Wot I Think: Forager
Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing the pairings people come up with for it over the coming weeks and months. Forager with Queer Eye, Forager with Terrace House. Forager with cheese, or wine, or a healthy whine to a mate over the phone. If you prefer your pleasures somewhere on the periphery of your attention, you’ll find there are plenty to pluck off the branch here.
How HopFrog took the long way round to bring indie hit Forager to consoles
As for the future, Cavallero says that he wants to have more time to continue expanding Forager’s IP. This includes working on more games built upon its universe, but also other types of media, such as more in-game comic books, videos, blog posts and even TV shows.
Forager is a charming tale of hard work and challenges, mixing farming, exploration, and battles against all kinds of foes to obtain treasures.
The Story Behind Forager, Out Today on PS4
Just a couple of weeks before, Forager was conceived during a YoYo Games’ game jam in which it earned second place. During the event, another exhibitor got their hands on it and lost track of time. They only realized it when the acquaintance they were supposed to meet went to find them. “I blame this game for being so addictive!” they said as an excuse.
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Since its launch last April, Forager on PC has continued to enhance its core gameplay loop of ceaseless exploratory resource gathering and expansion (which throws in a smattering of dungeon crawling and puzzling for good measure) with a heap of post-launch updates, ranging from new biomes and game modes to better combat and boss fights.
YoYo Games crowns Forager ‘Best Game of 2020’ in inaugural GameMaker competition
The new annual competition which celebrates the greatest games made using GameMaker, attracted over 300 entries from over 30 countries. The five-game shortlist featuring Forager, Levelhead, Overcrowd, Katana Zero & Nova Drift was decided by the judging panel which included YoYo Games GM Stuart Poole and CTO Russell Kay. The YoYo Games community then got to vote for their favourite game, with Forager receiving the majority of the 4,000+ votes cast.
Forager Clears 600K Copies Sold, Several Updates on the Horizon
Forager is an excellent mix of idle game mechanics and classic adventure/exploration games. It launched on PC a year ago tomorrow and today developer HopFrog announced the game has just surpassed a major milestone. The hit indie game has now sold over 600,000 copies, a massive achievement for what could have easily been a super niche indie release.
‘Forager’ from HopFrog Is Coming to Mobile
The 1st anniversary announcement post has various bits of information about the game including a look to the future. The future will see console updates, an Xbox One version, and a mobile release. Forager has the potential to be huge on mobile just like Stardew Valley.