Hope that you all have been having a good and relaxing holiday season. Mine has been a bit weird this year but there’s been some good parts. I got to make a very short Playdate game with my 6 and 8 year olds and that’s now available for free. They did the design and writing and I helped with the coding and art. It’s my first Playdate game so even though it’s very small in scope, I still learned a lot and I think their ideas pushed me to learn a little more than I would have if I just made a tiny Bitsy-inspired thing by myself. As you can imagine, a game by a 6 and 8 year old may not be the most focused thing but I still think it’s cool and it made me really happy to make something with them. Without getting too mushy, I’ll just say I love them and their little brother very much.

If you’re a parent with kids that like video games, consider making a game with them too. We all had fun making this Playdate game and it’s just a blast listening to them coming up with ideas for stories, whether it’s for games, seeing the comics they make, and everything else they do. My oldest already has an idea for a short point-and-click adventure starring a comic book character she made up a few years ago and I’m always excited to see what they do next.