Scarlet Deer Inn is a recreation with a singular artwork model: all of its 2D sprite characters have been sourced from real-world embroidery. Most of its previews to date have targeted on the sport’s sunny, bucolic overworld, however its newest trailer exhibits off a little bit bit extra of the in depth catacombs featured within the recreation.
Up topside, Scarlet Deer Inn jogs my memory a number of Pentiment with its side-scrolling exploration of a peaceable, sunny village, however this recreation invokes conventional handcrafts for its artstyle versus illuminated manuscripts.
On high of the painterly backgrounds, each character within the recreation has had their animation frames embroidered by co-creator Eva Navratilova earlier than getting scanned into the sport, leading to an artstyle that jogs my memory of basic Disney animation, however with each character having this wealthy, shifting texture from the needlework.
Under the city, protagonist Elise has to depend on a torch each to see the place she’s going and to resolve puzzles, and that underground world seems to be way more in depth than I might initially assumed. I used to be notably struck by a platforming set piece the place Elise has to navigate razor sharp spikes each above and under—it seems to be like one thing out of Hole Knight. I used to be additionally struck by a scene partway by means of the trailer the place Elise encounters a cavernous vault lit by 1000’s of candles.
Scarlet Deer Inn at the moment has no set launch date, however you’ll be able to wishlist the sport on Steam and comply with developer Attu Games on Twitter for improvement updates.
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