It more and more seems like I would like a full alignment chart matrix to precisely describe the intersection of cozy video games and farm sims. Had been I to construct such a chart then Grave Seasons can be within the “lawful evil” class. It is bought these cute pixel visuals that instantly get clocked as cozy and it is bought farming and romantic entanglement with townsfolk besides wait, it is really about catching a serial killer. And in case you aren’t cautious you would possibly romance the offender earlier than you determine who it’s.
Grave Seasons is at the moment in growth by indie studio Good Rubbish and has been having a little bit of a second over on the comfortable video games nook of TikTok. Studio director Son M made a fairly compelling pitch for it on Twitter again in 2021, saying:
“I need to make a farming simulator a lot akin to Stardew Valley however with a bigger city, and every time you load a brand new sport, it randomly selects one in all them to be a serial killer. Farm, fish, combat on your life, elevate cattle, construct a house, romance, cease murders, fish some extra.”
From what I can inform from Son M and Good Rubbish’s updates, it certain looks as if that imaginative and prescient has remained intact. Within the newest screenshots the studio has shared, you may spot a HUD monitoring the date, time, and participant money. There is a familiar-looking hotbar of instruments for farming, fishing, shearing, and milking. Oh sure and do not miss the little diary monitoring your relationship with every member of the city, the presents you’ve got given them, and who has been killed in an “accident?”
It sounds just like the farm sim model of Werewolf. Stardew Valley however highkey lethal. I’ll unironically assist the idea that cozy video games can contain homicide.
Good Rubbish is definitely launching a unique sport this month—its debut sport as a studio Love Shore—which is a cyberpunk narrative journey. Possible we’ll hear extra about Grave Seasons after Love Shore will get its time to shine.