Making Games

Anbernic RG CubeXX handheld console running muOS, itself running PICO-8 fantasy console ($15 USD) running Celeste by OctogorbSlayer. :3

I did not grow up with handheld consoles (I barely grew up with console gaming at all) [1] so I am

(a) very excited
(b) trying to figure out how to jump correctly. :3

[1] We had a Nintendo that was a gift from some patient of my dad's, with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. My mom was AMAZING at Duck Hunt. I never got further than World 1-2 in the former and abandoned ship pretty early since my greatest interest, ironically, was the MUSIC.

I like my Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck, but they are LORGE and I don't have lorge hands. This is smol and cute and light, and I love it already. It'll also run "cartridges" for other systems but one thing at a time.

Splore also lets you code for PICO-8 in what looks like some variety of Lua, although I'm likelier to do that on macOS because, y'know, keyboard input. :3

What have y'all's console experiences been?