The future’s bright

Although he’s made his career in digital design, with stints at companies such as Sega, Ted Sterchi has always had a keen interest in creating games. This year he decided to focus on his platform adventure Orange Island, a game so close to NES specs that it’s actually getting a NES version, and has successfully funded it via Kickstarter, where it received over 400 per cent of its funding goal.

How did you get into gaming - what were your first platforms and early favourite games?

My first system was the NES. I’m pretty