It’s always surprising to see indie developers pull off games that require heavy investment. Today, Belgium-based game studio Tale of Tales is announcing that it has released its original horror game, The Path, for download on the Internet.
The game is available for $9.99 on download site Direct2Drive or Steam. The game itself is not really unique. But it’s interesting that this small studio created a very serious game project after more than two years of work. You don’t see that kind of ambition every day. The company chronicled its endeavor here.
The title refers to the path to grandmother’s house in the story of Little Red Riding Hood, according to designers Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn. That’s the path you’re not supposed to stray from for fear of meeting the wolf. In the game, six sisters live with their mother in a city apartment. One by one, they go on errands to their grandmother’s house. Alone on the path, they’re tempted to stray into the dark forest. But there’s always some kind of wolf in the woods.
The game isn’t focused on violence. Rather, it’s an introverted, slow-paced game with a story that hooks you. The player has a lot of freedom to explore the game world, without a directed path, despite the name.
Harvey and Samyn (pictured) have another game, The Graveyard, that has been nominated for best innovation at the Independent Game Festival awards being held at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next week. The two developers have been working together for 10 years. A team of five freelancers helped the pair put the game together.
The game production was financed by Creative Capital, the Flemish Authorities, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Design Flanders, CultuurInvest and Villanella. Here’s a trailer to the game.
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