EYELAND — (Playdate)

Played this via the Catalog. It's fantastic. This is my little micro review:

"Don't judge a book by its cover. Despite buying and trying about a million different Playdate games since I got my unit I'd never given EYELAND a look because, in my mind, it was 'just a little tech demo made in Pulp'.

Pulp is the online editor you can use to make simple games for Playdate with limited coding knowledge, and I'd say EYELAND has to be up there as one of the most effective uses of it. The tile based trappings are still there in its movement, but this little adventure has such soul by way of its writing, design, art direction and music, you soon forget its limitations and just sink totally into this cute little story. Borderline Kentucky Route Zero in places, this is a real achievement for the SDK and the Playdate. Loved it."

Good chance I bring this up on the O3C Games podcast next month - listen out!

I finally took a moment to sit down and play Eyeland, and I'm so freaking happy that I did! What an amazing little game. 

The graphics are wonderful, the music pleasing, and the puzzles really entertaining. I loved all the little characters you meet along your journey, and the little thought clouds are genius! Amazing work. 

Incredible game. This is my first reason to love the playdate and wish more games were like this. 

As a dev with 20ys experience I’m tempted to start building something for this little console. I really look forward to the sequel of your game, thank you for bringing here this tiny amazing experience!

Finally played Eyeland and loved it, thank you for making it! Wrote about it for my site~ https://www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/eyeland

Really inspired my wife who is getting into Pulp right now. This was the first game that really made her understand what the Playdate can DO.

Fun game with a very solid foundation. Excited for the sequel, would love to see a longer game with more puzzles and a larger world to explore.

Any update about Eyeland 2?

Beautiful game – bought on catalog. Would it be possible to add a list-mode icon to the game please? It's a shame to have such a good game missing that polished touch on the latest firmware.

Wonderful game! It makes great use of the constraints of the platform. It’s clever, funny, odd, and well designed. I do hope the next Eyeland has a save or chapter system, though, so that I’m not worried about losing progress if I have to put my Playdate down.

This game is stunning. When is the upcoming release?

What a beautiful game :’)

Truly adored this! It’s one of my favourite Playdate games, an outstanding 1hr spent, not a minute wasted! 

game was super fun! Can’t wait to see what you create next! 

Fantastic game.  As others have said, you've nailed a special atmosphere, evocative, drawing the player in.  Bravo.

Such an amazing game ! The athmosphere is bar none ! I especially love all the little touches, how much visual feedback the game gives to your actions. So, so cool! I am really hyped for the announcement of Eyeland 2 ! I'm hoping there will be some optional content in the second one to encourage replayability :D!

I love this lil nugget! Really hope to see more!
First game I played through and love it!

Got my Playdate yesterday and this was the first (non-Season) game I played on it and I understand why it received so many accolades.  Good fun, lightly challenging, and I'm happy to have found it.  Thank you!  (I started it last night and this morning, thought, "I'm going to make a map so I know exactly where I am."  Got back to it this afternoon and -- as I imagine y'all know -- I didn't need to make a map.  :)

Just got to the Endless End. What an absolute joy of a game. 

happy late burfday 2 eyeland

Everybody: get this game. It's funny, wacky, lovable, sympathetic, surprising, entertaining and well worth the tiny price. Very cool, Ron.

The game is great! Relaxing simple puzzles and clear nice art, love it

Great game that definitely worth his 2$.

Good graphics ( The rain, some effect impressive). Puzzles at some point are really smart and fun.

At the end, the boat float on the sea and nothing else happen. is it normal ?

Anyway : I will buy your next game for sure !!!

I can translate in French. 

This game was such a delight! Thank you very much for creating it!

Hi! Very much loved your game, and was wondering if you would like for me to translate it in Italian... my gf would very much appreciate it, and maybe some Italians too! I wrote you a pm on reddit 😊

This game is incredible. So polished. Just when you thought you'd seen it all, something else clever happens. I do not understand how all this was achieved in Pulp. This game is a must-play.

Majestic, loved every second of it, just finished it, immersive dialog and interesting choice of puzzles, immersive and heartwarming experience.

The lack of crank feature annoyed me a tiny bit though, I think they were three clear opportunities to incorporate the crank feature, but still fantastic game, thank you

A delight! Loved the writing, the art, the length. Good good stuff.

Love it! What a great little game. Interesting characters, weird dialogue, funny, great level design. I’d really love to see more games from you. Can’t wait! Thank you.

Really lovely little game! Thoroughly enjoyed it 😊

v3?

I played right through in one go. What a fun journey!

Hi Ron, still love Eyeland. Have you received your Playdate? You helped me with a few questions a few months back when I was starting off with Pulp and wanted to send you a copy of the game that I'll be uploading soon.

Absolutely loved it! Every frame is gorgeous, and a great soundtrack. Loved the attention to detail too :) Looking forward to more games from you.

Absolutely love the game - the best so far on playdate. As others have mentioned, the asthetic, the simple yet beautiful graphics, the music, the excellent use of the small screen (and fact that I don't need mirror to play it) are all awesome. I know there are disclaimers everywhere but it would be nice to be able to save progress. looking forward to a sequel :)

This is a really cute little game. I love the aesthetic. The main character reminds me of Horace from the old ZX Spectrum game series.

First game to sideload onto my Playdate and boy am i ever glad this was the first! Absolutely charmed!! The artwork, music, cheeky dialog, puzzles, storytelling - i had a smile on my face the whole time! You can really feel how much creativity went into this, truly a work of art! Cannot wait to see what else you have in store! Thank you for this one!