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Artisan Going Home Again Released
Winter Garden, FL. [October 29th, in the year of our
Lord 2014]: The two sisters behind Unseen Kingdom
Studios announce the release of their premier Windows PC title,
Artisan: Going Home Again, at prominent game site Desura.com.
Artisan: Going Home Again is a story-driven slice-of-life-sim
that started from an observation on the somewhat ironic lack of
representation the arts have in games and in nearly every other
creative industry.
"It's always been funny to me that fields which require so many
artists to run, never seem to reflect on the nature of the work
that they, themselves, do." Says creative lead Amy Lester. "We
thought it would be a neat angle to take on a game."
In Artisan: Going Home Again, you take on the role of Ellie, a
young artist who is trying to find a way to buy back her
childhood home. She has many ways to accomplish this, as is
evident by the games more than a dozen endings, but all of them
require her to learn and grow in some way.
The game's mechanic is primarily a stat based sim, with a few
twists to the genre. "There are two game 'worlds' here: The
hero’s apartment and the world outside." Explains programmer
Melissa Lester. "The apartment has two mini-games you can play
to boost crucial inventory items, and a job system, which is
essentially a time management game. The town is experienced as
an interactive novel, with your choices effecting the heroine’s
relationships with the townsfolk or even giving you new tasks to
do back at her apartment. Some jobs you can do at home can
unlock new areas in town. In a way, it’s kind of like a
text-based adventure game."
Artisan: Going Home Again has had an extensive beta testing
phase and will be available at both Desura and at the
developer's website on November 1st for $9.99 with more online
stores planned at a future date.
Humble Bundle has agreed to process sales of Artisan: Going Home
Again by way of it's Humble Widget. Humble users will find the
widget on the developer's website for the November 1st launch
date at a price of $9.99.