Our boy Samuel went and exiled himself to a remote, virtual goat-farm final yr. He got here again with some good issues to say about free farming expertise Where the Goats Are. Now, imposingly named solo developer Memory of God is returning for an encore efficiency with The Stillness of the Wind, an expanded business follow-up which appears quiet, charming and stuffed to bursting with potential for emotional devastation.
Billing itself as ‘a quiet game of life and loss’, The Stillness of the Wind places you within the well-worn and dusty footwear of Talma, an outdated girl dwelling by herself on a small goat farm, out on the periphery of civilization. Your objective is simply to dwell your life. Tend to the crops, milk the goats, make cheese and scare off birds in the event that they’re getting too troublesome.
You’ll additionally every now and then see of us from exterior, like your native postman who brings you letters out of your distant household as they attempt to discover their footing within the massive metropolis. You’ll get to haggle with passers-by for assets, buying and selling scrumptious goats cheese for day after day necessities. It would all be somewhat cheerful and stress-free have been it not for the trailer’s promise of a narrative of loss simply ready within the wings, and discuss of ‘increasingly disturbing letters’ arriving from town.
Also, I do know it’s normal farmer’s tools, however I can’t assist however really feel Chekhov’s Gun being invoked by that shotgun propped lazily up towards the wall, as seen within the trailer. You put a gun in a recreation like this, and I’ll be shocked if nothing unhealthy comes of it.
There’s no launch date or price ticket set for The Stillness of the Wind but, though the sport is already signed to be printed by Surprise Attack Games, and can be launched for each Mac & Windows PCs through Steam and Itch.io later this yr.
