Lolife
A downloadable game
An open world action role playing game for the Playdate video game system.
To a distant land a warrior returns.
Explore a hostile kingdom, vanquish wild beasts, and deal with unscrupulous soldiers on an uncompromising quest for revenge. Secrets and surprises abound across an open world home to enemies and potential allies alike where your choice of path matters as much as your strength and resolve. Armed with your trusty sword, will you cut down all who stand in your way, or use your wits to win the support of the people?
Lolife is a retro open world action role playing game from the creator of Resonant Tale and the composer of Initial Daydream.
Features
- Fast, pick-up-and-play role playing action
- 16 unique enemy types with dynamic behaviour
- Choice of real time or turn based gameplay
- Built in hint system and other assist options
- Three separate save slots and auto-save function
- Calendar events at Easter, Halloween and Christmas
- Earn 27+ awards and 9 ranks across multiple playthroughs
- Fight and level up or talk your way to victory
- Discover hidden collectibles, cheats, secrets and more!
Accessibility
This game contains mild violence and peril.
This game uses the D-pad and the A and B buttons, with occasional infrequent use of the crank. The game can be played in real time or turn based mode. Double damage, invincibility, an optional hints system and crank usage can all be toggled from the options menu.
Credits
- Scott Hall (design, code, art, writing)
- James Gameboy (music, sound)
- Toad (cover art)
- JezoShow, Toad, Omar, Kodiak, Soinksters (playtesting)
- Made with Pulp
Install Instructions
Follow the official guide to sideloading Playdate games.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- World MapSep 24, 2025
- Hints & TipsJun 10, 2025
- Lolife is Out Now!Jun 10, 2025
- Launching June 10th!May 10, 2025
- Announcing Lolife!Mar 08, 2025
Comments
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Lolife is a fantastic addition to the playdate catalog and a worth spiritual sequel to Resonant Tale. Orange Thief is able to pack a ton of game into a tiny package, and the addition of plenty of secrets, cheat codes, easter eggs, and accomplishments give the game huge replay value. A completionist will find themselves investing as much time into this as Ratcheteer or any of the best playdate titles. The relatively simplistic pulp engine graphics conceal a game as polished and enjoyable as the best games that the playdate has to offer.
Orange Thief has, once again, demonstrated a mastery of the Pulp engine. A must buy for RPG, adventure, or zelda fans.
I would love to see the world map updated to give names to the villages, castle, graveyard, forest, etcetera - adding some canon flavor text would be a great little added touch that wouldn't require any code but would make the world feel more fleshed out.
This is a great idea! The lore in Lolife is purposefully vague and I haven't canonically named the villages or individual areas, but I can tell you that the region as a whole (covering the entire map) is called the Lolands.
Thanks for playing and for the very kind comments!
I hear what you're saying, i just feel like the zelda-esque map suggests the world have its own Kakoriko, lost woods, etcetera. But that's just my preference. I really appreciated the flavor text of resonant tale, but I get that this is a totally different, more old-school inspiration then that, and I respect that.
Can't wait to see what you do next!
I got to playtest this game and loved it. The world felt constantly full of tiny secrets to discover, and I really enjoyed how open ended it was.
I’m not usually a “Go back and find all the secrets” type gamer but it felt like multiple playthroughs were really rewarded.
Highly recommend.