Hello everyone! We are Retraissance.

Five humans. One vision: to create classic games with modern standards.

No, we’re not talking about feudal taxes or mimic chests!

We’re talking about the good stuff — refined over the decades since the first primitive video games were created by analog sages, now thoroughly documented and trial-proven by scribes and scholars, like:

• Thoughtful UI and clean navigation

• Sound and visuals that pull you into the world

• Style that outlives trends

• Easy to pick up, satisfying to master

• Stories that resonate and have real world parallels

• Mechanics that work together and stand alone

• Escapism, catharsis, emotional impact

And above all, that indescribable something many modern games lack or lost along the endless sequels:

SOUL

The fact that many people don’t consider video games an art form is not surprising, especially in the age of generative AI.

We do use some AI to lighten the workload in the conceptual phase. It takes a lot of manual labor (figurative and literal) to take an AI concept art or suggestion and turn it into something that doesn’t look slopped together, works and makes sense.

No “vibe coding”, no AI slop, and definitely no 100% AI content. Even 50% is too much.

If it were doing most of the work for us

where’s the point ?

AI is for us effectively a mere tool, no different from an electric drill. There is a manual drill, sure, but you can just push a button and be done in seconds. The important thing is not how you make the hole in the wall, is the painting you’re hanging in the end!

The tool is not part of the result, it’s part of the process.

We feel like a lot of the important discussion gets lost in herd mentality and polarized opinions.

Some of us are IT specialists concerned about the growing disregard for ethics in the world in general. It would be unwise of us to promote the reckless use of technologies, so please,

Use it wisely. Use it consciously. Use it only when necessary. And do something meaningful with it!

We’re here to make games that make us feel. That stir something. That respect your time and intelligence. That stay with you in fond memories.

Thanks for being here !! 💚

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