At WX, Wakefield over 60 games will be demoing, along with 400+ developers, game industry publishers, investors and platforms in attendance for GaMaYo 25! Join us on the 13th of November for a day full of demos and round tables.

This event is brought to you by Game Republic along with their Official Partners Barclays Games and Creative, Xsolla and Red Kite Games, with event sponsors Plus Accounting, Escape Technology, HP and AMD.

Today we are looking at ‘Positron’ which is confirmed to be at the event, from Retroburn!

 

 

Positron by Retroburn

 

What would be your description of your game?

 

Positron is an arcade inspired action/puzzle game, designed to be super easy to pick up, accessible, and fun to play.

 

How did development start? (Were there any key inspirations or ideas that drove you?)

 

I first prototyped Positron on an Xbox 360, written in XNA, around the end of 2011. It was inspired by the release of a particular movie, and just wanting to make something simple and arcade like. That prototype landed me a job in the games industry, and over the years I’ve rewritten the game a few times over, rewriting the engine from scratch with support for running on many platforms natively, often just firing it up once a month for an hour here or there in my spare time.

 

Tell us about the team behind the game!

 

Positron is designed and developed by myself, Martin Caine, under the Retroburn name. My Wife often attends events with me and will be taking over all social media and PR responsibilities for Positron and Retroburn.

 

What kind of experiences do you hope to bring players?

 

An arcade-like experience, pick up and play, but also provide enough depth of gameplay to keep people coming back to play the game too.

 

In 10 words or less, highlight the appeal of the game!

 

Arcade-like, stylistic, nostalgic, and super casual.

 

Any links to access/wishlist the game?

 

Positron is available on Steam via Early Access currently, with console and mobile releases planned to hit when the game exits Early Access on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/374780/Positron/