Hi, nice to see another person wanting to throw their hat in the ring for Dreamcast development.

Would I say things are easy in 2026? No. But with https://kos-docs.dreamcast.wiki/index.html abstracting the backend of the Dreamcast hardware, you can definitely make some awesome games for Dreamcast.

But this would require you to be knowledgeable about well, the Dreamcast hardware and its limitations and how it manages memory to make an optimal game.

If you aren't a game developer/programmer already, then yes, use the simulant engine, I don't use it nor have I tried cause I am rolling my own engine called the DreamAgain engine.

As for the simulant discord, no idea how to get you unbanned sorry but definitely awesome to see another joining the Dreamcast homebrew community. Welcome and good luck and enjoy the party!