gaussgunner
Arcane
Everything is built in some generic open-source 3D world builder sim, using free stock assets with creative prosper-ous edits & effects, scripted in a language that's basically Apple ROM BASIC but shittier. VR and AI are long forgotten. All phones run Android v196.2.3.12 which is crippleware. They're mainly used as paperweights. Desktops are in again because nobody really leaves their house much. Or maybe tablets are all the rage again. Game designers are reinventing the 80s again, in that 3D world builder thing. It's basically one giant RPG universe with RPGs within RPGs and minigames within those. For the average loser, life is an RPG. All game designers are hobbyists, nobody makes a cent from creative work anymore. They all live off basic income, supplemented by prostitution and drug dealing. There are Internet Walls around every metropolitan region, impenetrable to all but the most elite incel hackers. While there exists a great diversity of regional gaming cultures, each and every one of them is homogenous shit in its own unique way.