Blippo+ Presskit

Press Kit

Title

Blippo+

Developers

YACHT, Telefantasy Studios, Dustin Mierau, Noble Robot

Publisher

Panic

Genre

FMV

Platforms

Playdate

Steam

Nintendo Switch

Rating

TBD

Number of players

Single-player

Release date/window

May 29, 2025 (Playdate)

Fall 2025 (Steam, Switch)

Short Tagline

Blippo+ is a live-action, new wave, off-cable TV simulator.

Longer Tagline

Blippo+ is a live-action, new wave, off-cable TV simulator. Tune in to channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip, where everything is about to get bent.

Short Description

Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t touch that remote—everything’s about to get bent.

Game Description

Congratulations! Blippo+ is now available in your area.

Blippo+ is a live-action, new wave, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t touch that remote—because everything’s about to get bent.

Planet Blip is brought to life through a cast of lovable characters, vibrant costumes and makeup, original music, extensive lore, and writing that pays homage to the offbeat, idiosyncratic, and often-forgotten margins of TV history, from pirate television and cable access to public broadcasting and video art. Whether you’re a punk, new waver, sproinger or a bender: there’s something for you on Blippo+.

Features

Channel-surf your way through a wide variety of funny, freaky, and wholly original live-action programs on the Blippo+ Electronic Program Guide!
Fall in love with a diverse cast of alien TV personalities, from cloned soap opera stars and spooky raconteurs to mad professors, quizmasters, scientists, and action sheroes.
Immersive yourself in Blippo+ to unlock data packettes, update the Electronic Program Guide with new episodes and messages, and piece together the planet-shaking story unfolding between the channels.
Expand your knowledge of Blippian culture by lurking the Femtofax “videotext” forums.
Fiddle with extensive TV settings to personalize your Blippo+ experience.
Enjoy a genre-spanning original soundtrack by Grammy-nominated composers Rob Kieswetter and Jona Bechtolt of YACHT.

About the developers

Blippo+ is brought to you by YACHT, Telefantasy Studios, Noble Robot, and Dustin Mierau.

YACHT–Jona Bechtolt, Claire L. Evans, and Rob Kieswetter–is a band that treats the album as a platform for creative experimentation. Since 2002, they’ve released nine albums, two apps, a documentary, a fragrance, a philosophical handbook, and an eyewear collection; they’ve built a 62-foot video installation, reactivated a 6-story sculpture in downtown LA, and presented at museums, universities, festivals, and clubs worldwide. They’ve been nominated for two Webby awards and a Grammy. Claire is an acclaimed writer whose book Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women who Made the Internet was translated into six languages and named one of the 10 Best Nonfiction Tech Books of all time; Rob is a painter who shows internationally and scores film, TV and podcasts. YACHT’s music can be found in GTA V, The Sims 3, and Metronomicon; their deep catalog of music has been featured in movies, TV, and commercials.

Telefantasy Studios is the off-Hollywood creative studio founded by video artist Jennifer Juniper Stratford. The Studio specializes in creating cult television shows, music videos, and experimental films as well as designing sets, props, video graphics packages, and multimedia installations for live performances. JJ Stratford has exhibited, broadcast, and screened her work internationally at MOCA, Palais de Tokyo Paris, The Whitney Museum, The Hammer Museum, LACMA, The Getty, Cinemarfa, Museum of the Moving Image New York, New Beverly Cinema, BAM Cinématek, and on public access channels across the United States.

Dustin Mierau is a software creative whose notable projects include Napster for macOS, the pioneering mobile-first social network Path, and Playmaker, a playful creative space for Playdate. Blending expertise in engineering, animation, and visual design, Dustin infuses his projects with warmth and joy. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his partner Mary Ann, their two kids, and an adorable miniature dachshund named Libby.

Noble Robot is the indie games and media outfit run by multidisciplinary artist Mark LaCroix. Titles include Widget Satchel; the tabletop game Glom; Dreamsettler, the upcoming sequel to Hypnospace Outlaw; and Noble Engine, the li’l open-source game engine for Playdate. Mark’s work in other fields has spanned from international film festivals to municipal utility boxes, and has appeared in multiple Emmy-winning productions. Noble Robot also produces the weekly game development podcast Nice Games Club from its office in Minneapolis, where Mark lives with his wife and three computers.

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