Schedule sessions for dead games, niche mods, and retro netplay. No account needed.
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Reminds me of a 2011 reddit post (obviously in the format of a rage comic) that led to the formation of r/playdate, although that shifted to just looking for people to play games with over the years.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/j8hpz/idea_for_subr...
I love seeing the original concept brought back with a cool UI.
By s3krit 2026-02-2218:43 I remember the formation of /r/playdate! Good times, I remember getting very drunk on voice chat, I barely remember what we were playing, maybe CSS
By PacificSpecific 2026-02-224:441 reply Love the old school steam inspired ui.
First game I noticed was deadlock which technically isn't even released yet. That's fine though. Deadlock is a game that is really good to play with a fixed group. So I'd say this site is good for even more than dead games.
Nice work!
By komadori 2026-02-2218:27 The first thing I searched for was Deadlock, but was saddened when I realised they weren't talking about Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
By mentos 2026-02-2211:52 Ha funny I had a similar idea I was calling ‘GameFlock’ but game date is much better.
To the creators I think there is something here worth continuing to push and try to find traction. As a game developer this is just a matchmaking algorithm with a week to month long wait time :)
My plan was to try to prime the pump with a few popular games and reaching out to existing communities to make them aware and possibly help organize the software/tools to help onboard new players.
For example Ultima Online has Outlands. Tribes2 has a popular discord that arranges matches. I imagine WoW classic and I know C&C Generals have active communities on Discord and I think they’d be willing to work with you to help prime the pump.
Then once you’ve got that critical mass of usage hope that players will participate in other games outside their main passion to make other game dates a success.
