Haven appears to be like like a stunning, chill game, which is precisely The Game Bakers’s said intent. Veering arduous in the wrong way to their intense boss-rush shoot ‘o brawler Furi, Haven is a scenic and soft-looking RPG a couple of younger couple that fled to an alien world to be collectively. While beforehand little greater than a reputation and a brief teaser trailer, the builders are actually keen to speak about it, and allow us to see just a little little bit of it in movement. They’re open about their inspirations, speaking about them in this blog post. Below, a trailer exhibiting off what they describe as “Journey meets Persona“.
The game seems to be cut up into three clear segments. Exploration appears to be like like a pleasure, with the devs saying it “seems like taking place a wonderful ski observe”. Whatever high-tech gubbins lead duo Yu and Kay use to drift above the bottom additionally clears away the nasty purple “rust” that enormous chunks of the planet appear to be coated in. More than Journey, it jogs my memory just a little of the lately re-released Flower (additionally by ThatGameFirm), with dense patches of this “rust” bursting outwards right into a cloud of blue-green alien grass.
The different components of the game are fight, which is a “not turn-based, but not completely real time” RPG setup that jogs my memory just a little of Chrono Trigger. You management each characters concurrently. Yu with one half of the controller, Kay with the opposite, and also you cost actions by holding the related button, then launch it to behave. The Game Bakers say there’s “no real stress” to maneuver shortly, however there’s a “sensual rhythm” to the fights. Strangely attractive sci-fi laser battles? Who knew.
The final side of the game is dialogue decisions made both out within the discipline, or simply at dwelling in the course of the couple’s down-time. As properly as steering dialogue and providing you with different angles on the story, they trace that some decisions can have long-term penalties. Hopefully it’s not attainable to wreck their relationship, however I’ll be damned if I’m not going to strive. Undertale and its maddening challenges for villainy have corrupted me.
The Game Bakers have even shared a map of their inspirations for the game. Just from the trailer, I can see the way it provides up. Most curiously, it appears they’ve put glorious and unusual science-fantasy comedian Saga excessive on their record of inspirations for the game’s story and temper. Anything that makes nods to Phantasy Star, Nausicaa and Gravity Rush earns some respect from me as properly. I’d have been proud of them doing simply one other boss-rush motion game, however I reckon they’ve obtained one thing particular right here, and I’m desirous to see whether or not it hits the excessive notes they’re aiming for.
Haven received’t be out till subsequent yr, however you’ll be able to sustain with its improvement on its official page, The Game Bakers’s blog here, its Steam store page.
