Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2020

Spiritfarer is about death, but also the cosy business of living

A screenshot from Spiritfarer where a small girl in a large hat stands in a boat, hugging a tall, glamorous deer, who is standing upright on two feet. They are in a slim boat on a calm red river, surrounded by white trees and bushes. A cream coloured cat is watching them, also in the boat.Spiritfarer

, the “cosy management game about dying”, is full of many little acts of kindness.

“You can hug anyone, by the way,” Nicolas Guérin tells me, during my recent hands-on preview. Guérin is creative director at Thunder Lotus Games, and Spiritfarer is a slight shift from their action games Sundered and Jotun. Death is a common theme, perhaps, but Spiritfarer is a much more gentle affair. I hug a little mushroom with arms and legs, who is the avatar of a seven- or eight-year-old boy. He leaps into my arms. It is very sweet.

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