In this weeks’ itch.io Recommends we talked about some new games that felt old. We’ve been seeing a lot of that lately so it’s high time we helped folks get into the aesthetic if they’re interested. There are a lot of reasons why you’d want to make a retro-inspired game (nostalgia is a strong one) and luckily for all of us the barrier to entry can be really low. One of the easiest ways to jump in is through a fantasy console . We’ve written a primer to fantasy consoles before, so I’ll avoid rehashing it here, but the short definition is that fantasy consoles are heavily restricted dev environments that are supposed to behave as if they were retro consoles. Now none of these map 1:1 onto “real” consoles, but it’s hard not to see the influences in popular choices like Pic…

Source and More information: Faux-retro games are hot right now, here’s how to get started on one

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