“It’s a bit of a true crime story”.
Two pallets of Playdates worth roughly $400,000 have vanished in Las Vegas and have yet to be recovered. That’s according to a recent GDC talk from Panic’s co-founder Cabel Sasser (as summarized by Game File).
Sasser’s talk, which took place on Thursday, March 21st focused on Playdate’s journey from a software developer/publisher to a hardware manufacturer, detailing some of the various ups and downs it has to contend with while making the switch. This includes initial skepticism from others within the games industry as well as an initial shipment of units being sent to the company with faulty batteries, forcing repairs and a delayed launch from 2021 to 2022.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“It’s a bit of a true crime story”.
Two pallets of Playdates worth roughly $400,000 have vanished in Las Vegas and have yet to be recovered. That’s according to a recent GDC talk from Panic’s co-founder Cabel Sasser (as summarized by Game File).
Sasser’s talk, which took place on Thursday, March 21st focused on Playdate’s journey from a software developer/publisher to a hardware manufacturer, detailing some of the various ups and downs it has to contend with while making the switch. This includes initial skepticism from others within the games industry as well as an initial shipment of units being sent to the company with faulty batteries, forcing repairs and a delayed launch from 2021 to 2022.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
