Cloudburst Beta
A downloadable app
Coming soon to Playdate Catalog!
Real-time weather. On your Playdate.
Curious what the forecast looks like? Easy! But...your laptop's out of reach, your phone's battery is dead, your smart assistant's brain is busted, and your curtains are shut. It's just you, and your Playdate. What can you do? Well, here is your answer! Leveraging state-of-the-art networking capabilities, Cloudburst is a fully seamless, on-line enabled weather app for your Playdate!
Get the forecast here, there, or anywhere — it's compatible with cities around the world! See detailed stats such as hourly forecast, precipitation, wind, and more. Change settings to your heart's content, and even use it as a low-power screensaver — the perfect desk buddy. No external tools or setup required, just download and go — it's weather, untethered.
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Install instructions
You'll need a Playdate (or Playdate Simulator) to use this app. You can get the app onto your system by sideloading through usual means. (Not sure how to do that?)
Comments
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Had a repeatable crash when changing location in the menu. Excellent app though!
this is a weird thing that's only happening to like some people; i think it might be an issue with the firmware (headers being included in the response when they shouldn't be)? i'll look into it and figure out how to fix it as soon as i can.
for the record, if you re-launch the app after changing your location, it should reflect your new entry anyhoo — from what i've seen, that does get a chance to get saved to disk before this crash.
thanks for reporting and i'm happy you're enjoying the app!
rae, this is fantastic
thanks! :3
hi!
have u a date of the release of the stable version?
hi! the app is approved for catalog and will release at a currently-undetermined date in the future; i think i'm going to time the final v1.0.0 release to happen then.
it'll launch on catalog for $5. the stable version will also release here on itch, for free; and there oughta be minimal difference between the two (maybe a nebulous "just-for-fun" leaderboard, at best? nothing that matters)
Perfect, because i try to install the app from itch but i don't have the beta version in the Playdate. So i'll wait for the release on Catalog. thx u!
no problem! by the time it releases in catalog, the OS version with networking capabilities should be available for everyone
This is sooo nice and a perfect upgrade for when my playdate is acting as my desktop clock (every day). The weather and air quality are always dynamic here in California's central valley so I'm always checking these things!
happy to hear you're enjoying it! if there's any other data you'd like to see, let me know — i have access to a surprising amount of stuff with this API, so i can see what's available :)