Bona Fido
A downloadable game
Coming to Playdate Catalog 02.11.25!
Turns out the afterlife's not as bad as they say! Well, except for all the terrifying monsters, at least.
"Hey. Name's Fido. I'm a dog, as you can clearly see; but really I'm nothing but a bag of bones. The afterlife's pretty nice; it's a bit repetitive, but I can get used to it. It's pretty chill! ...Well, aside from all the unmentionable horrors that are out to kill me again. Maybe if I keep running around, I can find a way outta this place? Or at least set some new high scores."
Bona Fido is a fast-paced, single-screen platformer, inspired by classic arcade games but with a spooOOooky twist. Try for a new high score again and again as you narrowly dodge enemies, dig up treasures that could either help you eke out a record or spell your utter demise, and bark your way to becoming top dog of the afterlife! Don't worry, it only goes on forever.
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Install instructions
You'll need a Playdate (or Playdate Simulator) to play this game. You can get the game onto your system by sideloading through usual means. (Not sure how to do that?)
Development log
- Approved for Catalog!46 days ago
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Very fun! The borks are really cute (spamming them is pretty funny too hahaha)! However I can't seem to be able to dig. I'm using an xbox one controller, with the right stick for the crank, maybe it's that.
Anyways good job!
thanks for the nice words! i believe the crank issue might just be a matter of sensitivity (stopping At All will halt and reset the dig progression) — i'll look into patching this up and making it more lenient in the next update!
"System Update Required" but playdate says - I am up to date ?
hi, so sorry! the new download should work, please try it out
easy! THX - now its running :-)
Won't sideload for me for some reason.
hello!! i just posted a new version, please try it and see if it works. i was building on a beta SDK and forgot to downgrade before release 😅