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Katamari creator says he left Bandai Namco to develop games with people from other countries (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] Kelly 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That list is crazy, so many niche platforms and limited availability:

  • Glitch was a failed Flash based MMO, that launched as a production release, was pulled back into beta 2 months later and then closed in late 2012. During this second beta they seemed to host a virtual death cult. Its messaging framework was later rebranded as Slack
  • Tenya Wanya Teens was designed to tour as an art piece last exhibited in 2014
  • Alphabet was bundled with Experimental Game Pack 01, a promo for LA Game Space a failed incubator/exhibition space the broke up in 2018
  • Woorld was a mixed reality game developed for Google Tango, a tech that hasn't seen support on a new device since 2017
  • Crankin's Time Travel Adventure was developed for the Playdate and was featured in Season 1. This is still available, in fact it is a pack-in title with the Playdate.

I've just wish listed Wattam, its his only still available non-Katamari title that runs on a mainstream platform.