Game crashes after finishing the game if a button is pressed to continue.
  • FIXED (from March 29): In some rare instances, objects such as shelves, roof, and tables disappear.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Highscore resetting to 0 even though globalscore shows a higher score.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Highscore not appearing on title screen.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Some game objects not resetting when retrying. Particularly, the upstairs staircase area.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Globalscores list getting cropped on right side.




MARCH 31 2024


Version 1.0.2 queued

  • FIXED: If standing still when music changes, it get's too loud and doesn't change volume based on how far you are from the speaker.
  • ADDED: Globalscores auto-refreshes if no globalscores are displayed on first load.
  • FIXED (from March 29): Game crashes after finishing the game if a button is pressed to continue.
  • FIXED (from March 29): In some rare instances, objects such as shelves, roof, and tables disappear.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Highscore resetting to 0 even though globalscore shows a higher score.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Highscore not appearing on title screen.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Some game objects not resetting when retrying. Particularly, the upstairs staircase area.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Globalscores list getting cropped on right side.




MARCH 29 2024


Version 1.0.2 (see March 31st update)

  • FIXED: Game crashes after finishing the game if a button is pressed to continue.
  • FIXED: In some rare instances, objects such as shelves, roof, and tables disappear.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Highscore resetting to 0 even though globalscore shows a higher score.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Highscore not appearing on title screen.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Some game objects not resetting when retrying. Particularly, the upstairs staircase area.
  • FIXED (from March 27): Globalscores list getting cropped on right side.




MARCH 27 2024


Version 1.0.1 submitted and to be released soon:

  • FIXED: Highscore resetting to 0 even though globalscore shows a higher score.
  • FIXED: Highscore not appearing on title screen.
  • FIXED: Some game objects not resetting when retrying. Particularily, the upstairs staircase area.
  • FIXED: Globalscores list getting cropped on right side.




MARCH 26 2024


What the Crow?! has release on March 26th! Thank you all for the interest in What the Crow?! I am overwhelmed by the response to the game and excited to have many more people try it out.

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It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It fits in your pocket. It includes amazing games from prolific and first-time developers. It has a beautiful black-and-white screen, and yes, it also has a crank.

Created with great attention to detail and affection by app developer and video game publisher Panic, in collaboration with Teenage Engineering, Playdate hopes to capture the spirit of endless possibility and excitement that games have given us since the beginning. Playdate’s collection of games will delight players with their inventiveness and ingenuity. And in addition to introducing players to brand new games, Playdate also encourages people to create their own imaginative games and interactive software using a suite of easy development tools. In short, Playdate was made just for fun.

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About me


I'm a solo indie developer/designer who creates apps as a hobby. Lately, I've been working on games for a little yellow handheld device called Playdate.

For mobile games, I've been working on low-intesity, ad-free, and with no in-app purchases. Some of these low-intesity apps have been selected to be used in some children's hospitals where they can be used as distractions during procedures. It's been a joy designing these apps and I hope to have more in the future. Thanks for visiting and for your support!

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