Crank Crawl is a light-weight strategy game with relatively "casual" puzzle-like mechanics to fit the Playdate handheld’s restrictions, such as its monochrome display, small resolution (400x240) and minimalist controls.

At the same time, the reel-based variant of match-3 gameplay (where each reel can be "cranked" on its own) offers more plannability than usual genre entries to provide a long-term score-chasing challenge.

Quick Facts

• Online: itch.io | Playdate Catalog

• Release: June 13, 2023 (itch) | January 16, 2024 (Catalog)

• Platforms: Playdate (handheld)

• Technology: Playdate SDK (Lua)

• What I did: Everything