would often say confusion is understandable here. this is grounded on a field of research that is now often called post-digital and also related to alt-tech (in a sense of non-digital tech). this, being a gb game, is an adaptation of a certain historical moment into a small rom for that old gameboy. this touches on the small fragment of our interests, though to get started with the topic, would recommend to check those articles:
https://habr.com/ru/sandbox/257108/
https://medium.com/@lithuanian/the-ladder-between-centuries-how-a-17th-century-p...
https://www.academia.edu/172655464/Vernacular_Stone_as_Business_Continuity_The_A...
https://www.academia.edu/143892731/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1...
there are multiple more, but the field is still considered to be 'marginalized' either because of 'bigtech' or natural reasons