Legendary indie developer Lucas Pope has released Moida Mansion, a brand new game inspired by Tiger Electronics handhelds and Game & Watch that you can play right now on PC.
Pope is perhaps best known for the likes of maritime detective game Return of the Obra Dinn and oppressive document-checking simulator Papers, Please, but Moida Mansion has an altogether different tone, as you've probably guessed from the humorously phonetic spelling of "murder" in the title.
On Moida Mansion's Itch.io page, it's presented as a charmingly old-school handheld throwback, with the screen surrounded by character artwork and some properly chunky-looking retro buttons (which you'll need to click to interact with the game).
Moida Mansion's display pays homage to the devices Pope was seemingly inspired by; it's got a monochrome color scheme and the refresh rate is low, leading to an effect that's almost a slideshow-style series of still images rather than a fluid, moving image.
The game is also accompanied by a delightful 80s-style instruction manual; in fact, Pope himself says that Moida Mansion was "a good excuse to make a very 80s instruction manual", apologizing to any players "struggling through [his] youth here".
