THE MAGNIFICENT TRUFFLEPIGS
Detectorists meets Firewatch? We dig it
Finding a missing earring may be your main goal, but should you be in the mood for a bit of extracurricular detective work, there will be additional story threads to follow, focusing on a handful of local legends
Developer Thunkd
Publisher AMC Games
Format PC
Origin UK
Release Early summer
Bonus
dialogue
encourages
you
to
take
your
time
and
properly
soak
up
your
charming
surroundings.
In
the
current
build,
at
least,
you
automatically
stop
in
place
when
you’ve
reached
the
right
point
to
dig
up
treasure.
Excavation
involves
nothing
more
than
a
button
press,
but
it
adds
to
the
sense
of
methodical
routine.
Crawshaw
was
a
designer
on
Everybody’s
Gone
To
The
Rapture,
so
it’s
no
great
surprise
that
Trufflepigs offers similarly picturesque views.
The
game’s
title,
incidentally,
comes
from
a
nickname
given
to
Beth
by
her
dad,
for
her
talent
at
sniffing
out
treasures.
She’s
also
given
her
metal
detector
a
similar
moniker.
AMC
Games’
Simon Ferrari, on signing up the game: “I was always looking for a Sundance-style game: one that was like a prestige, interpersonal drama, with a lot of mystery and intrigue.” Job done