Taylor Lineman
Tinytaire
A work in progress solitaire game for a tiny 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.
Open Source
The solitaire engine that powers Tinytaire is currently the only open-source part of Tinytaire. The engine was designed to be modular enough that it can be used by any client on any system. As embedded swift continues to grow in usefulness, I thought a fun challenge would be to port my solitaire engine to as many devices as possible. This is a long term goal of mine, and something I will definitely post about.
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