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Playorama crank-controlled video player

Open-source crank-controlled video player demonstrates media conversion and frame playback on Playdate.

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What you’re building

Open-source crank-controlled video player demonstrates media conversion and frame playback on Playdate. This listing preserves the original source and the exact device relationship rather than republishing the creator's work.

Key steps

  1. Open the original project source and confirm its supported hardware or board revision.
  2. Read the setup, dependency and safety notes before flashing or assembling anything.
  3. Reproduce the smallest working example on hardware you own or are authorised to test.
  4. Record the working versions before you customise the build.

Original evidence: hteumeuleu ↗ · checked 2026-08-07

Hardware for this build

Flashable editorial illustration of Playdate
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Playdate

Pocket game console with a 1-bit 400×240 display, buttons, accelerometer, Wi-Fi and a side-mounted analog crank.

Platform
Arm Cortex-M7, Playdate SDK (Lua/C) · LUA
Builds
3

Guides for the next step

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Start handheld game development: Arduboy FX-C vs Playdate

Choose Arduboy FX-C if you want constrained Arduino C++ development, a tiny monochrome screen and direct open-source hardware culture; choose Playdate if you want a higher-level Lua/C SDK, simulator, larger display, sound and crank input. On either platform, finish a one-screen game with one verb, one failure state and a restart before adding progression or content.

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