{"id":15733,"date":"2024-08-31T08:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/31\/quantum-witch-where-religious-cults-collide-with-80s-spectrum-games\/"},"modified":"2024-08-31T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T06:38:09","slug":"quantum-witch-where-religious-cults-collide-with-80s-spectrum-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/31\/quantum-witch-where-religious-cults-collide-with-80s-spectrum-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Witch: where religious cults collide with 80s Spectrum games"},"content":{"rendered":"

This queer emancipation story is set in a cosy pixellated art world but all is not what it seems. You\u2019ll tend your flock, pick some flowers \u2013 and also have to dethrone God<\/p>\n

The realm of Hus is a rural idyll, where happy villagers wander the marketplace and young shepherdess Ren tends to her flock while her partner, Tyra, fixes up their cottage. It\u2019s almost as though they are all living in a cosy farming simulator, created by a benevolent game developer. But are they? Or is it just an illusion cast by an evil deity, trapping them in a horrifying pixellated facade?<\/p>\n

This is the delightfully \u201cmeta\u201d setup to Quantum Witch, a pixel art platformer by lone developer Nikki Jay. Heavily inspired by old LucasArts adventures and the legendary Dizzy series on the ZX Spectrum, it\u2019s a comedy game with a serious autobiographical heart. Jay grew up in a right wing religious sect based in the north-east of England with an incredibly enclosed perspective. \u201cThey were obsessed with the end of the world,\u201d she says. \u201cThey believed it could happen at anytime and that all the wicked people would be destroyed: so I had<\/em> to be good. It was extremely oppressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThis queer emancipation story is set in a cosy pixellated art world but all is not what it seems. You\u2019ll tend your flock, pick some flowers \u2013 and also have to dethrone God
\nThe realm of Hus is a rural idyll, where happy villagers wander the marketplace and young shepherdess Ren tends to her flock while her partner, Tyra, fixes up their cottage. It\u2019s almost as though they are all living in a cosy farming simulator, created by a benevolent game developer. But are they? Or is it just an illusion cast by an evil deity, trapping them in a horrifying pixellated facade?
\nThis is the delightfully \u201cmeta\u201d setup to Quantum Witch, a pixel art platformer by lone developer Nikki Jay. Heavily inspired by old LucasArts adventures and the legendary Dizzy series on the ZX Spectrum, it\u2019s a comedy game with a serious autobiographical heart. Jay grew up in a right wing religious sect based in the north-east of England with an incredibly enclosed perspective. \u201cThey were obsessed with the end of the world,\u201d she says. \u201cThey believed it could happen at anytime and that all the wicked people would be destroyed: so I had to be good. It was extremely oppressive.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This queer emancipation story is set in a cosy pixellated art world but all is not what it seems. You\u2019ll tend your flock, pick some flowers \u2013 and also have to dethrone God The realm of Hus is a rural idyll, where happy villagers wander the marketplace and young shepherdess Ren tends to her flock …<\/p>\n

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