![]() In December 2014, a second supplemental game was released, titled Lost Constellation. Prior to the release of Night in the Woods, a companion game titled Longest Night was released in December 2013 by Holowka and Benson, along with co- writer Bethany Hockenberry. ![]() It is a story-focused exploration game in which the player follows a young woman named Mae Borowski, who recently dropped out of college and has returned to her hometown to find unexpected changes. The game was funded via Kickstarter, where it earned over 400% of its initial US$50,000 funding goal. ![]() 30 event are $10, and are available from newmediamanitoba.Night in the Woods is a 2017 single-player adventure video game developed by Infinite Fall and published by Finji. The main draw will be seeing him speak about his experiences.” “He’s a super talented, funny person who’s very politically engaged, with a lot of empathy as well. Holowka added that having Benson come up from Pittsburgh for the event is exciting. “The game was successful, it came out, people liked it, but there was a lot of crap that happened along the way that was unexpected and hard to deal with.” “It’ll probably be pretty personal,” Holowka said. SUPPLIED PHOTOĪlec Holowka, a River East Collegiate grad, is a video game developer and musician. at Red River College’s Great West Life Theatre (160 Princess St.). 30, New Media Manitoba is hosting Holowka and Benson for a conversation about the process involved in bringing Night in the Woods to life. The new edition includes expanded and improved game-play and a number of added features, and brings the game to the XBox as well. Next month will see the launch of Night in the Woods: Weird Autumn. “Which was great because it gave me a chance to grow and try new stuff.” “He was great to work with for the music, because he had these super specific references,” Holowka explained. When writing the music for Night in the Woods, Holowka said that Benson pushed him to branch out and try new approaches to his songwriting. I never expected something like that would happen.” “This is kind of like the next best thing. “I always wanted to be in a rock or indie band,” admitted Holowka, who played in River East’s band program in high school. Unexpectedly, a number of those songs, especially a track called Die Anywhere Else, have been performed by real bands and uploaded to YouTube. In the game, the main characters have a band, which Holowka composed original songs for. “Typically I have a MIDI keyboard hooked up to my computer,” Holowka explained. “The sense of being stuck here.”Īlong with the programming, Holowka wrote and performed the music for Night in the Woods. ![]() “There’s a lot of inspiration from Winnipeg, too,” Holowka said. Published by Finji and currently available on the PS4 and Steam platforms, Night in the Woods features a cast of animal misfits trapped in a dead-end, Rust Belt town. “It took us about three and a half years,” Holowka said. ![]() An updated Weird Autumn edition of the game will be released in December, featuring improved and extended gameplay and added features. SUPPLIED PHOTOĪlec Holowka wrote the music and programmed Night in the Woods, a video game from Finji that is available on PS4 and Steam. His latest project, Night in the Woods, which he worked on with Pittsburgh, Pa.-based artist Scott Benson, has been a big hit among indie gamers worldwide after raising over $200,000 on Kickstarter. The game received rave reviews, and took home the Seumas McNally Grand Prize winner of the 2007 Independent Games Festival. In 2007, while living out in B.C., Holowka and Derek Yu released a game called Aquaria through their independent company Bit Blot. Holowka, a River East Collegiate grad, is an award-winning video game developer and musician. What started as a hobby in his parents’ East Kildonan basement has turned into a successful career for Alec Holowka. This article was published (2094 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. ![]()
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