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I thought the sooner this game (development just started) gets some recognistion, the better. Here is what it'll offer:

TRAILER

Someone else thinks so too, created a community wishlist poll here on GoG:
COMMUNITY WISHLIST

Oh, and here is the KICKSTARTER link. In the comment section they confirmed they don't plan on Steam-exclusivity, so all hail for that too.

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EDIT:
What the game is about?

It is a city-building game. You know the drill, Sim City sandbox.
The gimmick is, your city is on the back of a large, moving creature. Very similar if you want to visualise as the situation in the Discworld novels (by Terry Pratchet), but the creature is not unfathomably big, but more of a city from Mortal Engines.

It is a great environmentalist concept, a metaphor for you can't just inflate your population without consequences, or advance your technology without an afterthought. It is an allegory of living on planet Earth, I'd say.

And the game has nice colors, and attachable character-designs.

Seemingly a minor change this "city on the back of a whale/elephant" thing, but a very good narrative device, which the same time deals with the disasters being involved in the game, making it more attractive to those who don't just want to play a sim, but want a challenge-factor too.

I strongly suggest to watch the trailer, youtube is not a site you should be afraid from, and it's only a 1:30 length.
Post edited October 23, 2020 by twillight
Okay, for those of us who cannot/won't click links, can you actually describe the game?
Shamelessly copypasted from the kickstarter page (but it has pictures and a video):

"The Wandering Village is a city building simulation game. In a world where mysterious plants are spreading all over the earth, emitting toxic spores as they grow, a group of people seeks shelter on the back of a giant, wandering creature they call ‘Onbu’.

Become their leader, build their settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the creature to survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world that now surrounds you.

Key Features

- Build a village on the back of a giant creature
- Farm various crops
- Send out foraging missions to gather rare resources
- Survive a variety of different biomes and events
- Build a relationship with a giant and influence its actions
- Ecology/Biology inspired gameplay
- Unique blend of 3D and hand-drawn, hand-animated 2D graphics

Gameplay

At its core, The Wandering Village is a city building and resource management game with rogue-like and survival elements. Farm various crops to keep your villagers fed, send out foraging missions to gather rare resources and scout the environment while constantly expanding the settlement. Of course, living on the back of a living, breathing beast comes with its own challenges, such as helping to maintain the creature’s health and building trust. This might even lead to the beast paying attention to your requests as it wanders through a variety of different biomes, each with its own perks and challenges, always trying to outrun the threat of the toxic spores.

The ultimate goal, for both the humans and the creature, is to find a place where they can settle down and live in peace again. And if they don’t find this place, maybe they can figure out a way to fight back the plants and create it themselves.

Core Mechanics

Survival - Escape from the toxic spores and keep your villagers and the creature alive against ever-changing threats.

Symbiosis - Live both from and in harmony with the giant creature and form a relationship with it as you trek together through the post-apocalyptic world.

Building - Build an infrastructure where your people can live together, work together and survive together.

Farming - Plant, cultivate and harvest various crops to keep your villagers and the creature fed and healthy, or grow new kinds of resources.

Foraging - Send scouting parties to explore the different biomes surrounding you, discover rare resources and bring them back to your village, opening up new possibilities."
Post edited October 22, 2020 by FlockeSchnee
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Darvond: Okay, for those of us who cannot/won't click links, can you actually describe the game?
Section added to the opening post.