This week, Ukiyo Video games introduced Transhumance as its first venture. Will probably be obtainable on Change when growth wraps up additional down the road.
Transhumance is a strolling sim at its core, however it’s additionally described as a “narrative” and “poetic” expertise. You’ll in the end lead a flock of ewes throughout the periodic migrations between winter pastures on the plains and summer time pastures within the mountains.
Transhumance is a story, poetic and contemplative sport through which it’s important to lead a herd of ewes throughout transhumance, the periodic migrations between winter pastures on the plains and summer time pastures within the mountains. The route adopted is fully imaginary, though impressed by these adopted by shepherds within the south of France, between Provence and the Alps…
To information the sheep, the shepherd has a number of canine to which he/she can provide instructions (go ahead, proper, left, come, and so forth.) to direct the flock. Canines and ewes might be of various breeds to range behaviour and the canine can evolve and enhance. The extra skilled the canine, the simpler it is going to be to steer the flock!
That is the place the primary gameplay component lies: successfully controlling the canine to information the herd to its vacation spot, on time and in optimum well being.
From one stage to the following, the shepherd should make sure the well-being of his or her flock and confront the pure parts (storms, drought, and so forth.) and risks (wolves, bears, and so forth.) with them. However she or he is bound to make different discoveries and encounters, on the bend of a monitor or an deserted sheepfold…
The shepherds are required to repeat a transhumance, on the identical route, for few consecutive years, with an ever bigger and extra demanding herd to steer. Over time, nevertheless, they may have the ability to see how the mountains and their natural world are altering within the face of worldwide warming…
The primary story of Transhumance subsequently considerations the mountains and the way they’ve modified in entrance of the affect of human exploitation and local weather change…
- A poetic and unique theme: the transhumance, listed as a world cultural heritage.
- Distinctive gameplay: lead canine, with totally different characters, to maneuver the herd with the constraints of a transhumance.
- Uncover the mountain ecosystem with sensible and altering climate.
- Elevating consciousness of quite a lot of associated ecological points: world warming, reintroduction of wolves and bears, human affect, and so forth.
- A robust narrative linked to grief, solitude, freedom, the mountains, their inhabitants and their mysteries…
- It’s additionally a sport that permits you to ponder nature, stroke your canine, speak to your sheep and {photograph} marmots!
Watch a trailer for Transhumance beneath.