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Variations on a Very Nostalgic Theme
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 06/11/2025
“Hatchwell” is the inaugural effort by solo Philippines-based Indie developer, Adrian Corpuz, known by the studio name, AdeeCee. While AdeeCee has gone on to release a second game, with a third in the works, none of this Indie dev’s efforts are in the same genre. What caught my attention with “Hatchwell” was that it was a very deliberate homage to one of my personal all-time favorite games, “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.” So, how does a $10 Indie game compare with one of Nintendo’s all-time achievements? Fairly well! Though, better in some aspects than others.
Presentation
“Hatchwell” is a pixel-art game built, surprisingly NOT in Unity, but in Yoyo Games’ GameMaker Studio engine. From an artistic perspective, “Hatchwell” is a bit of a mixed bag. …
