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[Thread] Caravan SandWitch is now available on Steam, Switch & PS5. This sci-fi narrative exploration game invented a new subgenre: “Provencepunk". I really enjoyed it, and recommend it. But all tastes are different, so I invite you to read this thread to find out if this game is for you. (1/16)

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My mother lives in Provence, in south-east France, for a number of years. This region has a special charm that I associate with my summer vacations. Sunny days, arid lands, olive groves, the song of the cicadas... (2/16)

Caravan SandWitch transposes all these sensations to a distant planet: Cigalo. Sauge left Cigalo a long time ago to work on a space station. Cigalo was ravaged by a catastrophe 40 years ago, and the jobs are gone, as are the workers. All that's left is a meager local population. (3/16)

And 6 years ago, Garance, your older sister, disappeared. But then... Sauge receives a distress signal from Garance's ship. Aboard a space train, she hurries back to her home planet, where she reconnects with her family and childhood friends. (4/16)

And she is entrusted with a van to travel the desert. But before the signal can be traced, mysterious jammers have to be deactivated. These jammers are to be found in a medium-sized open world. It doesn't take more than a few minutes to traverse it in a van, and that's great. (5/16)

Je l'avais déjà wishlisté suite à un de tes précédents posts, je n'ai pas encore franchi le pas à cause de l'esthétique "wholesome" que j'ai l'impression d'avoir deja beaucoup vue, mais si ce que j'ai pris pour du wholesome est en fait du "provencepunk' je vais peut-être tenter quand même !

C'est + wholesome dans le sens que tu ne peux jamais mourir, tout est fait pour que ce soit cool, et tout est basé sur l'entraide. La DA est mimi, oui, mais effectivement rien de nouveau. En tout cas, ce jeu Frenchie mériterait que vous en parliez dans Le Monde. Surtout vu l'état de l'industrie.

Great thread, thanks! I want to get something for the 8yo to break him away from minecraft. He's a sensitive little thing though and can't handle peril of any degree - do you think this would be OK?

You’ve completely sold me on this. If you haven’t already, you might like Sable, which sounds very similar. You are a young person on a voyage of self discovery. It’s completely non-violent and you aren’t going to get hurt. And it’s gorgeous.