Nausicaä inspired?

[Dervantar]

You got my interest. Well it sounds really cool. Here, if you want another source of inspiration look it up:
Anime "Children of the Whale"
The story is similar to what you want to do.

[Markus [Stray Fawn Studio Dev]]

Hi Dervantar,

Thank you for the recommendation. As you said, we would love to convey a similar feel to Nausicaa. Big shoes to fill.

Some of our team saw the anime version of "Children of the Whale". Didn't read the manga though. When we were talking about the size of our creature Onbu (japanese verb ;) ) we remembered children of the whale as a good reference for how big the surface could be.

There's so much great content out there, very inspiring stuff :)

[Dragon Fist Ent]

I saw the flame thrower guys burning the spores and was yup thats Nausicaa right there, even the building have a similar style to the valleys buildings. either way if was an accidental similarity or not really loving the style you guys have created.

[Markus [Stray Fawn Studio Dev]]

Thank you very much Dragon Fist Ent :)

For the buildings our lead artist also took inspiration from the French artist Moebius. I'm not sure if Miyazaki and Moebius were friends (saw them in a documentary together), but I think the Nausicaa manga also took inspiration from his works?

Really interesting how everything is connected. I hope we can deliver an inspiring and interesting world to everyone :)

[Tobnosh]

Had the same idea in mind when the spores popped in and they started using flametrowers

[Monostatos]

I mean, Nausicaä was one of the best things to happen to me, and my biologist sibling loves Niche. I'll follow the development for sure.
Good spot by the OP.

[esturias]

The Nausicaä influence got my attention, too. Looks like a cute little game so far, will keep my eye on it.
I'm not entirely happy with the artstyle though. You have those lovely buildings that are highly detailed and have rich textures, but the surroundings are pretty basic and generic, like the very simple trees with their cartoonish shapes and the "dead" ground without much detail. I think it doesn't look very "symbiotic", if you want to call it like that. The inhabitants stick out a lot, too. I'd definitely reduce the outlines and add some texture. But I guess most of that is work in progress anyway.

Soo... yeah. We don't know or see much yet, but it looks interesting so far. Keep it up! :)

[fabio.capela]

Loving the Nausicaä feeling.

I wonder if the game is going to incorporate the secret purpose of the spores, which is shown in the Nausicaä manga (but, unfortunately, not the anime). It could be a nifty long-term goal for the player, perhaps even a victory condition.

[Monostatos]

^Here's hoping ^0^

[Markus [Stray Fawn Studio Dev]]

For the Early Access launch, we focus on the basic gameplay loop and most likely won't have much story in the game (yet).

For the final release we plan to have more story available (form not yet clear). As for the reveal of the secret purpose of the spores and a victory condition - This is something I can neither confirm nor deny... ;)

*onbu_party.gif*

Thank you for your posts and liking The Wandering Village :)