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Littlewood
Ein typisches Videospielszenario: Der Held hat die Welt von Solemn vom Bösen befreit, zurück bleibt aber eine zerstörte Landschaft samt Einwohner. Was jetzt? Diese Frage will der Entwickler Sean Young und Publisher SmashGames mit Littlewood beantworten.
Das Game trägt den Zusatztitel „A Peaceful RPG“ und ist von Games wie Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon und Stardew Valley inspiriert. Man erkundet eine riesige Welt, trifft auf andere Bewohner und baut dabei das zuvor zerstörte Dorf wieder auf: Hier eine Taverne, da eine Bibliothek, darunter eine Fischerhütte und am Rand noch eine Sägewerksmühle - Das Design der Stadt liegt ganz bei euch. Beachten sollte man auch die Wünsche der zugezogenen Bewohner. So wollen einige in der Nähe von Wasser und von Bäumen wohnen. Je mehr ihr auf solche Wünsche achtet, desto glücklicher sind eure Bewohner - und desto mehr Bewohner kommen auf euch zu. Weitere Aktivitäten, wie Fischen, Kochen, Käfersammlerei und der Itemaustausch sind ebenfalls im Game integriert und lockern das reine Aufbauszenario etwas auf. Auch lassen sich mit Dorfbewohner Freundschaften eingehen.
Das zuvor über Kickstarter querfinanzierte Game ist bereits als Early Acess-Version für die PC-Version verfügbar. Eine Nintendo Switch-Version ist Ende März im Nintendo eShop erschienen.
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The Hero Who Saved the World
- Explore the vast world of Solemn. Enchanted Forests, Bustling Fishing Towns, & Dark Mining Caves are some of the few places to visit.
- Meet Townsfolk and convince them to stay in your town. Perhaps meeting people will unlock your memories of the past…
- Collect rare items and materials found across the world and bring them back to your town for selling and crafting!
Customise Your Town
Harvest materials by chopping wood, mining ores, catching bugs, and fishing in rivers and ponds! Unlock new structures to build by meeting new Townsfolk. Want a Tavern or a Lumber Mill? How about a Fishing Hut or a Magical Library? Your town's design is all up to you! Fulfill your Townsfolk's requests. Some may want to live on a higher elevation, others may want to be surrounded by trees and water. Fulfilling the requests of your Townsfolk will earn you their hearts and unlock new relationship paths.
Master New Hobbies & Crafts
- Gathering: Whether you’re picking fruit or picking weeds, your gathering skill will level up! The Gatherer’s Glove is needed to unlock this ability.
- Mining: Looking for shiny ores to collect? Interested in rare materials for crafting? Then mining is for you!
- Woodcutting: Those pesky trees and debris that keep popping up all over town needs to be chopped! Wood is an essential material for building new structures and furniture.
- Bug Catching: Craft a Bug Net and catch all sorts of critters. Be sure to go bug hunting during each season and at different times of the day!
- Fishing: There's nothing quite like relaxing by a pond with a fishing rod in hand. You can sell fish for a decent price at the Shopping District, or use them as ingredients for new cooking dishes.
- Farming: Plant some seeds in tilled soil and wait a few days. Veggies are an essential ingredient to many cooking recipes! Also, they make your town look pretty.
- Cooking: Once you've built the Tavern and have become good friends with Bubsy, you'll be able to start cooking delicious meals for your Townsfolk! Maybe you can attract rare Townsfolk by serving unique dishes ...
- Crafting: There are tons of structures, decorative monuments, and furniture to craft. Often times your Townsfolk will request specific objects that they would like to be placed in their home. Make sure you gather enough building materials!
- Merchanting: Selling items at the Shopping District will net you large sums of Dewdrops, which is the main currency in Solemn. As you become a better Merchant, rarer items will appear for you to buy!
- Tarott Master: Once the Dark Wizard was defeated, all of his monsters were sealed away into Tarott Cards. Many Townsfolk collect and battle with these cards, and there is even a big competition held each year in Dirboros. Get collecting!
Make New Friends
- Willow: A cheery young girl who wants to rebuild Littlewood. She found you in the middle of the forest and took care of you for 3 days while you were unconscious. She likes working with tools and is quite proficient at building things.
- Dalton: A ditsy boy who loves going on adventures with you. Despite his forgetfulness and silly demeanor, he actually can tell some very clever jokes. He enjoys fishing, catching bugs, and shopping for cool hats.
- Lilith: A Wizard who graduated at the top of her class at Alexandria's Magical Academy. When she's not reading a book she's mixing random things together to make potions that may or may not explode. Also, she is your biggest fan.
- And many more!
