Pine
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
** Pine was released in three fully playable acts which make up the entire game. Act One was released on December 1, 2024, Act Two was released on January 1, 2025, with Act Three released on April 4, 2025. Purchase price includes all three acts.**
"People come to this island to end their suffering. But how that suffering ends... depends completely on them." - The Old Man
Pine is a psychological thriller-adventure... best experienced rather than talked about.
Approximate game length:
Act 1: 2-3 hours
Act 2: 1.5-2 hours
Act 3: 3.5-4.5 hours
If you enjoy Pine and want to see more games like it, please leave a comment below! Feedback from players is a major inspiration for future work.
Design, Story, & Coding by intellikat
Sound by BeepsNBoops
NOTE: This game is fully playable with or without a Playdate handheld. You can download the Playdate Desktop Simulator bundled with the SDK for free here.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $3 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Act 3 Bug Fix3 days ago
- Re-Reuploaded Act One8 days ago
- Act 1 Reuploaded9 days ago
- Act 3 Released12 days ago
- Final Trailer Released52 days ago
- Slight Delay on Act Three60 days ago
- Act Two v.1.3 releasedJan 03, 2025
- New TrailerDec 31, 2024
Comments
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Hard stuck at the "craft in the moonlight" scene in act 1. Got stuck a few times so far and eventually found a way but not sure what I can do here at all with no items and no way to go back either. Any tips?
The only way past is to be dressed in such way as to not arouse suspicion. Uniforms aren't just lying around though. Figure out a way to get one using the items you have. Good luck!
Thanks, that told me the item I couldn't find a use for and needed to leave behind actually could be used in the previous area.
You'll need to juggle items at times at that section, as you can only carry two items at a time. But you can always go back and get items you've dropped from their original location. Later in the game, you'll be able to find an object that has helped you carry more than two items in the past...
Act one is awesome, one of my favorite games on the playdate so far.
Act two is pretty tough, has anyone beaten it (v2. 7)? I'm stuck trying to sneak past the scientist star gazing at the north beach. Doesn't seem to be anywhere to go?
Thanks for the high praise!
Yes, at least one here on the thread is already into Act Three as of its release last weekend.
The stargazing scientist has an item you need, but you may need to get a bit... violent with him to get it...
Happy hunting!
I made the camp, drank the whiskey, and fired the gun. Now I am stuck, I assume I am missing something stupid simple to keep going. How do I continue once I wake up and see my rucksack missing?
Just start exploring the island— left or right off the campsite screen.
me either
Ah-ha! You are both onto something. I went back in and found the pine tree tiles on the screen were blocked. Not sure how I managed to do that on the latest update... I'll fix and re-upload. Thanks for catching that... stupid simple on my side :D
now game starts in random town. Not the same beginning as before
I don’t have an earlier build
got it to work. Reloaded a few times then it relaunched the original beginning
Just read your latest dev log. I've gotta say - what an awesome way to handle a giveaway! It gives people already playing along a head start by hiding the easter egg in act 3 :)
Hiyo Silver! Buena suerte!
Any ETA on act 3?
It is really... right there :D A few last scenes and the end title credits. Illness and some other excuses have delayed things, but rest assured this last act is bigger and better than what has come before! (I think). Did you complete the first two acts already? I haven't heard much feedback from players here.
I've completed act 1, currently part way through act 2, just got the hubcap and trying to work out what to do next 😀
Also I have spotted a bug, near where I mentioned below where the lake is, if you move to the right into the biggest rock to the left of the lake you teleport to another place on the screen
Ah, thanks! Sounds like a stray sprite with some goto code in it... will go hunting.
Released!
the sense of setting you are able to get with minimal 1bit is really masterful. very impressive.
Thanks for the comment! I really appreciate it. 1-bit is a challenging and in ways freeing style to work in. I think it allows for an engagement of the player’s imagination in ways that doesn’t happen if all the visual details were otherwise clearly defined. Thanks for being that imagination.
Any movement on this at all? This looks super cool!!
Yes, steady work among other games at the same time :) At 80% completed with some play testing after that scheduled before launch.
Thanks for asking!
Released!
Hell ya just purchased!!
Thanks for the early days purchase! And let me know your experience of Act One...
Will do, I plan on diving into this over the weekend
Same!
Cheers! Curious to hear first responses :D
Released!