Me and my group have spent the previous three years of our lives making a bizarre recreation about constructing a metropolis on the again of a large, wandering creature referred to as Onbu. We named our recreation The Wandering Village, and determined that the connection between the little villagers and the enormous animal needs to be the main target 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’ needs and wishes don’t at all times align.
One among our essential 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 have to discover a means out of this mess collectively.
With Onbu – which suggests piggy-back journey in Japanese – being such a central a part of the sport, our group tried its finest to give you a creature design that’s each monumental and cute on the similar time, whereas additionally becoming into world and making sense from a organic perspective.
In its earliest design states, Onbu was a beast manufactured from flesh and blood. We needed the participant to really feel like tiny fleas on the again of a huge canine. Gamers would harvest hair and pores and skin scales whereas planting their crops into the animal’s disguise. Nonetheless, we realised that this is likely to be a bit off-putting to some individuals (together with members of our personal group) and so we determined that Onbu needs to be become a creature manufactured from earth and crops.
We needed the participant to really feel like tiny fleas on the again of a huge canine… nonetheless, we realized that this is likely to be a bit off-putting…
One other problem was to discover a good common form for the enormous animal. Our artwork group explored in all instructions: Beginning of with a turtle, transferring on to a boar, an elk, an armadillo and even a six-legged maned wolf. Whereas many of those designs seemed cool, we at all times 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 utterly flat, given the artwork fashion that we had selected. Right here, the ‘earth and plant’ resolution performed into our palms once more because it made rather more sense for an earth creature to be formed this fashion.
Thus far, we’re very pleased with how the event is progressing and are trying ahead to maintain engaged on the sport along with our group. We have now numerous plans for the approaching months forward and would like to see you coming alongside on the journey.
The Wandering Village is out on Recreation Move now, and is on the market completely on Xbox consoles.
The Wandering Village (Recreation Preview)
Stray Fawn Studio
$24.99
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This recreation is a piece in progress. It might or might not change over time or launch as a remaining product. Buy solely in case you are snug with the present state of the unfinished recreation.
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 type 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 idea of your survival. Construct your settlement and develop it over the creature’s again. Plan manufacturing chains and optimize them to make the most of the restricted house as effectively as attainable. Create a society that may overcome any problem.
Reside on the creature’s again
Dwelling 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 via a large number of various biomes and adapt your village to their distinctive alternatives and threats. Scout your environments and ship out foraging missions to assemble uncommon assets and historic artifacts.
Analysis new applied sciences
Remnants of the outdated world maintain information that has lengthy been forgotten, however will be unearthed by your villagers. Discover and analysis these applied sciences, however use them correctly, as progress is usually a double-edged sword.
Survive the wastelands
Make sure the survival of each your villagers and your Onbu, despite the fact 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 most recent standing of the sport, how one can give suggestions and report points will be discovered at www.thewanderingvillage.com.
