Sunrise Clock
A downloadable app
- The ring around the clock shows the actual day/night length for your location, and the sun's position in the sky.
- Hit the menu button if you want to change your location after the initial setup.
- Use the crank to see what time the sun rises and sets. Keep turning the crank to see sunrise and sunset on different days.
This app runs on Playdate. To install it, see the sideloading instructions. (Unfortunately I cannot offer a version that runs on Playdate Simulator; you need an actual Playdate device.)
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Development log
- Sunrise Clock version 1.6Jul 28, 2023
- Sunrise Clock version 1.5Jul 21, 2023
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hiya, v1.6 doesn’t work correctly on OS 2.5.0—the latest at time of writing. The ring is entirely dark apart from the sun disc.
It doesn't work at all since last year update of playdate until today
Do you have the latest version (1.6) of Sunrise Clock? The Playdate 2.0 update broke many games; I added support for Playdate 2.0 in version 1.5 of Sunrise Clock.
If you are running the latest version, can I ask what the specific symptom is, and what OS version your Playdate is on?
I got the Playdate with 2.0 from day one because of my batch.
Today it's version 2.2.0
the 1.5 version works but not the newest one
Heads up, seems like this doesn't work on the SDK (all versions)...crashes the program with error in the code screen:
Update error: main.lua:77: attempt to index a nil value (global 'sunmoon')
stack traceback:
main.lua:77: in function 'getTimes'
main.lua:209: in function <main.lua:203>
That's correct, as I mentioned in the description: "you need an actual Playdate device". This is because I used a C library for the complicated parts of the sunrise/sunset calculations. Panic does not intend the Simulator to be a game distribution target, and it's really just an accidental bonus that Lua-only games are easy to distribute for it.
Oh! Gotcha sorry missed that. thanks for clearing things up.
Looks neat. Can this be used as one of the sleep screen clocks?
Sadly no; I and many other devs have asked the Panic team about custom lock screens, but it seems they're not interested.
Really cool! It would be neat if one of the buttons reset the time, regardless of the crank position
also requesting this 'feature'
Very polished! Love the transition animations. It's like a less-cluttered version of the Apple Watch Solar Dial.
Thank you!