22: Year Walk

Year Walk, by Swedish indie developer Simogo, is a haunting combination of adventure, puzzle and horror game mechanics, and explores the dark and fascinating territory of Swedish folklore. Players take the role of Daniel, a young Swede in the 1800s about to undertake a Year Walk, or Årsgång, an elaborate divination practice wherein you must contend with many strange supernatural creatures for a chance at a glimpse of the infinite.

This game is beautiful, and also super creepy. Expect it to take about two hours to complete.

In the pre-show, we Nate tells us about Destiny, and Shane delivers his extensive report on the best roguelike games for iOS.

Availability

Year Walk for iOS
Year Walk Companion for iOS

Year Walk for PC & Mac

Links for this episode

• Destiny
• Our Crypt of the Necrodancer episode
• Wayward Souls for iOS, Android, and coming soon to PC
• 100 Rogues for iOS
• 10000000 for iOS, Android, and Computers (Mac, PC, & Linux)
• Our Apple Design Award Winners 2014 eipside
• Simogo – Wikipedia
• Device 6, also by Simogo
• Beat Sneak Bandit, also by Simogo
• The Sailor’s Dream, Simogo’s next game
• Year Walk Soundtrack by Daniel Olsén – Bandcamp

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