If there's one design decision that's bound to grab audience attention, it's strong pixel art visuals. Throwback RPG games like Chained Echoes or Sea of Stars, platformers like Celeste or Shovel Knight, and crafting or farming games like Stardew Valley and Terraria all look back to earlier eras for their aesthetics, and owe at least some of their success with players to that choice. It's also part of why the upcoming tactics project Dead Weight caught our attention when it was first announced, and why we're happy to see how the game plays now that it's just put out a Steam demo. Continue reading Chained Echoes meets FTL in new strategy game Dead Weight