Pine: A Story of Loss launches on PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android
Today Fellow Traveller and Made Up Games have announced that fans can now pick up Pine: A Story of Loss on PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.
v Pine: A Story of Loss is focused on the telling of an intimate, emotional story that touches lightly on typical gameplay mechanics. Players will step into a beautifully illustrated forest glade where a woodworker struggles with his daily chores as he is interrupted by the cherished memories of his lost loved one.
For the original concept, Tom Booth, professional illustrator (Dreamworks, Nickelodeon) and children’s book author, joined with friend and programmer Najati Imam to form Made Up Games. They considered many different mediums - ranging from video, short novels, illustrations, and more. Tom and Najati eventually decided to use a short video game experience to tell the story of the grieving woodworker - which echoes how Tom sat with his own grief and initially made the illustrations of the grieving woodworker that formed the basis of this wordless, emotional story.
Pine: A Story of Loss is an interactive experience that will feel familiar to those who have lost a loved one, as Tom drew on his own experience with grief and loss when creating a game about life after love. Due to its focus on grief, this is not a game for everyone. There are, however, moments of beauty and hope interwoven throughout the story as the woodworker processes his grief. It is a personal experience that will affect everyone differently because grief touches everyone in different ways.