Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley | |
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Series | Moomins |
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Release | 7 March 2024[1] |
Genre(s) | Adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is a 2024 video game based on the Moomins franchise. The player controls the wanderer Snufkin as he restores a dilapidated Moominvalley and searches for his disappeared friend Moomintroll.
Development
The idea of a Moomin game came to Are Sundnes as he was reading Who Will Comfort Toffle? to his son during paternity leave, and he began discussing it with the team at his Norwegian game studio Hyper Games. Early in development the player character was switched from Toffle to Snufkin, whom Sundnes remarked to be popular and well-suited for an adventure game based on exploration.[2] The game's storyline is partly inspired from the 1954 book Moominsummer Madness.[3][4]
Having decided that violence was against the spirit of Moomins, the developers set out to find gameplay alternatives. Thus, Snufkin's music became a game mechanic.[2]
Moomin Characters, which owns the intellectual property rights and is known for their strictness about it, watched over development closely, ensuring the portrayals met their standards. According to Sundnes, Moomin Characters was enthusiastic about the game throughout and only minor tweaks were needed for the most part.[2]
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | PC: 83/100[5] NS: 81/100[5] |
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Review aggregator Metacritic has summarised reviews of the game as "generally favorable".[5]
References
- ^ Littman, Senja (2024-03-05). "Arvostelu | Uusi Muumipeli Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley hurmaa aikuisetkin". Muropaketti.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ a b c "Snusmumriken i huvudroll i nytt norskt spel: "En utmaning att göra ett äventyrsspel utan våld"". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley will be released on PC and Nintendo Switch on 7 March 2024". Rights & Brands. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Bardhan, Ashley (8 March 2024). "All Park Keepers Are Bastards". Vulture. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
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