Non-linear adventure game Pilgrims hitting Switch in November
The non-linear adventure game Pilgrims is landing on Switch next month, Amanita Design has announced. It’s on track for a November 3, 2022 launch.
Pilgrims originally debuted on Apple Arcade and PC in 2019. With the Switch edition, the game can be played in portrait or landscape mode as well as a standard controller or using touch controls.
Here’s a full overview for the game:
Pilgrims is a short non-linear adventure game set in a charming little kingdom, inspired by old Central and Eastern European fairy tales and, partially, John Steinbeck’s books. It tells the story of Tramp, Granny, Bandit, and Devil – four different characters each with their own quirks and perks – who eventually end up roaming the land together, dealing with strangers and helping each other out.
Thanks to Nintendo Switch‘s versatility and several input methods, Pilgrims is playable in various modes on the console. Aside from the usual handheld, tabletop, and TV modes, the game fully supports touch controls and includes an option to switch between landscape and portrait views.
The game’s key gameplay mechanic was inspired by a puzzle featured in Samorost 3, one of Amanita’s previous titles, in which players were required to solve a problem by experimenting with the interaction of various playing cards. The player would then be rewarded with gentle humor, a funny animation accompanied by sounds. Pilgrims is therefore filled with all sorts of surprising, lighthearted situations, encouraging the player to try out different combinations since many problems can be solved in a number of different ways. The game supports replayability with 45 unlockable achievements.
Pilgrims was developed by a team led by Jakub Dvorsky, who designed the game and took over the visual art. He was joined by his long-term collaborator, animator Vaclav Blin, programmer Michal Berlinger, and the classic duo Tomsa “Floex” Dvorak and Tomas “Motak” Dvorak on music and sound effects, respectively. The game received the main Czech Game of the Year award in 2019, and a CEEGA award for Best Mobile Game in 2020.
We have a trailer for Pilgrims below.
