A mysterious red cloaked figure and a young crowned boy, Enu, have appeared in the kingdom of Sky. Accompany Enu on his journey to discover who this red cloaked figure is and to recall Enu's past.
I think Sky and RiME would work really well as a collab season. More thoughts under the cut!
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Enu acts as an NPC companion during quests, much like the Little Prince. However, because he cannot fly and doesn't always want to hold hands, the player has to find more grounded ways to guide him. The player gets to experience Sky anew through Enu's eyes, and act as a friend and comfort through the joys and sorrows the journey brings.
There are five seasonal spirits and quests, one for each of the levels from RiME. Each of the spirits is an echo or memory of Enu's, and in the final quest you reunite him with these spirits in Orbit. I have a good idea of what cosmetics each of these spirits will offer. Denial brings a violin and humming emote, there's a costume to match the bird from Anger, a sentinel costume, a shade costume (and conch shell instrument), outfits to match both Enu and the red cloaked season guide, and many toys and props.
The season would take place in the Isle of Dawn, with the red cloaked figure acting as the season guide. A boat appears on one of the shores in Isle, which will take the player to a simplified version of the island from the first level of RiME.
The season credits would occur on a level that includes the boat from RiME's cutscenes, as well as the house from the finale. The level is a stark white plane, starting with the first wrecked ship. With each additional ship passed, the scene gains more color, leading to the house. Enu and Manu can be found inside, and their locations rotate depending on the day (like the office spirits.) An IAP item, Enu's Raincoat, would act like the Asteroid Jacket or Wings of AURORA, and would allow the player to visit this location.
This season would also go very well alongside a PC release for Sky👀. Perhaps there could be some kind of promotional discount for the season's iap through Epic or Steam if the player owns a copy of RiME. This would encourage players to buy and play the game, as the season would spoil some of the story.
Sky has touched on grief in the Season of Remembrance and The Little Prince. However, I believe a collab season with RiME would allow them to go more in depth with this theme. The story of RiME is something that creeps up on you and then hits devastatingly hard when everything falls into place. But it also offers a safe environment in which to feel those emotions. I'd love to see more of this kind of emotional storytelling in Sky and use the space to not only feel these emotions, but experience them with others. (It'd also be really entertaining to watch other players go through this ajhsgdfsf)
Horror was once a rare gaming genre, with little variety, typified by the gameplay styles of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. With the rise of the indie scene, we suddenly saw a massive increase in horror games, such as Five Nights at Freddy’s, Choo Choo Charles, and Poppy Playtime, which took the gameplay and themes in different directions. While horror was seen primarily as an adult-oriented genre, some of these indie horror games became popular with kids.
In 2019, Tequila Works, the Spanish developer of such games as Deadlight and Rime, released a horror game that was not only more accessible to families but actually stars a kid, has a Pixar-esque art style and is focused on psychological horror more along the lines of Silent Hill, rather than focusing on jump scares. And they released it… as an exclusive on Google Stadia, Google’s failed experiment of a game-streaming service. (Google even had a deal where people who paid for Stadia Pro could get Gylt as a pack-in game.) In 2023, after the fall of Stadia, Gylt managed to break out and make its way to PlayStation, Xbox and the PC, followed by a Switch release in 2024.
2025 is looking like another tough year for the industry with plenty of new game closures and removals from digital store fronts. Random Gamer Riven editor of Randomised Gaming, gives a break down on some of the many games announced as being removed from sale. Starting with Twitch binning all their creators content, the Concord flop and how it's impacting games, the closing of Monolith Productions, Player First Games and their title MultiVersus, Star Wars Hunters also getting the axe, last update to Paladins, Black Desert & The First Descendant dropping Xbox One & PlayStation 4 support, Evil Dead: The Game being delisted, Live service games and players time, Resident Evil Re: Verse also closing, Tequila Works' IPs up for sale, Leisure Suit Larry 1-7 delisted from steam and Super Soccer pulled from Nintendo Switch Online. Yes it really is one endless list of bad news right now!
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Tequila works: rime is a fun little puzzle adventure game that will not leave you in states of emotional damage sorrow or otherwise. it is also rated pegi 7 so none of the character designs should strike fear into your heart. :)
the shades:
the main character getting drained of his life by aforementioned shades:
this MOTHERFUCKING bird chasing after you causing your controller to vibrate intensly for an entire level:
