# Byte-sized Swift: Building Tiny Games for the Playdate

<https://www.swift.org/blog/byte-sized-swift-tiny-games-playdate/>

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## What Jamie wrote

I've had a [Playdate](https://play.date) since launch and it is such a cute and fun little device. I found it cool to read how Varma was able to get Swift code to compile and target the device.

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- [Playdate. A New Handheld Gaming System](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f59e82d49ea5/) (play.date, May 22, 2019)

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