Ron Gilbert's newest game, "Thimbleweed Park", has been out for a few months now but the latest patch is pretty neat.
https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-update-917-is-live/833
The most interesting parts are allowing the playable characters to talk to each other and recognition of each other when they walk past.
In a sign of the changing nature of gamers the game now includes a phone helpline but the helpline is called from phones within the game itself and it has an awareness of your progress so can give more tailored hints.
It is discussed in more detail here
http://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/hints_and_dialogs
(Score: 4, Informative) by gringer on Sunday July 02 2017, @06:18AM
That's on purpose. It's replicating the pixel art of the 80s, with dynamic lighting, parallax and antialiasing thrown in.
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