WAYWARD STRAND
Your patients will be rewarded in this gentle Australian adventure
Developer/ publisher Ghost Pattern
Format PC
Origin Australia
Release Early 2022
Ghost
Pattern
may
not
have
the
resources
for
expensive
mocap,
but
its
animation
is
evocative,
in
the
pottering
movement
of
older
characters
in
particular.
Bartlett
says
her
art
draws
from
the
West
Coast
American
graphic
novelists
of
the
’90s,
but
her
main
inspiration
was
Scottish
author
and
illustrator
Scoular
Anderson.
The
dialogue
is
concise
and
well-written.
“Primary
funding
for
a
long
time
has
been
coming
from
Film
Victoria,
which
is
the
state
of
Victoria’s
funding
body,”
Bakker
says.
“They were supportive of the game from really early in the process.” Bartlett explains that, around seven years ago, countrywide funding for videogames was stripped by the government that was in power at the time. “For a long time, Victoria was the only state that offered any funding for game developers, which is why Melbourne produces so many excellent games”
Dear
Esther
and
The
Last
Express were both major influences on Wayward Strand, Bakker says
One of the more heartening recent developments in the game industry has been the opportunity to hear from a wider range of voices. Through art funds, boutique publishers and independent stores such as itch.io, creators from different backgrounds are getting the help they need to bring more personal projects to market, and it’s becoming easier to broaden our cultural diet.