A medieval world populated by anthropomorphic animals, a prophecy announcing its collapse, a mysterious cult with macabre plans working in the back room: this is what we know so far about the scenario of forest, the next game from French studio Alkemi and publisher Dear Villagers. In the shoes of Volepain, the player will have to build a team of characters including Leo the archer tiger, the gorilla Karst, the elephant Isabeau or the parrot Pattenbois, to deal with the situation.
All of them will have their own skills which will therefore influence the course of the story, within the framework of “scripted encounters and situations“. This is where the slope deck building will take over. However, the latter will not only be used to fight, but to manage each situation in different ways: cunning and stealth will also be part of the options provided by the cards, alongside traditional combat. Which should then feed a branching story, with multiple endings.
Difficult to mention forest not to mention his already extremely promising artistic touch, which should find an echo in the compositions of Christophe Héral, to whom we owe in particular the formidable soundtracks of Beyond Good & Evil or Rayman Origins and Legends. Finally, the two partners add that Travis Willingham, a recurring figure in video game dubbing (among others) will be responsible for portraying the narrator of the adventure. Release planned on PC and Switch this summer, first trailer in support.