It’s been far too long since I last wrote about Fran Bow, Killmonday Games’ delightfully twisted 2D horror adventure game that will join Among the Sleep, Contagion and The Forest, among many others, on the growing list of crowdfunding success stories when it hits Steam on August 27.
This game is a perfect example of why I’m thankful for crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. They’re not perfect and there will always people who abuse them, but without these invaluable tools, we’d have a lot less promising games to look forward to.
I played the demo awhile back and immediately fell in love with its gorgeous hand-drawn art style and the nightmarish hidden world the young lead can only see when she pops one of her pills.
As the above trailer shows, its abundance of indie charm is hiding a sinister side that’s made even more unsettling because of how it contrasts with the colorful world and the quirky characters who inhabit it. This game cannot come soon enough.
