There’s been a little bit of a resurgence of stop-motion video games in recent times. For one factor, The Spirit of the Samurai is about to reach on Thursday and it appears to be like fairly compelling (you possibly can play as a cat in some sections!). Through the Day of the Devs showcase, we received a have a look at one other intriguing stop-motion sport that is a bit additional out. This one’s animated completely with felt.
Feltopia is the primary undertaking from inventive director Andrea Love and her staff at Wooly Video games. Love has lengthy used needle-felted wool to create stop-motion animations for commercials, brief movies and social media, however hadn’t seen the medium being utilized in a sport earlier than. “We realized there was a gap in the market for this type of aesthetic, and decided to fill it,” Love stated.
Love describes Feltopia, a comfortable spin on the side-scrolling shoot ’em up style, as a “cute ’em up.” You play as a sheep herder named Skyrider who makes use of magical powers to purge the world of an encroaching smog and save their Rainbow Flock. You are not killing enemies right here. As an alternative, you are restoring contaminated creatures and managers to their true types.
“Wool lends itself really well to the natural world, so I knew I wanted to create a game with sweeping landscapes and lots of elemental effects,” Love stated. “The classic side scroller mechanics mixed with our hand-felted, stop-motion techniques gives Feltopia both a novel and nostalgic feeling, which is a balance I like to hit with my animation work. Our goal is to take a typically violent genre and invert it so it is about transformation and healing rather than destruction and death.”
Feltopia looks charming as heck. It’s immediately apparent that Love and her team have infused a ton of personality into their first game, and this could be one worth keeping your eye on.
Wooly Games, which started work on Feltopia last year, is aiming to release the game in mid-2026. It’ll hit Steam first and arrive on different platforms later.
