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# IORAMA Shares iOS Footage of A Fool's Errand: Watch
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/iorama-shares-ios-footage-of-a-fools-errand-watch/
- Published: 2026-10-28T19:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T19:34:59.000Z
- Description: The Playdate climbing game from the studio behind Looom swaps the crank for a thumb.
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, Playdate, iOS, mobile, 1-bit, IORAMA, A Fool's Errand, Eran Hilleli, #radar-item

IORAMA, the studio of Finn Ericson and Eran Hilleli, posted [a video](https://www.instagram.com/p/DdtjWvmMEOB/?ref=killscreen.com) on Sept. 25 showing *A Fool's Errand* running on an iPhone. The game came out on Playdate in November 2025, and the studio has not announced a release date or price for an iOS version. Watch the clip below.

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IORAMA's iPhone footage of **A Fool's Errand*, with sound. Video: [IORAMA](https://www.instagram.com/p/DdtjWvmMEOB/?ref=killscreen.com)

On Playdate, *A Fool's Errand* is a 1-bit climbing game. According to its [Playdate catalog page](https://play.date/games/a-fools-errand/?ref=killscreen.com), the player cranks young Roland up the "infinitely-spiralling" Dark Tower while dodging traps and creatures, in what IORAMA calls "a fabled 1D ascent." Panic's staff note on the listing calls it a "precision-cranker" that gets easier with practice. 

The iPhone footage keeps the black-and-white art and the spiraling tower but drops the crank: the player in the clip moves Roland with a thumb on the touchscreen. 

IORAMA's earlier work includes the animation app *Looom*, which the studio lists as a 2020 Apple Design Award winner, the Playdate game *Grand Tour Legends* and the iPad app *Graintouch*. The studio says it draws on "musical instruments and early video games."

For more reading, see [When the crank turns, *Ancient Loops* collides its cards](https://www.killscreen.com/when-the-crank-turns-ancient-loops-collides-its-cards/), [*Return of the Obra Dinn* update details the challenges of 1-bit rendering](https://www.killscreen.com/return-obra-dinn-update-details-challenges-1-bit-rendering/) and [*A Fool's Errand* on Playdate](https://play.date/games/a-fools-errand/?ref=killscreen.com).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/fools-errand-playdate-afe1-vertical.gif)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/fools-errand-playdate-afe2-vertical.gif)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/fools-errand-playdate-afe3-vertical.gif)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/fools-errand-1s.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/fools-errand-9s.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/2026/10/fools-errand-13s.jpg)

**A Fool's Errand* on Playdate, top row, and on iPhone, bottom row. Images: IORAMA, Panic

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