#mazzeru

I have not! But it’s on my radar of things to pick up. I’ve seen his art though and it is absolutely fantastic.

Fresh Reminder : What it means playing to Mazzeru 

The mazzeru is an ambiguous character for the village. He seems responsible of some people death but he can also save them, so he can be helped or killed. Be careful who you talk to and what you say… Or you might regret it. 

If you want to find the victim, you have to know who could die shortly. The best way to know it is to discuss with every villager and interrogate them. But be careful :

You don’t want them to know you are a mazzeru...

The village is small, so people remember and tell each other everything.

Sometimes, the environment can be more informative than people. Stay watchful and you could find new clues to interrogate people and develop your investigation. The locations of houses and people, a graffiti, an inscription... each element of the environment can be helpful.

Now that you have collected informations and taken notes, use your mind :

Are the different stories in the village linked ?

Are they true or false ?

Hey ⊂((・▽・))⊃

Now that we have a working prototype with pretty cel-shading graphics, we will be able to show you a lot of in-engine visuals !

But before that, here is a very professional teaser we made (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و

Let’s dive into the game... (english version)

We’d like to detail to you our student game, that will be released this Summer on PC, Mazzeru :)

“Un' si sà mai da u bè à u malu”

We never know if it’s good or evil, like we use to say in Corsica. Some actions seem to be bad but can prove to be good, and vice versa, and every acts combined of several individuals are even more unpredictable. It is far from clear...

This is the big struggle of the mazzeru : relentless killer or necessary guide, tradition hesitates about this funereal Corsican prophet. In his or her dreams, the mazzeru kills an animal and realizes that this is somebody he knows. The victim, deprived of its soul, will probably die in the days ahead… unless one saves him.

This is Orsa, the Main Character of Mazzeru (made by Victor Mellini - personnal site here)

In this third-person adventure and reflexion game, there is these dualities : day and night, reality and dream, life and death. 

Orsa, the heroine, discovers during a strange and brutal dream that she is a mazzera, and will visit her island and village seeking the future victim. 

With an old storyteller named Deziu and the intrepid Luciferu, his two guides in this tragedy, the player gradually understands the different links between the villagers : in these places where peoples are consolidated and interdependents, anything is heard, anything is known, anything is told. 

Luciferu and Deziu, with their particular visual style (made by Victor Mellini - personnal site here)

Most of the play experience is therefore based on what is seen and told. 

The lucid dreams of Orsa, the scenery and all the dialogues with multiple choices are useful clues for the rescue she initiated. Depending on who she talks to, in which order and what she says, she gets different informations to improve her investigation. 

The player has to unravel the true from the false and the essential from the useless if he wants a chance to save the unfortunate person he doomed at the beginning of the game.

        Rough 2D mock-up of the in-game camera - A Third Person video game

Who is going to die ? Is Orsa capable of saving him ? How does she live her new burden and how is she perceived by the villagers ? 

So many mysteries and questions which we can answer only by playing Mazzeru, a deeply Corsican video game, in its language, its fabled inspirations and its medieval world.

This is the prototype of the song played during the First “Dreaming” phase, when you encounter the giant Wild Boar. 

Matthieu mixed epicness with tragic sonorities, and successed to keep a strong Mediterranean ambience !