Along Came a Spider by fat nose games

Nominated for Outstanding Visual Achievement in a Pulp Game, Outstanding Technical Achievement in a Pulp Game, and Pulp Game of the Year in the inaugural Playdate Community Awards 2022. 

A pocket sized, cranking, top down adventure. Tasked with retrieving an heirloom for The Monarch of The Hollow, a cunning spider by the name of Eric Nid leaves the nest and steps out into Spindleton to fulfil his quest – but the town is full of danger. Luckily, Eric isn’t alone. A plucky band of memorable spider siblings can be found to aid him on his way.
Search high and low to find a path to the heirloom and crank with precision to overcome the obstacles standing in your way. There are five different ways Eric’s story can wrap up, can you get back to the nest in one piece?
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Designed for Playdate and made using Pulp, this game takes about 20-30 minutes to complete. The game does not autosave – if you head ‘home’ on your Playdate progress will be lost, though you can lock and unlock during play and the game does store any ending you find.
We’d love to hear your feedback. All comments and questions are welcome. And if you’d like to rate the game the button is on the top right of this page – we’d really appreciate it. Thanks!
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You can also hear George Banks talk about the project on the excellent Hello Playdate Podcast right here.***Our second title The Crank Gym is a daily high score chaser with some light fetch questing packed in. Designed for family play, the game has three save slots – with the gym’s high score displayed across all files. Challenge others to beat your score and work to become a three star gym member. You can download the game here.

We also keep track of the highest scores submitted for each gym activity on our Twitter Page here. Follow us for more game announcements! 
***You can hear the soundtrack for Along Came a Spider and many other games in our collection of Playdate Pulp music NOW That’s What I Call Pulp! – a collection of over 60 songs. Download for free here.