Me and my group 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 known as Onbu. We named our sport The Wandering Village, and determined that the connection between the little villagers and the large 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 at all times align.
One among our important 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 vegetation are spreading and progressively making life on the bottom unimaginable. 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 trip in Japanese – being such a central a part of the sport, our group tried its greatest to give you 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 manufactured from flesh and blood. We wished 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. Nonetheless we realised that this may be a bit off-putting to some folks (together with members of our personal group) and so we determined that Onbu needs to be changed into a creature manufactured from earth and vegetation.
We wished the participant to really feel like tiny fleas on the again of a big canine… nevertheless we realized that this may be a bit off-putting…
One other problem was to discover a good basic form for the large 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 regarded cool, we at all times had one main downside 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 fashion that we had selected. Right here, the ‘earth and plant’ choice performed into our fingers once more because it made far 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 wanting ahead to maintain engaged on the sport along with our group. We’ve a lot 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 out there solely on Xbox consoles.
The Wandering Village (Sport Preview)
Stray Fawn Studio
$24.99
PC Sport Go
Xbox Sport Go
Free Trial
This sport is a piece in progress. It could or might not change over time or launch as a ultimate product. Buy solely if you’re comfy with the present state of the unfinished sport.
In a world the place mysterious vegetation 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’.
Change into 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 area as effectively as attainable. 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 on 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 assemble uncommon assets and historical artifacts.
Analysis new applied sciences
Remnants of the previous world maintain information 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, despite the fact that toxic spores, cruel climate, bloodsucking parasites and lots of extra challenges imply that the percentages are sometimes stacked in opposition to 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.
