← The journey
Game footage: through the mushroom patch beside a fallen log.

The game

In the Shadow of a Shnork

In development

The game is the forest of the book, built to be walked through. The current private build covers the first chapters: waking in the moss, hunger, the stream and the gouges, building a nest, the silent night and the chase, the scrap of hide, the Others — and the first offering.

Filmed in the forest

Game footage: out of the first glade to the mushrooms by the stream.
The first glade
In the game: running west through the woods at eye level.
Running west
Game footage: upstream along the bank.
Upstream
Game footage at night in the woods east of the stream.
Night

From the page to the world

“The forest had no paths—only choices.”

Book illustration: a mossy path winding between ancient trees.
Game footage: boulders, ferns and mushrooms north of the first glade.

“When I found the stream, I fell to the ground and drank deep, cold water filling the hollow place in my chest.”

Book illustration: a stream glowing gold between dark trees in blue evening light.
Game footage: the southern stream, orange mushrooms on its bank.

“Stars blinked between the leaves.”

Book illustration: night; great roots arching in the dark.
Game footage at night in the woods east of the stream.

“Sunlight dripped in weak lines through the leaves above, golden and dusted with motion.”

Book illustration: tall trunks opening onto a sunlit clearing.
Game footage: sunlight on the ferns by the mushroom patch.

Game films are captured from the current development build of the game (0.5.0) in the game's own light, most with the game's own follow camera. The characters are still being refined against the book’s artwork, so they are not shown here yet.

Where it stands

The game is being built alongside the book. The forest already has weather, day and night, water, wildlife and sound. Release details will be shared here when they exist.

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