Me and my workforce have spent the previous three years of our lives making a bizarre recreation about constructing a metropolis on the again of an enormous, wandering creature referred to as Onbu. We named our recreation The Wandering Village, and determined that the connection between the little villagers and the large animal must be the main focus level of the sport’s expertise. The participant takes on the function of the village chief, sustaining the well being and happiness of each the human inhabitants and their large mount. This usually turns into a balancing act as the 2 entities’ desires and desires don’t at all times align.
One in all our principal 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 not possible. This provides a survival facet to the sport. The villager and Onbu are depending on each other and must discover a means 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 finest 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 made from 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 conceal. Nonetheless we realised that this is likely to be a bit off-putting to some folks (together with members of our personal workforce) and so we determined that Onbu must be become a creature made from earth and crops.
We needed the participant to really feel like tiny fleas on the again of a big canine… nonetheless we realized that this is likely to be a bit off-putting…
One other problem was to discover a good basic form for the large animal. Our artwork workforce 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 appeared 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 model that we had selected. Right here, the ‘earth and plant’ choice performed into our fingers once more because it made way more sense for an earth creature to be formed this manner.
Thus far, we’re very proud of how the event is progressing and are trying ahead to maintain engaged on the sport along with our neighborhood. We’ve got a number of plans for the approaching months forward and would like to see you coming alongside on the trip.
The Wandering Village is out on Recreation Go now, and is out there solely 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 if you’re comfy 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 an enormous, wandering creature they name ‘Onbu’.
Change into 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 idea of your survival. Construct your settlement and broaden it over the creature’s again. Plan manufacturing chains and optimize them to make the most of the restricted house as effectively as doable. Create a society that may overcome any problem.
Dwell 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 into a parasite, solely aiming to make sure a greater life in your villagers? The selection is yours.
Uncover completely different biomes
Journey by way 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 collect uncommon sources and historical artifacts.
Analysis new applied sciences
Remnants of the outdated 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 is usually 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 in opposition to you.
Full particulars on the most recent standing of the sport, how one can give suggestions and report points could be discovered at www.thewanderingvillage.com.
