06-05-2016, 08:42 PM
(06-05-2016, 08:26 PM)Koh Wrote: I can understand that, and can appreciate the coding effort, but just looking at it doesn't make me want to play it either, lol. Graphics may not be everything in the long run, but they most definitely play a huge role in advertising the game, and getting one interested, as well as bringing out the world. Children's coloring book graphics don't make me personally interested in playing it, but this is one of those instances where I could be surprised by what the gameplay has to offer. It was the same case with Undertale, so who knows, right?
Again, this is a demake of an existing game. The reason you should want to play it is to experience The Witness in NES form, that's the audience he's aiming for. I'm pretty sure he isn't trying to make people who haven't played or heard of The Witness to play it, so he's not worried about making it visually attractive or advertising it. It's just for people to be like "heh that's pretty neat" by putting the mechanics of the original game into a NES game (as an actual ROM, no less).
It's niche and free, the effort into getting (and most likely paying) an artist to get other people interested in this just isn't worth it.