Hi there, I just bought and downloaded the game and I'm attempting to sideload it onto my Playdate (this is my first time trying this), and after extracting the .zip file I can't seem to find an actual .pdx file to drop onto the sideload screen. There's a folder called EasyGodding.pdx, but it's a folder and not an actual file. I'm sure the answer is very simple and I'm just not seein' it (I've been at this for about an hour now, haha), so here I am leaving a comment in the hopes of getting some help! Thanks for reading :)
You're right in that a "pdx" is just a folder with a .pdx extension. The sideload site expects a zipped pdx folder, though.
To sideload the game to your playdate you can either use the sideload site, where you upload the zip (not the pdx itself), then download it from settings. OR, you can plug your playdate in and put the unzipped pdx on the device yourself - navigate to the games folder and drop it in there. I don't have my playdate on me so I can't give you the exact folder names, but that's the gist of it - if sideloading via play.date then use the zipped pdx; if sideloading via usb use the unzipped pdx.
Ohhhh my goodness I am such a dumby-dumb-dumb. I saw "drag the zipped file" in the instructions and apparently tricked myself into thinking that meant to UNZIP the file. Good gravy! Thank you so much. What a brainfart (￣ヘ￣;)
No, thank you! I've been loving the game so far! The little animation of the hand swirling its fingers as it creates a new element brings me so much joy (*´ω｀*)
Always happy to hear it. What you say is quite possible - I changed some of the data in there. The save data has a version number saved with it. If the version is greater, it's supposed to create a new save file, and copy over any new fields that exist now into the old save file. But I probably messed something up somewhere, or didn't update the save file version or something.
Feels like I have more power than the master hand from Smash Bros! Holy cow there are so many elements, it's crazy! Started off only expecting serious elements, but then some silly and interesting ones come into play. As others have mentioned, the crushing of an element with the crank feels very satisfying.
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Got this on the Catalog, and it's great...but I can't seem to make Day, combining Light and Sky just makes Star
Oh, I'm really sorry about that! You're right - that's a duplicate. I'll fix it and issue an update asap. Thanks for letting me know.
No worries, thanks for making the game!
thanks
Congrats on being listed in the Play date catalog. Are you going to maintain the versions the same on each store?
Thanks! Yes, any updates will come to both stores.
yay!!
Hi there, I just bought and downloaded the game and I'm attempting to sideload it onto my Playdate (this is my first time trying this), and after extracting the .zip file I can't seem to find an actual .pdx file to drop onto the sideload screen. There's a folder called EasyGodding.pdx, but it's a folder and not an actual file. I'm sure the answer is very simple and I'm just not seein' it (I've been at this for about an hour now, haha), so here I am leaving a comment in the hopes of getting some help! Thanks for reading :)
Hey there!
You're right in that a "pdx" is just a folder with a .pdx extension. The sideload site expects a zipped pdx folder, though.
To sideload the game to your playdate you can either use the sideload site, where you upload the zip (not the pdx itself), then download it from settings. OR, you can plug your playdate in and put the unzipped pdx on the device yourself - navigate to the games folder and drop it in there. I don't have my playdate on me so I can't give you the exact folder names, but that's the gist of it - if sideloading via play.date then use the zipped pdx; if sideloading via usb use the unzipped pdx.
Let me know if you're still having trouble!
Ohhhh my goodness I am such a dumby-dumb-dumb. I saw "drag the zipped file" in the instructions and apparently tricked myself into thinking that meant to UNZIP the file. Good gravy! Thank you so much. What a brainfart (￣ヘ￣;)
Glad you're up and running! Thanks for buying the game!!
No, thank you! I've been loving the game so far! The little animation of the hand swirling its fingers as it creates a new element brings me so much joy (*´ω｀*)
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Is there something I can help you with?
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Okay. I hope that my game did not offend you, it was very much not my intention.
I love the game! However, the 1.8 update on play date is crashing and it shows as 1.7.2 at the side load.
I scrubbed the data of the game and the side load. I can't even open the game. :(
Somehow I missed this message completely, sunshine. I am so sorry. I will write a new version and upload it right now.
Okay, I uploaded version 1.8.1. Please let me know if you still have problems.
Will do. I snooped around. I would say the data file update from 1.7 to 1.8 is not parsing properly.
That is an unwanted tech advice. You can ignore :)
Always happy to hear it. What you say is quite possible - I changed some of the data in there. The save data has a version number saved with it. If the version is greater, it's supposed to create a new save file, and copy over any new fields that exist now into the old save file. But I probably messed something up somewhere, or didn't update the save file version or something.
Feels like I have more power than the master hand from Smash Bros! Holy cow there are so many elements, it's crazy! Started off only expecting serious elements, but then some silly and interesting ones come into play. As others have mentioned, the crushing of an element with the crank feels very satisfying.
"Nice trees."
Love the idea of an alchemy game, the presentation is amazing! Also, discarding items with the crank feels real satisfying!