Sound Mind, or, Where There’s a Will, There’s a Two-Player Hide-and-Seek Game For Playdate

This week’s release of games for Playdate’s Season 3 includes my game Sound Mind, my second finished game for the platform. It’s a two-player pass-and-play game where you’re one of two siblings locked inside your recently-deceased father’s haunted study, trying to get the most of his cursed fortune for yourself while hiding it from the other. Inside the room, there are various hiding places as well as traps you can set for the other player, to hinder them and slow them down. Most importantly, the room is filled with things that make noise. When it’s not your turn, you’re listening for the sounds the other player is making, to try and figure out what they’re doing, where they might be hiding, and where they might have hidden the money. It’s kind of a weird game, on a handheld that doesn’t seem ideally suited to two-player games, so I’m grateful that Panic took a chance on the idea, and then found a place for it as a fun novelty in season three. I hope everybody who does get a chance to…