Season 1 · Episode 10
Omaze
How Gregory Kogos spun the concept of his custom hardware game RotoRing into the many-circled puzzle platformer Omaze!
August 16, 202223m 14s
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Show Notes
When custom-hardware game maker Gregory Kogos tried to copy his award-winning circular puzzle platformer RotoRing directly to the Playdate, it didn’t quite pan out. Find out how he persevered to turn the game’s core concepts into the delightfully addictive spin-off, Omaze!
Show Notes
- Gregory Kogos on Twitter
- Gregory’s Omaze write-up on gamedeveloper.com
- RotoRing on Facebook
- Gregory’s synth tool
- Playdate Software Development Kit
- Synth documentation in the Playdate SDK
- Katana Zero
- Playdate Pulp
- Arduino
- Arduboy
- alt.ctrl.gdc
- Game Developers Conference
- Busan Indie Connect
- Nick Suttner on Twitter
- Furniture and Mattress Games
- Eggplant: the Secret Life of Games
- Boogie Loops Playdate Podcast episode
- Casual Birder Playdate Podcast episode
- Whitewater Wipeout Playdate Podcast episode
- Untitled Goose Game Panic Podcast episode
- House House
- Omaze game page on the Playdate website
- Episode Transcript
Topics
playdatehandheld gamesgregory kogospanicindie gamescrankgame developmentpuzzle platformercustom hardware gamesalt.ctrl.gdcsynthesizerschiptune tracker