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'A new Australian digital game set on an airship that hovers above a mythical
Bass Coast has been designed to help young players develop empathy, social
skills and intergenerational relationships.
The immersive role-playing game is representative of a new generation of
Australian digital games by diverse designers for diverse players.
Starring the voice talents of veteran film and TV luminaries Michael Caton and
Anne Charleston and designed for PlayStation, XBox, Nintendo and PC,
Wayward
Strand was nominated for five Freeplay Independent Games Festival Awards this
week, taking out the award for Best Narrative.
"It's a really modern style of video game design, which is sort of 'story
first' rather than any complicated controls," art director Marigold Bartlett
said.
"It's a new way of interactive storytelling dealing with ensemble casts.
"We worked really hard to make it as accessible as possible to people who might
not have played [digital] games before."'
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
