{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9e3d58ac0323fa23da82be98","clusterId":"c_68f262ec77a8f58583e51014","slug":"biteme-games-shows-mmo98-and-silicon-architect-at-osaka-indie-games-summit","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"BiteMe Games Shows MMO98 And Silicon Architect At Osaka Indie Games Summit","summary":"Belgian indie studio BiteMe Games exhibited two titles at OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026, held October 3 and 4 at Congres Square Grand Green Osaka. MMO98, an incremental simulation about growing a small MMO studio, launched on Steam on April 20, 2026 with Japanese support. Silicon Architect, a hardware engineering game with a Windows XP-style UI, is still in development.","whyItMatters":"Both games build their presentation around the operating systems of the late 1990s and early 2000s, which is the hook BiteMe Games is using to stand out in an idle-game field crowded with plain spreadsheets.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMMO98 runs on a mock 1990s desktop, with windows for player chat, server nodes, and statistics lined up as the studio grows. Its research tree lists monetization options including Big 4 Consulting, Day One DLC, and Live Service, alongside a debugger screen where patch work is done by reading a hexadecimal dump. Silicon Architect applies the same window-hopping idea to a Windows XP-era interface, and it is the one still unfinished.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMMO98\u003c/strong\u003e: Incremental simulation of running an MMO studio, released on Steam on April 20, 2026 with Japanese support\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilicon Architect\u003c/strong\u003e: Incremental hardware engineering game with a Windows XP-style UI, in development\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"MMO98 shipped in April with Japanese support, while Silicon Architect is still in development. BiteMe Games brought one finished game and one promise to Osaka, which is the normal shape of an indie booth.","twitterPost":"MMO98 shipped in April with Japanese support. Silicon Architect is still in development. BiteMe Games brought one finished game and one promise to Osaka.","threadsPost":"MMO98 launched on Steam in April with Japanese support, and Silicon Architect is still in development. BiteMe Games brought two very different stages of production to Osaka Indie Games Summit: one game players can already buy, one they can only look at.","newsletterBlurb":"BiteMe Games brought two titles to OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026, held October 3 and 4 at Congres Square Grand Green Osaka. MMO98, an incremental game about growing an MMO studio, runs on a mock 1990s desktop and released on Steam on April 20, 2026 with Japanese support. Silicon Architect, still in development, moves the same window-hopping presentation to a Windows XP-style interface and has players design a CPU.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/047/G104758/20261004004/\",\"title\":\"MMO98, an MMO management game, and Silicon Architect, a new title with an XP-style UI. Introducing two titles exhibited by BiteMe Games [OIGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4716,"outputTokens":688,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791157466,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T23:40:43.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T23:43:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T23:43:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_68f262ec77a8f58583e51014","canonicalTitle":"MMOを運営する「MMO98」と，XP風UIの新作「Silicon Architect」。BiteMe Gamesが出展する2タイトルを紹介［OIGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_ec6082728dc437d3f7351da6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"MMO98\",\"Silicon Architect\"],\"studios\":[\"BiteMe Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-04T22:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-04T22:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T23:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/047/G104758/20261004004/","title":"MMOを運営する「MMO98」と，XP風UIの新作「Silicon Architect」。BiteMe Gamesが出展する2タイトルを紹介［OIGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["MMO98","Silicon Architect"],"studios":["BiteMe Games"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}