The inspiration for the world and story of Among the Trolls came to fruition years ago when our CEO, Veli Kokkonen, had interesting and thought-provoking discussions with his friends from a university’s folklore department and a study line specializing in ancient artisan crafts. We also want to give the players the ability to create something uniquely their own.
These “familiars” are magical beings that may help you during your journey to find out what happened to your grandparents.ĭuring the Early Access period, we want to develop the building and crafting features together with the community and explore what kind of things could be created in-game. In addition to regular crafting, which includes items such as knives, spears, and axes, you will also have the ability to create “familiars”. The system allows and encourages you to also create these structures together with your friends in co-op mode. Among the Trolls will include a modular building system that will allow players to build different types of creations from basic shelters to multi-level cabins and chalet structures. If Anna/Alex wants to avoid angering the forest and ward off the malevolent, corrupted creatures, they must make amends and sacrifices to the folk of the forest at cupstones (sacrificial places made up of large rocks with small indentations carved in) that can be found in the woods.īuilding and crafting play a critical role in the game and are part of the core gameplay loop. Instead of leveling enormous areas of the forest, hoarding resources, and taking without giving back, the protagonist must sacrifice, give offerings, and consult the spirits. Because the folklore aspect plays a crucial part in the world, the survival elements will also be affected. Due to this, the survival mechanics of Among the Trolls will be somewhat different from other games in the survival genre. Anna/Alex must follow in their grandfather’s footsteps and discover the rune-singer within.Īmong the Trolls is a survival and crafting game based on a world where the folklore, folk beliefs, and the spirits and creatures from grandmother’s stories are undeniably real.
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It’s time to embark on a quest to find your missing grandparents and learn how to survive in the wilderness, dealing with the supernatural creatures of Finnish mythology and the animistic nature of the world. This is where the game and the journey to survive and solve the mysteries begins. Anna/Alex is feverish, cold, hungry, and thirsty, and darkness has fallen. But the cabin is nowhere to be found… The cabin and their grandparents seem to have vanished into thin air. Everything goes dark for a moment, and as the protagonist washes ashore, gasping for air and taking their bearings, they realize that they must have reached the island their grandparents inhabit. A monster that looks like a gargantuan pike crashes the rowboat to smithereens and drags Anna/Alex under the surface, towards the bottom of the lake. It’s been over 20 years since they’ve last seen their grandparents but the cabin seen across the water looks very familiar.
The sun is setting, but they still have a chance to make it to the cabin before it gets too dark. They’ve finally made their way to Finland and they’ve acquired a boat to reach their grandparents’ cabin. The protagonist decides to travel from the United States to Finland and revisit the special places from their childhood where their fondest memories took place.Īnna/Alex decides to leave the hustle and bustle of city life in the United States behind. After their estranged parents pass away, they want to reconnect with their roots and their Finnish grandparents. Our protagonist (either Anna or Alex) is a Finnish-American in their mid-30s. THE STORYĪmong the Trolls takes place in a world that looks a lot like our own. Now, it’s time to take a deeper look into Among the Trolls and how the idea came to be. In our first Dev Blog, we introduced our studio. We’d love for you to join our game development journey and learn more about Among the Trolls. In May, we ecstatically announced that our first game, Among the Trolls, will be published by 505 Games. Welcome to Forbidden Studios’ Dev Blog! We’re happy to have you here.
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