The Haunted House (movie for Playdate)
A downloadable movie
This is a version of the 1921 silent film 'The Haunted House' you can watch on the Playdate.
Created mainly to experiment with the Playdate's pdv video format (but watching a movie on the Playdate is kinda cool anyway).
The video was converted with Dave Hayden's excellent 1BitVideo encoder for MacOS (if you don't have access to MacOS then the online Playdate Video Encoder by HTeuMeuLeu is a good alternative!).
CONTROLS:
A or B: Start the film and toggle between paused and playing.
LEFT or RIGHT: Go backward or forward one frame at a time (also pauses the film).
UP or DOWN: Jump back or ahead by a whole minute.
The CRANK: Spin the crank to manually control the playback - the faster you spin, the faster the film plays. Works forwards and backwards.
There's no quit option - just use the Playdate's menu button to return to the home screen when you're done.
INSTALLATION:
Sideload it onto your Playdate with these instructions.
I WANT MORE PLAYDATE MOVIES!
If anyone has requests for more short public domain films they want to see on the Playdate then get in touch and maybe this could be the first of a series.
Or if you want to do-it-yourself check out HTeuMeuLeu's Playorama project.
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What a very fun and niche way to watch movies.
I'd definitely like more silent films on the playdate, Nosferatu maybe?
What an amazing idea!
As soon as I saw that it was for the Playdate, I thought this would an awesome use of the crank! 😂 #GreatMinds
Alas, I don't have a Playdate to try it on - but I'm sure it's great! 👍