XTRIS: The Silly Game That Grew Up

Have you read my post-mortem on XTRIS yet? You can find it here: fletchmakesstuff.com/posts/2025-0...

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For your consideration: XTRIS for Best Arcade Game in the Playdate Community Awards 2025!

Consider voting XTRIS for "Best Arcade Game" in the Playdate Community Awards this year!!

There are so many incredible games that got released though so maybe you can vote for those games too

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Look at that! XTRIS is in the picture!! It's now $3!! If you have it wishlisted, now is a great time to pick it up!

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XTRIS now supports the Achievement Framework - and is ON SALE for 25% off until April 30th!! Buy XTRIS for cheap and hunt for achievements <3

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Cranky Cove by Jon Simantov

XTRIS by Fletch Makes Stuff

Crank and Shoot!! by HiroshiIdenoPresents

そういえば、先日の #Playdate オンラインストア2周年セールでもいろいろ買っていた。3月の出費がまずい。

#CrankyCove 職人・道具・材料の組み合わせでいろんなものを生産する回転盤3マッチパズル。挿入される絵葉書が美しい。

#XTRIS 印を追って上下左右に移動するだけのストイックさ。クレジットを全部見るとアンロック要素があってニクい。

#CrankandShoot 次作も期待している国内開発者のシューティング。クランクと連動してカチッと止まるタイトル画面がスマート。

XTRIS store listing with a staff note attached: "Try to keep your cool as you mash against the clock in the slick, fast-paced dexterity challenge."

XTRIS got recognized as a "staff pick" on the Playdate Catalog!!

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#playdate #xtris #indiedev #gamedev

XTRIS is a fast-paced arcade-style Playdate game you won’t be able to put down XTRIS is a new Playdate game by Fletch Makes Stuff that'll put your dexterity to the test.

XTRIS just got reviewed over at Engadget!! It is absolutely wild to me to have my game mentioned in a big online publication like this 😍

www.engadget.com/gaming/xtris...

#xtris #gamedev #indiedev

It's been 24 hours since XTRIS released! Let's do some quick numbers:

On Catalog:
❎ 86 sales
❎ 74 wishlists
❎ 7 wishlist conversions

On itch:
❎ 50 downloads
❎ 3.03% CTR
❎ 4 ratings

Y'all this was so much more hype than I could have hoped for 😭 thank you so much!!!

#xtris #playdate #gamedev

Look at what my Discord community is posting hours before launch 😂

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Take a look at XTRIS from someone else's point of view!! Thank you so much for your review and kind words @thegamellama.bsky.social !!

XTRIS releases on the Playdate Catalog and Itch on February 25!

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XTRIS is an arcade dexterity game for the Playdate console coming to itchio and Catalog on February 25.

▪︎ itchio page: fletchmakesstuff.itch.io/pdxtris

▪︎ Catalog storefront: play.date/games/

#Games #Arcade #Dexterity #Playdate #itchio #Catalog #Indie #XTRIS
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7 days until XTRIS!!

Enjoy this look behind the scenes at the music of XTRIS with @lemonpoppyseed.games !!

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Screenshot of the main menu. Along the edges of the screen indicate pages such as "levels", "tutorial", "credits", and "stats"

The level preview page. A preview of the layout is shown, as well as the player's best score and the title.

The post-run screen shows a graph with the most recent 5 scores and an average.

The leaderboard page shows the players best score. If they are in the top 10, they are also highlighted on the leaderboard.

10 days until XTRIS is released!

I spent a lot of time refining the menu design. I eventually landed on this UI, inspired by the concept of "surfaces" from other design frameworks like Material.

#playdate #ui #gamedev #indiedev #xtris

11 days until XTRIS is released! Let's take a look at some accessibility features!

First and foremost, we play nicely with Playdate's system "Reduce Flashing" setting - if your eyes don't play nice with all of the on-screen effects and juice, try flipping that on!

🧵 1/3 #xtris #indiedev

12 days until XTRIS is released!

Enjoy this micro-interview with yours truly about how XTRIS came to be!

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🔊 Sound on! 🔊

XTRIS - The PICO-8 version - appears 5th in the list of New & Popular games on itch.io

XTRIS from 2023 is 5th right now on @itch.io 's New & Popular category!!

Thank you all so much!! If you'd like to play the OG XTRIS in your browser in preparation for the Playdate edition dropping this February, you can find it here:

❎ fletchmakesstuff.itch.io/xtris ❎

#xtris #playdate #pico8

XTRIS releases on February 25, 2025!

Get your fingers ready for the hottest new dexterity challenge! Coming to Playdate consoles via Catalog and Itch.

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#playdate #catalog #itch.io #gamedeveloper #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #xtris