Today, Pixel Ghost announce the development of the full Life’s Too Short sequel, Life’s 2 Short: Unhooked, coming exclusively to the Playdate console in 2023. 

Life’s 2 Short: Unhooked follows the adventures of the series’ little problem solving ghost as he’s tasked with reuniting an eccentric pirate captain with his 4 deserting wives. During the course of this little point-and-click-lite you’ll explore a beautiful island, meet a series of interesting characters as you look to solve their problems and ultimately leave the island and the lives of the wives in a better place than you found them (Spoiler: And ultimately disappoint the captain…)

“Life’s 2 Short: Unhooked has been a labour of love whilst we’ve been away travelling for the year. It features many references to places and people we’ve met along the way and hopefully carries a message of hope and kindness behind the initially sinister exterior. The ghost came about because it was the best I could do at the time with 8x8 pixels and 1-bit graphics, but from there it’s been a bit life-changing bringing these small, fun games to such a beautiful small, fun console. The Playdate console, tools and community mean that anybody can develop something original if they put their mind and effort into it. We hope you enjoy playing Life’s Too Short and keep a keen eye out for more details for Life’s 2 Short: Unhooked very soon.” said Ollie Coe, founder of Pixel Ghost. 

Unhooked has been influenced by the Gili Eco Trust, Cats of Gili & Horses of Gili on Gili Trawangan, Lost Souls of Mexico in Chetumal, New Marigold Boarding School in Nepal, Blossom Peak Ranch in Three Rivers, CA & other inspiring places and people. Some of these influences feature directly in the game by name as a dedication to their amazing work.

The Life’s Too Short series of small, charming point-and-click-lite horror themed adventures is one of the top rated Playdate exclusive IPs and includes the holiday spin-off Life’s Too Short: A Christmas Spirit. From today, Playdate owners can purchase the original Life’s Too Short, in which you’re tasked with repairing a rift in two vampires’ relationship, directly from the Playdate’s new on-device store, Catalog.

Life’s 2 Short: Unhooked announcement trailer:

Pre-order Life’s 2 Short: Unhooked here: https://pixel-ghost.itch.io/lifes-2-short-unhooked 

LTS in Playdate Catalog: https://play.date/games/lifes-too-short/

Life’s Too Short in other Playdate games: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/comments/12iqiyv/lifes_too_short_featur... 

For more from Pixel Ghost: https://pixel-ghost.itch.io/ 

Playdate: https://play.date/ 

Gili Eco Trust: https://giliecotrust.com/ 

New Marigold School: https://264.education/projects/new-marigold-school 

Lost Souls of Mexico: https://www.facebook.com/LostSoulsOfMexico/ 

Horses of Gili: https://www.horsesofgili.com/wordpress/index.php 

Blossom Peak Ranch: https://www.facebook.com/blossompeakranch/