Vaporware EX is a comfy 16-bit game dev simulator full of neon-infused nostalgia, set in the games industry of 199X. Lose the suit, put on a hoodie, and discover what it really takes to ship a game in this love letter to a bygone time where you still had to fit everything into a cartridge.
Features
Name and customize your team of four game developers
Jam out to a fully stocked soundtrack of vaporwave and future funk tracks
Level up your developers into legends of game development, customising their stats and traits along the way as they grow with the games they produce
Build a party that can face the challenge of any project and ship any game you can dream of
Fight through feature development as you make use of turn-based combat to build a game that resonates with what your vision seeks to create
Grow your game's content score to soaring heights to impress your fans and push the creative limits of what a game can be
Answer e-mails from publishers, journalists, rivals, fans, and your own team, making critical decisions that will make or break your success
Negotiate terms with publishers to find the best possible deal
Fix challenging bugs to polish the features you've implemented and make a better game
Invest in people, infrastructure, research and operations to build your studio's capability and resources
Develop followers across the three core regions (NTSC-U, NTSC-J and PAL) to build a loyal and consistent consumer base
Win awards for your efforts to build your prestige and notoriety worldwide