Heir to a kingdom in crisis, the only help you could provide is through the spirits that inhabit this world. You embark on a journey to request your god's favour.
Your survival is not guaranteed, but every choice, every friend, counts.
Hello! are you craving a game with storytelling as its focus? One where the choices that you make matter? and your protagonist is very different depending on your playstyle? A story full of wonder, spirits and a small pinch of politics? and so, so much art.
We're a small team of just four, working on our first game together. We thought tumblr might like our project and we'd like to share our work with you. Please keep and eye on us in the next few months 💙
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We wanted to expand a little about lore for Friday. Here is some folklore from the kingdom of Togos. A story that serves as a cautionary tale: spirits don't always help the ways we expect them to, or in ways we like. This is completely bonus information, as a mention of it barely appears in passing in the game, but we wanted to give you some insight into some of the wordbuilding behind the scenes.
In the world of Song of the Peacock, myth, tale and reality are blended sometimes, and spirits are beings beyond our comprehension. We might have more to tell about them in the future.
Since this has some sequential text, I'll also leave a read more on top of the alt of the images, if anyone wants to read it more clearly:
[ID: a set of four images in a reduced colour pallet that resembles ceramic paintings - the background is a soft earthy colour, almost creamy, and most figures appear in dark brown and stylised towards a more abstracted depiction. A bright orange, that can be understood to stand for golden in the context of the story, is used to emphasise certain details, all related to the serpent that is centre to all that happens.
The text in each upper right corner can be read together as follows:
"The origin of the Golden River is a legend that starts with a simple farmer. One that was living her life when she heard music. "
"In the vastness of all the land, all that Xoria is, part of the god spirit had awaken to new conscience. And their eye was golden."
"Once a scale, now a snake; the farmer helped their release from earth. Pouring it went, free."
"But punishment awaited the farmer. Xoria was enraged by this defiance. For her protection, she was encased in gold by the Serpent, forever untouched. A statue by the River’s tail"
this is distributed in the following four images:
Image 1: A simplified drawing of a farmer. She's holding a hoe and she has a small donkey by her side. She hears music, indicated by bright orange notes.
Image 2: In the centre of it, there is one eye surrounded by scales that appears in a small opening on the ground,as the earth breaks around it. It looks like an egg hatching. The bright orange notes are there, indicating that this is the origin of the music.
Image 3: It shows the farmer using her tool to leverage her strenght against the ground, as a bright orange snake comes out of the earth
Image 4: A brown peacock is in the background, with a menacing pose and a extended claw. The bright orange snake curls around the now orange silhouette of the farmer, with movement lines that suggest the magic taking place.
We're back from a long holiday break from social media! There are many things we worked on during these weeks. One of them was the implementation of the inventory.
Based on the fabric belt that the character wears, it opens with a cool unraveling animation. There are a number of useful items that you can gain through your interactions with other characters
A kid from Royalty requires education and supervision, so much of your life has included a governess. Nana is one of the first characters you will encounter in the game, ready to hear about your thoughts.
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One thing that was explored and discarded as our artist was working on the trailer for the game. Sometimes you don't keep everything you make!
[Image ID: a brief gif of a peacock god-spirit, it moves from a close up of their eye, to a general, more simplified, view of them flapping their wings, flying across the sky. Each image is composed by a number of shapes cut in coloured papers. As it happens with stop motion, there's a certain trembling to the shapes because of it. ]
[img id: a gif with animated flowers, depicted in the browns and ochre of ceramic. The flowers have open mouths with jagged teeth. Their eyes look hollow and are turned downwards, roots are raised like long sleder fingers forming claws. A black dialogue box reads: "But now that you know, what will you do?". Two options are being selected alternatively "Rip the flowers from your body" and "Give them your blood"]
One of the many exciting options in your reach. From Gentle Gravity:
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Laia Serra is the talented musician composing for Song of the Peacock. For the music that will play in the palace, we looked for something somber, that reflected the weight of a space reserved for royalty.
We were in Barcelona this weekend promoting our upcoming game. This is just a small part of what we showed there, but here's the very beginning, so you can get a taste.
Altan can be a little arrogant at times, but she might also be an ally for shenanigans… if you ask nicely. You'll see more on her on our upcoming game
We are a very small team in Gentle Gravity. Just three people making the videogame, and me (Blue, tumblrina supreme, not pictured above) doing what I can to help them promote it.
Here's the run down:
Ara: Original creator of the game. Artist, writer, producer. Forever overworked.
Juls : Programmer. Juls helped moving the game from the original RenPy to Godot, and is still helping us shape the game to its final form.
Laia: Our professionally trained musician, composing original work for Song of the Peacock, and doing all the sound design.
Blue (it's a me, mario): I, hater supreme of all social media on a personal level, joined to helped them with marketing and social media. I graduated from graphic design, I really like the project, and they really, really, needed to focus on their special skills. So here I am. I told them tumblr was a must. I believe if there is a niche for a narrative-driven fantasy graphic adventure with magic and spirits and a mix of childhood wonder and possibly-murderous god-like peacock, that is here. This is the we-like-to-read place imo.
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The protagonist for our upcoming game, Song of the Peacock, only has a few defined traits: Raised in the comfort and luxuries of the palace, one day, this child will inherit the kingdom and all the duties that it carries.
Everything else, from gender to attitude is up to you as a player, revealed through your choices. You choose your title: Princess, Prince or Princet along with your pronouns.
And you also shape much of your personality. When our writer and artist, Ara (@bastionrojo) prepares the dialogues in the game, she tries to really give agency to the player, letting you be emotional, or rude, in ways that require much branching of the code, but that we hope will give an organic feel to how things develop.
We want to give you the option to be an imperfect kid, in more than one way, and let your character develop with the story. Or to take the dutiful route from the start! completely up to you.
Heir to a kingdom in crisis, the only help you could provide is through the spirits that inhabit this world. You embark on a journey to request your god's favour.
Your survival is not guaranteed, but every choice, every friend, counts.
Hello! are you craving a game with storytelling as its focus? One where the choices that you make matter? and your protagonist is very different depending on your playstyle? A story full of wonder, spirits and a small pinch of politics? and so, so much art.
We're a small team of just four, working on our first game together. We thought tumblr might like our project and we'd like to share our work with you. Please keep and eye on us in the next few months 💙
Not in a literal sense, I'm afraid! But you will be looking for one.
You play as a kid from royalty (it'll be your choice to be Prince, Pricess or Princet). Generations ago, your family did a favour to a Peacock spirit, that is considered the god to your country. You carry a small portion of their magic from it, so we do consider the protagonist a sort of small peafowl!!
