Bleeding Edge vs Legacy Tech

When given the option to choose between the very most bleeding edge technology or the legacy option, which one would you pick? I suspect to most the obvious choice would be the first one: choose the most up to date and fancy tech you can, it is the best you can get after all. But what if it hasn’t been properly tested? What if no one knows how to repair or even to set it up properly yet, what if it’s hyped up more than it really deserves?

On the other hand, you can choose the old, but well tested option. It’s clunky and doesn’t have the twelve different variations of Bluetooth, also where is the style? However, it does have the time tested reliability and if it does break, you might be able to fix it yourself with a butter knife and some duck tape.

I painted this to be used as a background in a stage for a game I’m making in my free time. I wanted a lot of contrast between the two options, so I added a lot of floaty bits to the new tech design ( floaty bits means it’s futuristic, right?). And the old tech robot is basically an old rusty tractor if tractors had legs. If it was also powered by lemon batteries.

Also, mayhaps you should check out a project I already completed. This is is a link to a little puzzle game called Dream Mechanic available for free for windows here: https://ultra-shenanigans.itch.io/dream-mechanic