<p>Mo Fikree—designer, developer, and CEO of Vertex Pop—talks about why he loves arcade-style games, and the ups and downs of creating the “Asteroids” homage “Hyper Meteor”, including one of the hardest parts of programming: naming things!</p>
<h2 id="show-notes" tabindex="-1">Show Notes</h2>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mobeenfikree">Mo Fikree on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/robbyduguay">Robby Duguay on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hlnhrn.bandcamp.com">Halina Heron on Bandcamp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/vertexpop">Vertex Pop on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.vertexpop.com">Vertex Pop</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)">Asteroids on Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://games.aarp.org/games/atari-asteroids">Play Asteroids on the AARP Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plasticfernstudios.com">Plastic Fern</a></li>
<li><a href="https://groundkontrol.com">Ground Kontrol</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mamedev.org">MAME</a></li>
<li><a href="https://superhexagon.com">Super Hexagaon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://teenage.engineering">Teenage Engineering</a></li>
<li><a href="https://podcast.panic.com">Panic Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e01/">Playdate Podcast Episode 1: The Story of Playdate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://play.date/games/hyper-meteor/">Hyper Meteor game page on Playdate’s website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e13/transcript/">Episode Transcript</a></li>
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Playdate Mailbag &#35;1

Playdate is the new handheld that comes with a unique 1-bit screen and 24 free games! The Playdate Podcast takes you behind the scenes for stories from game designers and developers, and the people who made the little yellow game console with a crank. Hear about the ups and downs of development, and get inspired to make your own Playdate games, using the free software development kit or Playdate’s no-code, browser-based game maker, Pulp!