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 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 enormous animal needs to 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 big mount. This usually turns into a balancing act as the 2 entities’ needs and desires don’t all the time align.
One among our predominant 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 progressively making life on the bottom not possible. This provides a survival side to the sport. The villager and Onbu are depending on each other and must discover a method out of this mess collectively.
With Onbu – which suggests piggy-back experience 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 made from flesh and blood. We wished 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 cover. 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 changed into a creature made from earth and crops.
We wished the participant to really feel like tiny fleas on the again of a huge canine… nevertheless we realized that this is likely to be a bit off-putting…
One other problem was to discover a good basic form for the enormous animal. Our artwork group 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 appeared cool, we all the time had one main drawback with them – how will 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 arms once more because it made way more sense for an earth creature to be formed this manner.
To this point, we’re very proud of how the event is progressing and are wanting ahead to maintain engaged on the sport along with our neighborhood. We have now a lot of plans for the approaching months forward and would like to see you coming alongside on the experience.
The Wandering Village is out on Sport Go now, and is accessible solely on Xbox consoles.
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Stray Fawn Studio
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This recreation is a piece in progress. It might or might not change over time or launch as a last 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’.
Turn 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 develop 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.
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 into a parasite, solely aiming to make sure a greater life on your villagers? The selection is yours.
Uncover totally different biomes
Journey by 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 collect uncommon sources and historical artifacts.
Analysis new applied sciences
Remnants of the previous world maintain information that has lengthy been forgotten, however might be unearthed by your villagers. Discover and analysis these applied sciences, however use them properly, 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 towards you.
Full particulars on the newest standing of the sport, how one can give suggestions and report points might be discovered at www.thewanderingvillage.com.