The bulk of Year Walk’s gameplay is taking the protagonist on a year walk, in an attempt to see the future of his love life. If you are more familiar with Swedish folklore than I was, you’d know to be worried. The Brook Horse ferrys lost souls to their final resting place, so I need to go find some lost souls. The Night Raven steals valuable objects, meaning I must track it down after it steals my key. The Huldra leads me into the woods with her pure voice, meaning I need to follow the tones that are in harmony with the background music.
#Year walk night raven series#
The game is primarily a series of puzzles, focused or themed on the aspects of the spirit guides. I’m not terribly familiar with Swedish culture or folklore, so the opportunity to explore them through games is an exciting prospect.Īs it turns out, it is also a terrifying one. Because I am a nerd.ĭue to the interactive nature of games, they give players the opportunity not just to witness or observe cultures different to their own, but the ability to, in some small manner, experience them as well. I love it when games let me do research in-game. Without this game, and without Adam drawing my attention to this game, chances are I would never have heard anything about this phenomenon. It should be noted that I only know these facts from a wikipedia article and sources tied directly to the game’s developers. However, if they can complete the year walk, the practitioner is granted a vision of what the future holds. After a whole day without light, food, or human contact, the year walkers sets out at midnight, following the directions supernatural beings, some of whom may attempt to deceive or harm the year walker. To perform a year walk, one spends a festival day, traditionally New Years Eve, isolated in a darkened room, fasting. Year walking, or Årsgång, was a form of folk divination practiced in Sweden. So that’s the game Year Walk, but what actually is a year walk? I’m am concerned, but also captivated.
Now that I have completed Year Walk (including the secret second ending) I can tell you that initial hunch was right on the money. According to Wikipedia, “ Year Walk is an adventure game developed and published by Swedish mobile game developer Simogo.” That doesn’t tell me a whole lot, but the words “adventure game” and “Swedish” lead me to believe that this is going to be a horror game. So, let’s talk about the research I put into Year Walk. If you know Adam, you know that’s actually a fairly merciful guarantee. Adam smiled, nodded, and then promised that he wouldn’t make every game a horror game. I’ll confess, I have no interest in playing any propaganda games, and I don’t particularly enjoy horror games. Adam is, after all, a friend, and he wanted to know if I had any specific requests. We will talk about Year Walk the second game in the month of Adam in just a bit, but I would like to talk, for a few brief seconds, about some of the parameters I gave Adam.
#Year walk night raven free#
At that point, I was free to do some research. He was initially successful, but eventually he had to release the list of games to me. Now, he made an effort to select games of which I had no prior knowledge. Welcome back to the month of Adam! For those unaware, Adam donated enough to the Calgary Distress Centre to select games for the entire month of August, and I’m now playing through them.
#Year walk night raven full#
Time logged before Full Steam Ahead: none Parlaine Lennox on Powers of Four: Agency.Thomas Malloy on Full Steam Ahead – Half-Life Deathmatch: Source.
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