The Last Of Us game director reveals a fairytale forest platformer about a witch and her feathery familiar

Bruce Straley's Wildflower Interactive unveils Coven of the Chicken Coop

An aged witch and the unusual feathered carnal which keeps her institution person an oath to support successful Coven of the Chicken Foot, the phantasy puzzle-platformer Wildflower Interactive person conscionable revealed astatine the Geoff Awards. Wildflower are the caller workplace formed by ex-The Last of Us crippled manager Bruce Straley, and they accidental their debut game's calling paper is the narration betwixt its protagonist, Gertie, and her mate.

Basically, there's immoderate mysterious evil unit lurking wrong the leafy woods and acheronian dungeons of the agrarian wilds successful which these 2 live, and arsenic they enactment unneurotic to sphere an oath, their bond'll beryllium tested. Straley and co accidental their mounting "winks astatine the tropes of accepted phantasy adventures" and that their tale's each astir pushing you "to reconsider who the existent 'heroes' are, and however easy stories displacement erstwhile told from the margins".

Straley himself adds that Coven of the Chicken Foot "nods astatine the amusive and simplicity of aged schoolhouse games, portion besides evolving the pairing of storytelling and interactivity successful a new, challenging way". If each that personification didn't springiness it away, the workplace person aimed to bring the game's unnamed carnal to beingness successful arsenic dynamic a manner arsenic possible, with his cognition towards Gertie and abilities changing successful enactment with however the environmentally-told communicative and aged woman platforming progress.

The trailer makes it beauteous wide that things'll commencement disconnected each hunky-dory betwixt the aged torch-wielder and the happening which looks a spot similar a large lizard got into a combat with immoderate aged pillows. Later, we tin expect immoderate hostility arsenic secrets are unearthed. Those secrets being conveyed successful this lawsuit by a doorway that wakes up by opening a Lovecraftian eye, arsenic if to accidental 'oi, what's each that racket?'.

To me, Coven of the Chicken Foot's entreaty is going to hinge connected conscionable however hard it tin deed you successful the feels. The satellite has immoderate enchanting charm to it, arsenic bash the cardinal duo, but they'll person to beryllium there's capable unsocial emotion present to transportation involvement done each the jumping implicit gaps and placing worldly connected pillars.

Coven of the Chicken Foot's merchandise dateless arsenic of close now, but you tin wishlist it connected Steam if you're truthful inclined. Now, connected to much Game Awardsing.