This is like a masterclass in game design, mobile UI, wasm, character design, game dialogue and interactive paychogeography. I'm gonna show this to my kid's computer club next week. Really fantastic, bravo. Is this seriously a solo developer project??
If anyone knows of similar games / apps / software tools that I could show as examples of solo developer small scope simple UI games I'm always trying to find more..
From qingcharles post earlier, three people with abeto.co (https://abeto.co/). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45397933
> https://xcancel.com/abeto_co
> https://xcancel.com/vlucendo
> https://xcancel.com/michaelsungaila
> https://kevincolombin.bandcamp.com/
Return of the Obra Dinn!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra...
Haven't played Obra Dinn yet (it's on my list of games to play together with my wife), but anything by its developer Lucas Pope is a masterpiece. Papers Please, while it infuriated me at times (apparently I suck at following rules and spotting differences) was just amazing. Available on mobile and PC.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papers,_Please
Also if you have the delightful "Playdate" game console, his game Mars After Midnight is charming and not stressful.
I would love to play that! I love the idea of the Playdate but with a Switch that is gathering dust, I don't think I can convince my wife to let me get another handheld :')
There's also an article on another game by the same folks that's similar (but earlier) which describes some details on building it
https://www.awwwards.com/summer-afternoon.html
The iOS game Tiny Wings was made by a solo developer (Andreas Illiger). I highly recommend it. It’s over a decade old now, but it just got update this year, and it still stands out in my mind as one of the best mobile games ever made.