THIS MONTH ON EDGE
When we weren’t doing everything else, we were thinking about stuff like this
SOFTWARE
Flatgame Maker
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After releasing one of 2020’s best debut games, Irish microstudio Dreamfeel could be forgiven for taking it easy until the New Year. But having made a game about erasure, it’s perhaps fitting that the If Found creator should feel the need to put something back. The brainchild of Breogán Hackett, Flatgame Maker is a Unity plugin designed to allow creators to bring hand-drawn ideas to life. You’ll be able to make static art sway, spin, move around and change colours – in other words, to develop a similarly personal tale of your own (though don’t expect Annapurna to be knocking on your door right away). It’s in beta, with the studio planning to release updates based on user feedback – and before the year’s out, Dreamfeel will run its fourth Flatjam to showcase what it can do.