A year with many productions!

2025 has been one of my most productive years in video game development. In total, I’ve coded and drawn sprites for seven productions that I’m very happy with, for Atari 2600 (4) and Commodore 64 (3). I set aside mobile development, where I have a fairly extensive portfolio, and focused entirely on developing games for retro systems with over 40 years on the market. It was a well-thought-out decision. Although I’ve had hundreds of thousands of downloads on mobile, there’s one aspect of retro that I’ve loved: the close-knit communities. You know who’s playing your games, you see gameplay videos on YouTube and Twitch, and that means that even though downloads are only in the hundreds or thousands per game, you feel a connection with the users that you can never have on PC or mobile.

Those who know me well know that making video games today is a hobby for me, and more than that, a mental exercise at 55 years old. I left behind the fame and money as a developer in the decade when my old studio, Mediatech, shone throughout Latin America from 1995 to 2005. Today, I enjoy making games for friends and people my age who refuse to stop playing and who don’t feel comfortable with modern games. It gives me great happiness to bring them joy with my creations, and incidentally, I keep my character «Umi» in the spotlight after almost 30 years.

This year my games have been reviewed on many websites and even in the new Spanish Microhobby magazine, which makes me very happy and serves to attract new players to my portfolio, which in the end is what keeps me going in this wonderful career as a video game designer.