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I don't mind the occasional walking simulator or art game - some of them can be kind of decent if you're open enough about them. Playful Aesthetic: Colorful art style with handcrafted animation, set to a whimsical original soundtrack inspired by the game’s Scandinavian setting.īurly Men at Sea is the second game from husband-and-wife team Brain&Brain, developed during their own adventures as nomads and erstwhile farmhands.Interactive World: Shape the narrative through interaction with characters and the world around them, set inside a draggable, interactive vignette.
Branching Story: Play through multiple adventures, each designed to be completed in a single sitting.SXSW Gamer’s Voice Award nominee (2016), finalist for Best Adventure Game/RPG (Intel Level Up 2016), and selected for festivals and showcases internationally. Play through once for a single tale, then set sail again to uncover paths to new adventures. You play as storyteller and wayfinder, shaping the narrative around three ungainly heroes.
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Set in the waters of early 20th-century Scandinavia, the game's story branches through a series of encounters with creatures from folklore. I now feel like an impatient kid at bedtime, wanting the next chapter instead of going to sleep.Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek adventure. Off we went in our boat and suddenly a whale appeared, swallowing us (and our boat) whole before depositing us… who knows where because the demo ended.īurly Men At Sea is being developed by husband-and-wife team, Brain&Brain (David and Brooke Condolora). At one point I found myself in a barn and clicking a chicken had it lay a little egg, then clicking the egg produced a tiny chick. The interface is unusual in that you have a view of a scene and can then use the mouse to drag and extend it from side to side, taking the characters with you as you go. The player acts as storyteller and wayfinder, shaping the narrative around the characters through interaction with their environment. Set in early 20th-century Scandinavia, the game's story branches through discovery in a series of encounters with creatures from folklore. But in that short space of story it was so charming.
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I've only played the demo and not the full thing so I only know that the three Burly Men – called Hasty Beard, Brave Beard and Steady Beard – find an empty-looking map and head out to sea to investigate further. A simple scene transition used a widening triangular shape to create the sense of exiting a whale's mouth, for example. It made me think of children's books and how, when you get one which has been well-designed, the art and the story work together to create the sense of particular events or objects. It's a beautifully stylised folktake about fishermen heading off for adventure. Burly Men At Sea is another game from the Leftfield Collection at Rezzed which I want to post excitedly about.
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