A downloadable tool

Screenshot of the tool running in the Playdate simulator with the title PDInputTester below

A simple tool to verify all of the different input mechanisms on your Playdate console are working.

Note: it turns out a much better Input Test is built into the system: Settings > Diagnostics > Input Test. Use that instead!

Checks the following input sources:

  • D-pad
  • A and B buttons
  • Microphone
  • Accelerometer
  • Crank 

PDInputTester is released into the public domain. View the source code.

Want to learn how to make games for Playdate? Check out my book Make Games for Playdate with Lua, which covers how to check for Playdate input in games, among other useful topics.

Published 10 hours ago
StatusReleased
CategoryTool
AuthorBrett Chalupa
Made withPlaydate
TagsPlaydate
Code licenseUnlicense
LinksSource code
ContentNo generative AI was used

Download

Download
pdinputtester-playdate.zip 3.9 kB
Version 1.0 11 hours ago

Install instructions

  1. Download the zip
  2. Sideload onto your console: https://play.date/account/sideload/

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