The interactive hidden object landscapes of Hidden Folks will soon be headed to Nintendo Switch, it has been confirmed, with the game arriving on the eShop next week.
Previously released on Steam, iOS, and Android, and actually taking home the Game of the Year 2017 award from the App Store, Hidden Folks has you, rather literally, searching around for some hidden folks. A strip of targets shows you what to look for - and you can tap one of these targets for a hint - and if you manage to find enough folks, you'll be able to unlock the next area.
Everything in Hidden Folks is "drawn by hand, scanned in, placed, layered manually, animated, and scripted". As you can tell from the trailer above, all sounds in the game are mouth-made, too, with the developers creating the entire soundtrack from a collection of weird and wonderful noises. Developer, Adriaan de Jongh, tells us that the game "plays equally well, if not better", on Nintendo Switch than previous platforms.
Features:
- 25+ hand-drawn areas
- 250+ targets to find
- 1600+ mouth-originated sound effects
- 400+ unique interactions
- 3 colour modes: normal, sepia, and night mode
The game will be playable in all TV, handheld, and tabletop modes, and all previous content will be included when the game launches on 31st October. You'll be able to grab a copy for $14.99 / €14,99 (with a 20% launch discount also available).
What do you think of this quirky little puzzler? Are you thinking of giving this one a go when it launches next week? Let us know down below.
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The voices and sounds (all from the same person?), makes me think of some old kids show when I was a child, but don’t remember which one. Looks charming.
I'm sure some people will like the unique approach to audio, similar to "and yet it moves", but personally it's not my cup of tea. This seems to be a video game version of Where's Waldo/Wally in concept. Not really my thing either. Pass, but hope the people who find either of those things appealing enjoy this.
I'm intrigued, but I don't think I'd pay $15 for this, and I'm not sure the 20% launch discount is enough to sway me either. I'll see how it reviews, but if I get it, I might wait for a deep sale.
Interesting, it reminds me of Where's Wally, at the end of the books it would have a checklist to find other things in the different worlds, loved it when i was a kid.
Also I love line drawn things, still waiting for my West of Loathing from Limited run.
But $15/€15 is a bit much as the game on iOS is only £1.99, will wait until its on offer (give it a month or two as that seems the norm nowadays)
Where's Waldo the game?
15€ is too much for this. It's around 7-8€ on Steam.
The game seems nice, my son is playing it on pc from the Monthly Bundle
Super into this, but it’ll have to wait a bit
This just looks very cool.
14.99 it's only 2.99 on steams sale if it was 6.99 might consider it but not at 14.99
This is just the cutest thing.
Sounds cool 😎 but agree think it should be less . Will wait for a sale
that video made my head hurt
Love the artwork but I'd personally rather have it as a book than a Switch game.
Fun concept! The sound effects could get old eventually... And yeah, I'd definitely wait for a sale or price drop.
A Where`s Waldo style.. Colour me intrigued( yeh, I went there ).
15 is a bit too steep though. I`d buy it for $8,00.
Interesting, it's like an interactive where's waldo
O look it is a mobile game... Closes window.
This, art direction-wise, has "indie of the year contender" written all over its nonexistent cartridge.
Also, the soundtrack is technically acapella, which is
relatively oftenalways a good thing.discount? time for a double-dip. GREAT audio. I repeat. GREAT audio. fun little where's waldo game. Enjoyed quite a bit on PC.
Fantastic little game that takes more time and attention to complete then you would think. Highly recommended, from my experience on PC.
I just downloaded it and am really enjoying it so far. It is quite a shame that it’s so much cheaper on Steam/mobiles, but $11.99 (sale price) is still cheaper than going out to a movie - so in that perspective it’s totally worth it if you’re intrigued by this sort of world!
I'm still on the fence about this one. It looks really interesting, but I can't get past the price. I hope NL reviews it, that might help the decision-making process!
Lol: I saw indians...Ban this S....t!
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