Super PolyPixel - Anodyne. As an adjective it means “not likely to provoke dissent or offense.” As a noun, it’s a pain killing drug or medicine. A synonym? Sedative.
Fitting, really. Anodyne is the creation of a two-man team: Sean Hogan and Jonathan Kittakas. It’s their 16-bit dream world in which you play as Young, a silent human destined to save the world. In order to do so, Young must explore fantastical worlds and battle enemies, sweeping them off the map quite literally.
As the wait for Deltarune continues, this writer wanted to offer her readers a collection of similar experiences. Considering Undertale’s beginnings as an Earthbound hack, this piece aims to explore some of what could be considered Undertale’s family — games that also began with RPGMaker, were inspired by Earthbound, share a similar ideology, and games focus on reactive stories. Additionally, this piece hopes to highlight some of the lesser known Undertale-esque works, the ones readers might not immediately find when sifting through Google’s suggestions. As an added bonus, these games are budget-friendly - several of them are even free! Others range from $5-20. (Many were included in the BLM bundle on Itch.io, both Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass and Anodyne from this list are included.) There’s something for every Undertale fan in this list, so hopefully you readers will find something new to ease the anticipation for Deltarune!
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These Anodyne, Enter the Gungeon, Superhot, plus the Guacamelee!, Overcooked, and South Park games.
Anodyne is an RPG-lite retro action-adventure game from the minds over at Analgesic Productions. Ported to the Nintendo Switch for 2019.
