What are your thoughts on a modern day grayscale pixel game?

[Mayor Monday]

I've been brainstorming. save the children I need opinions.

Maybe not everything would have to be black, white, and gray. Maybe some key buildings or characters could have color. But it sounds like a challenge to create an atmosphere/good design by doing this.

If you know any modern games that already do this, please tell me. I did some searching, and I didn't find any that fit this exactly.

 

[Nooblord]

There’s a game called Minit, it’s a pixelated black/white adventure game, I think it looks cool but I never played it. I lnow it’s on Switch but I’m pretty sure its available on other platforms too.
Another game that isn’t exactly new, but I’d consider it modern, is called Tower of Heaven, it’s a monochromatic flash game I played years ago, it kinda borrows the greenish hue of the original Gameboy. It’s a short puzzle/platformer, but it’s a great game with fantastic music.
Also, in Retro City Rampage, an 8 bit game, you can change the filter to grayscale, and the game still looks great. I think you can definitely make a fun and engaging monochromatic game.

 

[Romaki]

It really just depends what you do with it. Games like Minit and Downwell are perfectly fine because they're just so much fun to play. And if you don't have to worry about pixel perfect characters, I feel like atmosphere and sound design is easier to deal with.

 

[Snowesque]

Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but I think Gato Roboto fits this.
It is sitting in my Steam library for a while now unfortunately; need to play it one day!

 

[Buttonsy]

I think it could be cool! It really just depends on what the art style is outside of the pixelation and the colour palette aspects, and if the gameplay is overall good.

 

[seliph]

personally i don't think colour palette means much, so long as you actually have a good game the colours (or lack thereof) used are irrelevant so long as they don't blind me.

a good colour scheme and visual aesthetic in a game is of course a huge bonus, but it means nothing if the base game isn't enjoyable.

 

[G0DFlesh_88]

I like it. gives me the original game boy graphics nostalgia. Except less green lol