T Minus

“A countdown timer for Playdate that you can use to cook an egg, launch a rocket*, or prank your friends.”

Features

• Set the timer and operate the app using only the Playdate’s crank, buttons, or both.

• Full-screen visualization of remaining time in the countdown with a combination digital- and analog-inspired interface.

• Themeable UI with matching sets of sound effects that play when a timer completes. T Minus currently includes themes inspired by:
  • ⏲️ An egg timer with classic ring sound
  • ⌚️ Seven-segment LCD text with simple beep
  • 🚀 NASA’s historic launch countdown clock
  • 🎙️ Retro audio equipment, including the ability to record custom sounds
  • 💨 Farts

• 18 unique alarm sounds across all themes, plus the ability to record your own using the included “Bootleg” theme.

• Can optionally play sound continuously until acknowledged, or just once.

T Minus automatically prevents display auto-lock and lowers the screen refresh rate as needed to reduce battery usage during a countdown. The countdown pauses when the app is closed, the system menu is open, or your Playdate is locked.

Need to schedule a fart sound without anyone knowing it’s coming? Leave the app running, and close the cover on your Playdate – the sound can be heard through it. And remember, the cover is magnetic, so it can stick in unexpected places.

Custom sounds (up to 10 seconds) you record using the “Bootleg” theme are saved to your Playdate’s built-in storage. Recording a new sound deletes the previous recording. Don’t record anything private or record other people without consent.

T Minus uses the Asheville, Cuberick, Pedallica, and Roobert fonts by Panic, under the CC BY 4.0 license. Other theme fonts created by me. Saturn V model and space launch audio created by NASA. Various other sounds by freesound.org contributors (public domain/CC0).

*Obey all applicable flight regulations