I remember reading this in a game development book published in the late 90’s Tetris was the last great game developed by one person.. These were the times when the performance of computers and consoles began to grow exponentially, which led to the boom of large productions and super productions developed by huge teams. So it seemed that the fact that a single person could develop a successful game would now be a thing of the past.
However, seen more than two decades later, it seems that this statement was too bold, as there are several titles that have achieved great success with a single developer behind them, and also brought visibility to the world of developers and indie games. The most obvious case is undoubtedly Minecraftwhich now has a studio behind it, but was developed by one person in its early days.
Other known cases are titles like Stardew Valley and Papers, Please, two indie gems that, years after their release, continue to enjoy not only a large community of users who play and replay them from time to time, but also new users who discover them and join their legions of followers. In my case, to Stardew Valley for a few years and to Papers, Please practically since their launch.
If you’re also one of those people who find Papers Please a gem, or better yet, if you haven’t tried it yet but are somewhat curious, its creator Lucas Pope announced via your twitter accountthat has developed a port of Papers, Please for Android and iOS, which will hit app stores on August 5.
He doesn’t reveal more about it, in fact he only adds (in a second message), apparently in jest, that a console version is in the works, which should arrive in 2031. However, we can take it for granted that a lot of work has gone into completing this adaptation of Papers, Please to smartphones tIt will be related to the interface redesign. Anyone who has played the PC version remembers how small the desktop is after a while to manage so many documents. Imagining it on a vertical and much smaller screen makes you sweat just thinking about it.
In any case, from the fifth of August we will be able to obey the orders of the government of Arstotzka (Glory to Arstotzka!) on mobile and in this way discover or recall the crude satire drawn by the Pope, in which, without a doubt, one of the biggest indie games of the last decade.
