The first of the text-based games available on Ink Console will be those developed by Singular 9, a one-man studio known previously for creating Gameboy games and an interactive game for e-readers.

The console's internals are equally modest, with a dual-core ESP32 microprocessor, 4MB flash memory, 8MB PSRAM, and 520KB SRAM. A 3.5mm audio jack and a built-in mono speaker meanwhile provide the ...