Playdate VSCode Template for MacOS. Just a simple starting point for your project. You can easily build and run your project in the Playdate simulator with a single key stroke.
You'll need the following installed on your system to ensure the VS Code build and run process works:
This repository is a template repo that you can use to create your own repositories with the same directory structure, branches, and files. It's easy to get started - just click "Use this template" to create your very own repo:
Once you've created your new repo, follow these steps:
- Clone or download the repo.
- Open up VS Code and choose "Run > Run Without Debugging" to launch the project in the Playdate simulator.
- To make building and running even quicker, assign a keyboard shortcut to the "Run Without Debugging" option.
- Look forward to your IGN lifetime achievement award
The build file gets outputted to bin/Output.pdx.
You can change this by editing the playdate.output property in .vscode/settings.json.
This repo is a total mash up of the following excellent work by two developers who have way better Playdate and VSCode skills than I do. I just tweaked their code to suit my needs and thought I'd share it in this repo in case anyone else finds it useful. Credit where credit is due:
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https://github.com/Whitebrim/VSCode-PlaydateTemplate
The Playdate template that I tweaked ever so slightly for this repo -
https://github.com/orta/vscode-playdate
VSCode magic to allow the build and run process