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You know those days when everything feels like a whirlwind? Like you’re juggling flaming swords while trying to paint a masterpiece with your toes? That’s pretty much how I built The Abandoned Planet. Yeah, my office space—or whatever you want to call it—was a corner of my bedroom in Florida. Picture this: a desk crammed with a Moleskine notebook, pages full of doodles of rooms, arrows, corridors…all sketched while a toddler used my laptop as a jungle gym. Insane, right? What was meant to be just a year-long hobby turned into a two and a half year labor of love. Every blink of the screen was my life—coding, doodling, syncing beats to alien languages, and dreaming up a base-7 number system. Seriously, who does that?
The pixels! Oh, every last one drawn on my trusty Wacom tablet. I got lost in the pixel art, the frame-by-frame animations that took forever, the spooky soundscape my neighbors probably hate. Honestly, it felt like a blast from the past—like if the 90s had a makeover. The controls are delightfully retro, with this zippy little twist. Players explore as if roaming through an old-school adventure, with clues encrypted in alien glyphs and strange objects collected along the way. Nostalgic yet new—go figure.
Ah, the gameplay! Quick and nimble, dancing through the system, like pushing past a crowded hallway just to get your favorite snack. You pick up items, poke around, wake up ancient things, power gadgets, move through places that scream danger louder than my morning alarm.
Five acts, over 300 areas—like trekking through a museum, but one where you’re definitely allowed to touch things. Not to mention those haunting animated scenes. They pop up, tell a story, then disappear, leaving you wanting more. All voiced in 11 languages—because why not throw in an alien dialect too?
Standalone game, but it fits like a puzzle piece into the whole Dexter Stardust saga. From crazy puzzles to alien scribbles, each piece tied back to that chaotic bedroom office where dreams fought reality, and sleep was optional. So, if exploring mystery worlds while living through solo-driven chaos sounds like your kind of adventure, dive into The Abandoned Planet and lose yourself.
Accessibility brings the saga to life, an echo of old-school playful mystery. It’s Myst and Riven rolled into one with a LucasArt flavor—the kind that scratches that itch you forgot you had.
It’s vast with pixel artwork that’s both chunky and beautiful, exploring timeless interactive surprise. The Abandoned Planet is this quirky, chaotic solo developer’s dreamscape. Want nostalgia? An adventure beyond the stars awaits. Let’s make space, shall we?
