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This year’s prettiest indie game will be going straight for your heartstrings on June 13thThe lovely Dordogne finally has a release date
The lovely Dordogne finally has a release date
Image credit:Focus Entertainment
Image credit:Focus Entertainment
The beautiful watercolour vistas ofDordognehave been on my radar for awhilenow, and happily developers Un Je Ne Sais Quoi have just announced exactly when we’ll be able to smoosh our faces in its lovely, puzzle-y paint pot. It’s coming to PC and consoles on June 13th, making it the perfect palette cleanser to all the preceding not-E3 nonsense that will be taking place in the days beforehand. I recently played a short demo of Dordogne, and it really is as lovely as its gorgeous screenshots suggest. I’m looking forward to this one a lot.
Dordogne - Release Date Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
Dordogne - Release Date Reveal Trailer
While most of its screenshots focus on heroine Mimi’s picturesque childhood, the game actually starts in the dreary backseat of adult Mimi’s car. She’s on her way back to her family home in the Dordogne, following the death of her grandma. As Mimi begins sorting through her grandma’s possessions and her own childhood memories of the time she spent with her as a child, the game gradually flips back and forth between the two time periods, with Mimi’s past shedding new light on what she’s facing in the present.
It’s a gentle, narrative puzzler with light point and click elements, in other words, and one that looks set to tug directly on your heartstrings as you explore Mimi’s memories. As you might expect, it’s beautifully animated, and young Mimi’s expressions are particularly well done. She’s not best pleased she’s got to spend the summer away from her friends and stuck with only her old, fusty grandma for company, and there are some excellent choice scowls and pouts to be found as she settles in for her impromptu holiday.
Image credit:Focus Entertainment
The environments are gorgeous, too, particularly once Mimi gets hold of a polaroid camera. On a small trip down to the local river, for example, Mimi’s gran teaches her how to use it, and aiming it round Dordogne’s painterly dioramas in full 3D is chefkiss.gif gorgeous.
Still, pesky blanks aside, I’m very pumped to see more of Dordogne, so I’m pleased there’s now only five short weeks to go before I can play the rest of it. Dordogne is releasing onSteamon June 13th for £13/€15/$15.
