Uncrank'd Quick News Update # 19
What's brewing this week? Uncrank'd Summer Splashdown, Uncrank'd TV, a poll, join some #Playdate Projects, vote for your favorite June's Caption This contest!
The newspaper style QNU can be found here once it is published at 11 A.M. US EST. This week has some new, some old and some news was already shared with the Hello Playdate Podcast.
Support Uncrank’d and its many projects by buying a coffee:
🎉 Incoming Milestones🎉
Uncrank’d is so close of reaching a milestone on YouTube and Substack. 🥹
YouTube: 7 followers away from a new milestone.
Substack: 3 followers away from a new milestone.
Since Uncrank’d is still growing, every milestone is special. ☺️
👉 Playdate Calendars & PCT Artbook
I’m still looking for some artists for the 2026 calendar and the Artbook. Your art doesn’t have to be pixel art. As long as your art is Playdate-related, (knitting, crochet, 3d printed art, photography with a Playdate, cake making etc…) you can be a part both projects. Spaces are a bit more limited with the yearly calendar but the artbook has space for more artists. This is open to all art levels. If you want to do an art collab with another artist, you’re more than welcome to do so.
Reach out to me if you have any questions.
Advent calendar
If you want to have a unique item to give the community in December for the physical calendar, I can suggest some good places that can manufacture certain items but some things do need some time to be made. All this will be discussed during the Advent calendar Discord chat planned for August.
Join or reserve your copies of the Project Coffee Table books, Advent calendar and/or 2026 Playdate Community Calendar.
👉Looking for people to do voluntary voiceovers
As mentioned in the Uncrank’d AMA, instead of using AI voices, you can audition for the voices of D.I.V.A., D.E.V.A.N. and Luna Perl.
Label the .wav or .mp3 clip with the character you want to voice saying the following (for example: yourname_devanVoice.wav) :
Welcome to Uncrank’d TV with your girl, D.I.V.A. (If you’re auditioning for D.I.V.A.)
Welcome back to the latest episode of Uncrank’d TV. (Only if you’re auditioning for D.E.V.A.N. or Luna Perl.)
It’s time for “The Wrap Up”. (D.E.V.A.N. only)
Send your voice clips to uncrankdproductions@gmail.com.
👉The Uncrank’d Summer Splashdown
As mentioned in last week’s Quick News Update and Uncrank’d TV: Episode 20, the Uncrank’d Summer Splashdown will be on the Uncrank’d YouTube channel on July 26th (as a temporary replacement of the Playdate Summer Direct). The start time to be announced in July. Should the show premiere with a live chat or should it just be released without a live chat? Here are some of the things that will be covered:
I will show off some of the trailers that were received from devs,
The Uncrank’d TV crew will be there, but not hosting the full show. Just the Fun in the Sun segment. The bundle will be available from the 26th on itch.io. The larger merch bundles will be available on the 26th.
Project Coffee Table (fingers crossed that I can get an early copy of book 1 ready to show off),
More talk about the Advent calendar,
Showing off issue 8 (since it will also be launch week). Pre-orders will open after the show.
A musical guest,
A focus on Fun in the Sun 2025 with 8 games on itch.io along with merch bundles AND a chance for someone to win the big merch bundle which comes with issue 8, the Fun in the Sun 2025 zine, trading cards of the games, a keychain, a mini engraved surfboard with art from one of the games, a towel, sunglasses, and a 16oz tumbler.
A community outreach for issue 9 for art, music, anything Playdate related.
I am also opening it up to the community if you would like to host or narrate for the Summer Splashdown, please reach out to me on Discord or uncrankdproductions@gmail.com
👉Issue 9: The Uncrank’d 2nd Anniversary
You still have time to send in any art, music, or Playdate-related memory before issue 9 comes out in October.
Devs, there is an Autumn itch bundle in the works. DM me if you’re interested.
The 2nd anniversary questionnaire is done. It’s 12 questions long with a quick shoutout that you can give to anyone in the community at the end. I tried to include some fun non-Playdate questions too.
Substack subs & Discord members: From July 1st, you will have access to these questions before it goes out to the rest of the community from August 1st to August 31st.
Send all inquiries to uncrankdproductions@gmail.com
The Uncrank’d U-Turn: Uncrank’d TV & Projects:
👉Uncrank’d TV: Episode 20
Video:
Three questions were answered for the AMA (It starts at 7:42). If you have any other questions, the form is still open for future AMA segments.
👉UNC TV: Poll
Would you like to see merchandise for D.I.V.A., D.E.V.A.N. & Luna Perl?
Merch could be shirts, pins, bookmarks, socks, or maybe even a blanket.
Current contest(s)
👉June’s Caption This contest!
It’s time to vote for your favorite caption.
Narrative Nexus
The app is about 75% done but there is a special feature that I’m trying to add in. If there are any budding voice actors in the community, contact me.
👉 Possible late-summer storefront sale?
New and existing merch and subscriptions will be included in the sale. Watch this space for more details.
See you next week!
-XL