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 2 & 3 Bug Fix5 days ago
- Community Kudos6 days ago
- Act 1 v5.10 Released11 days ago
- Act 2 v4.9 Released13 days ago
- Act 2 v3.8 Released20 days ago
- Act 3 Bug Fix46 days ago
- Re-Reuploaded Act One51 days ago
- Act 1 Reuploaded52 days ago
Comments
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Act 1 finally done. That took me longer than I thought. Act 2, I can’t seem to work out how to get past the opening 2 guards. Any hints? I can’t seem to find anything before they open fire…
Have you tried pressing down on the D-pad and seeing how you can maneuver around the crates?
I've recently tidied up the chat and have started a community wiki walkthrough here: https://playdate-wiki.com/wiki/Pine
For those who have already progressed a ways, feel free to add to the walkthrough.
Been hoping for some walkthrough hints for a while! Currently stuck in Act 2 with the crowbar and had a story book(?), but not sure where to go from there. :-/
“All I need is a crowbar and a storybook.”
Gave A1 a crack last night, probably needs a bit of tidying at some point (but tragically I can no longer procrastinate my other tasks lol).
One thing I did notice, as a sidebar: In the early mines maze, walking within 1-2 tiles of the pulley or storeroom door makes my playdate bug out. This actually happened to me on first play through but I thought it was an effect! I'm fairly sure it's not, but lmk.
It gets extremely sluggish (music slows, movements take a while to register) and then suddenly catches up, music speeds up suddenly. Feels like it's struggling to keep up, essentially. For me, I can replicate it to some degree each time.
Not caused a crash at all, but might be worth checking usage around there :0)
Thanks for that specificity— I will certainly take a look!
To be clear, do you have the latest update (v5.10)? In this update, instead of a single tile of visibility, your flashlight should create the ability to see one additional tile in every direction.
Thanks to everyone chipping in to build the community wiki walkthrough!
Just finished Act 1, really enjoying the engaging story! Feels a little like Saturday Edition, which was one of my favorite Season 1 games.
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you are enjoying the story. Get ready for surprises ahead!
Hey! Thanks so much for sharing your game, rly enjoying it :)
I am stuck relatively early stages of Act 1.
After Used Bookstore -> dinner scene -> swimming back to shore of the beach. I can walk right to see the treeline, guitar player, and another me sat on a chair. I can go up/down the rope. There's nothing in my inventory.
I cannot seem to move past the left hand side of this screen (the guitar player one, from upper or lower level - I can get to about the top of the hill on the left, near her legs). I also cannot move back into the water or anything from the beach.
Can you give any pointers to what I'm missing?
Thanks again!!!
To the far right from the top of the rope you’ll find something
Nice assist!
You're a star, Ty for replying!
However I still can't seem to move forward :(
If you don't mind: Do you mean I should be finding something on the screen with the rope? Or to the right (guitar player)?
I found something to help you get back into the mine to the far right from the top of the rope.
Thank you so much I rly appreciate!!
The item you need will always respawn for you if you no longer have it in the area steppenknee is describing.
Thanks so much you're a star!
(ETA - I realised after steppenknee's comment that I had bypassed the earlier mine event - that I believe triggers the item spawn you're referring to - entirely, so there was nothing for me to grab. Assume this is intentional but sharing jic)
I'm glad you are enjoying the game! You've got much more ahead...
I seem to be a bit stuck in the used book store on act 1. I just can’t seem to work out the combo despite the Bon Jovi clue… am I missing something? Any pointers greatly appreciated 🙏
There is an earlier text clue for this! Before landing at the used bookstore, you need to explore another area of the island (using A to look at objects) to uncover it.
Lmk if you want a more concrete location (or even just the straight answer) :)
Got it. Thanks 🙏
Well done team human!
I love the game so far. But I‘m stuck in Act 1 during the second night. I keep getting shot and I don‘t know what to do with the knife or the small box.
Is there a walkthrough online somewhere?
Under development: https://playdate-wiki.com/wiki/Pine
I have found I quickly devolved into searching every tile (step, press a) as this was the only way to find things (e.g. the flashlight in act 1).
I am now stuck in the cave after struggling to find a key and then use it to get through a door - I thought the struggle was over but it just keeps going. Without any visual hints the maze is quite a pain to get through.
Yes, the cave maze brings pains... But pain gives way to pleasure eventually...
Once you've entered the storage room with the key, there's a visible object you will need there. Did you collect it?
You shouldn't need to check every tile to find objects except for when searching WITH the flashlight for a lost items in the trees at one point in the game. The rest of the time objects will either be visible themselves or within other visible objects (i.e. a crate).
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!
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.
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 😀
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!