The “excuse” is it is appealing to some and not you, which is fine. I personality love the art style (it’s what got me interested in Qud in the first place).
How about a game developed by two people on their own winning an award which was won last year by a game with a budget somewhere north 100 million dollars?
Super Mario World came out 35 years ago. There’s no excuse for a game to look this primitive in 2025.
In my opinion Story and experience has a greater impact than graphics.
The “excuse” is it is appealing to some and not you, which is fine. I personality love the art style (it’s what got me interested in Qud in the first place).
How about a game developed by two people on their own winning an award which was won last year by a game with a budget somewhere north 100 million dollars?
Is that a good excuse?
ConcernedApe created Stardew Valley entirely by himself.
So “no”.