Me and my workforce have spent the previous three years of our lives making a bizarre sport about constructing a metropolis on the again of a large, wandering creature referred to as Onbu. We named our sport The Wandering Village, and determined that the connection between the little villagers and the large animal ought to be the main focus level of the sport’s expertise. The participant takes on the position of the village chief, sustaining the well being and happiness of each the human inhabitants and their big mount. This usually turns into a balancing act as the 2 entities’ desires and wishes don’t all the time align.
One in every of our primary inspirations for the sport is the 1984 anime ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’ by Hayao Miyazaki. The world of The Wandering Village is closely impressed by the anime’s setting, a post-apocalyptic world the place toxic crops are spreading and steadily making life on the bottom unattainable. This provides a survival facet to the sport. The villager and Onbu are depending on each other and must discover a approach out of this mess collectively.
With Onbu – which implies piggy-back trip in Japanese – being such a central a part of the sport, our workforce tried its greatest to provide you with a creature design that’s each monumental and cute on the identical time, whereas additionally becoming into world and making sense from a organic perspective.
In its earliest design states, Onbu was a beast product of flesh and blood. We needed the participant to really feel like tiny fleas on the again of a big canine. Gamers would harvest hair and pores and skin scales whereas planting their crops into the animal’s disguise. Nevertheless we realised that this could be a bit off-putting to some folks (together with members of our personal workforce) and so we determined that Onbu ought to be was a creature product of earth and crops.
We needed the participant to really feel like tiny fleas on the again of a big canine… nevertheless we realized that this could be a bit off-putting…
One other problem was to discover a good normal form for the large animal. Our artwork workforce explored in all instructions: Beginning of with a turtle, shifting on to a boar, an elk, an armadillo and even a six-legged maned wolf. Whereas many of those designs regarded cool, we all the time had one main drawback with them – how can we form the again so the participant can freely place their metropolis on it? Ideally, it must be fully flat, given the artwork model that we had selected. Right here, the ‘earth and plant’ resolution performed into our palms once more because it made way more sense for an earth creature to be formed this manner.
Up to now, we’re very proud of how the event is progressing and are wanting ahead to maintain engaged on the sport along with our neighborhood. Now we have plenty of plans for the approaching months forward and would like to see you coming alongside on the trip.
The Wandering Village is out on Sport Go now, and is obtainable solely on Xbox consoles.
The Wandering Village (Sport Preview)
Stray Fawn Studio
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$24.99
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This sport is a piece in progress. It might or could not change over time or launch as a closing product. Buy solely in case you are comfy with the present state of the unfinished sport.
In a world the place mysterious crops are spreading all around the earth, emitting poisonous spores as they develop, a small group of survivors seeks shelter on the again of a large, wandering creature they name ‘Onbu’.
Grow to be their chief, construct their settlement and kind a symbiotic relationship with the creature to outlive collectively on this hostile, but stunning post-apocalyptic world that now surrounds you.
Construct your village
A functioning village is the premise of your survival. Construct your settlement and increase it over the creature’s again. Plan manufacturing chains and optimize them to make the most of the restricted house as effectively as potential. Create a society that may overcome any problem.
Stay on the creature’s again
Residing on the again of one other organism comes with its personal set of challenges. Will you reside in symbiosis, bond with the creature and survive on mutual belief? Or will you turn out to be a parasite, solely aiming to make sure a greater life to your villagers? The selection is yours.
Uncover completely different biomes
Journey by means of a mess of various biomes and adapt your village to their distinctive alternatives and threats. Scout your environments and ship out foraging missions to assemble uncommon sources and historic artifacts.
Analysis new applied sciences
Remnants of the previous world maintain data that has lengthy been forgotten, however could be unearthed by your villagers. Discover and analysis these applied sciences, however use them correctly, as progress generally is a double-edged sword.
Survive the wastelands
Make sure the survival of each your villagers and your Onbu, regardless that toxic spores, cruel climate, bloodsucking parasites and lots of extra challenges imply that the chances are sometimes stacked towards you.
Full particulars on the newest standing of the sport, how one can give suggestions and report points could be discovered at www.thewanderingvillage.com.