Taylor Lineman
Tinytaire
Tiny solitaire for a cute console.
Tinytaire is a solitaire game written for the Playdate console. I decided to write Tinytaire after wanting a fun project to test out Embedded Swift. I am a big fan of solitaire, and used to play it with my Popi (grandfather) all the time.
Launcher Card
The launcher card was one of the last things that I worked on for Tinytaire. It turns out, trying to display
a solitaire game in such a small space is a difficult task. I ended up using a background of cards, with the name of overtop.
The image was actually created using the game itself, and a screenshot was taken using the Playdate Simulator.
Animations
Animations are a big part of making a game feel alive. I spent a lot of time working on card holding animations, invalid placement animations and many other small animations.
Backgrounds
To add a little bit of fun to the game, I converted a couple of famous images into dithered table backgrounds. These can be