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The Snowfield

2011 Adventure Indie Simulator
The Snowfield is an experimental project in emergent narrative set during World War I. It was made by a team of 10 student interns from Singapore and the U.S. in 2011 as part of the eight-week GAMBIT summer development program at MIT. The Snowfield represents an attempt to make a simulation-based narrative game according to a special method for developing such games, a method designed to avoid the need for complex A Show full summary

The Snowfield is an experimental project in emergent narrative set during World War I. It was made by a team of 10 student interns from Singapore and the U.S. in 2011 as part of the eight-week GAMBIT summer development program at MIT. The Snowfield represents an attempt to make a simulation-based narrative game according to a special method for developing such games, a method designed to avoid the need for complex A.I. or massive content generation. The idea was not to relying on codified narrative theories or formulas - like three-act structures, etc. - but rather assume "what makes a good story" cannot be systematized and instead must be arrived at organically via extensive user testing.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplaySurvival

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Everything about The Snowfield: story and gameplay

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Story & context

In The Snowfield you are a lone soldier wandering the aftermath of a great battle. It is the dead of winter and you won't last long in the cold. But you are not alone.

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ThemeWarfare Traitatmospheric Traitexperimental Traitlow-poly Traitsnow Traitstudent project Traitwalking simulator Traitworld war i - ww1

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The Snowfield: release, platforms, and facts

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Team M.I.A.
Publisher
Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Historical, Non-fiction, Survival, Warfare
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Web browser Oct 05, 2011
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Oct 05, 2011
  • Mac Oct 05, 2011

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