playdate-runcat

RunCat endless game for Playdate. This project is written in Embedded Swift using PlaydateKit.

How to play on your Playdate

Please sideload the latest pdx file to your Playdate. For detailed instructions, please refer to the following site.

https://help.play.date/games/sideloading/

Requirements

• macOS 14 or later
• Swift 6.2+ (Xcode 26.4+)
• Playdate SDK
• PlaydateKit

How to build

swift package pdc

The built .pdx file will be located at:

.build/plugins/PDCPlugin/outputs/RunCat.pdx

Note: Building from Xcode by opening Package.swift is not supported. Xcode does not support the toolset configuration required for Embedded Swift on Playdate. Use the command line instead.

Build options

• --device-only: Build only for Playdate hardware (skips simulator build)
• --simulator-only: Build only for the simulator
• --verbose: Show detailed build output

How to run on the simulator

open -a "Playdate Simulator" .build/plugins/PDCPlugin/outputs/RunCat.pdx

Or open the .pdx file directly from the Playdate Simulator app.

RunCat Font