Prepare yourself as Shelter 2 has ramped up its cuteness factor by a power of 10. The original Shelter had you embody a mama badger taking care of her cubs on a journey through what must have been badger hell. Shelter 2 ups the ante with you embodying a mama lynx in charge of 4 kittens. You hear that internet, Shelter 2 has kittens, that purr, prepare yourself!
Not content to just resting on their laurels, developer Might and Delight is pushing Shelter 2 to be even more of a beautiful than the previous game. Now we will have seasons which will change dynamically as the game progresses. The changing of the leaves and the falling snow are key artistic features to witness as the story progresses and the little snippets look great already. Might and Delight has also wisely chosen to use Retro Family again for the music and as it’s sublime. I can’t wait for Shelter 2 to drop later this year in 2015 and see if I have what it takes to survive.
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PRESS RELEASE
Hear the first music from Shelter 2!
Shelter 2 features real time season changes – New Trailer, Music and Art!
Stockholm, Sweden – December 15th 2014 – Today, indie studio Might and Delight made public a new video containing Shelter 2´s theme song, as well as showing off the games extensive seasons feature. A graphical system that allows for weather and seasons to change in real time during the game. Shelter 2, their artsy survival game, will be arriving on steam, good old games and other digital platforms early in 2015.
Listen to Theme song from Shelter 2 and see the new trailer, showing the seasons changing in real time.
“Shelter 2 is a survival game that tells the story of a lynx family, and seeing them grow and change is a central part of the experience. But besides depicting the small family of survivors, Shelter 2 is also a portrait of nature – an aspect that we as a team felt was just as important to polish. “ – Might and Delight
The small ones playing in the snow, ready to cross the ice over the lake.
A landscape in constant flux
In order to strengthen the sensation of a wild and ever changing world, a complex season system was created. A year in Shelter 2 will pass in an hour in which the world fades between different seasons, gradually affecting the weather and atmosphere. You will see the leafs turn red and fall, the snow painting the landscape white, and experience when the rich palette of nature returns with the Spring. The seasons will affect all the places in S2 and will also appear different in each area. This means a player that returns to the lake another time of the year will find them self surrounded by a completely new imagery.
But the system is more than just a fresh cote of paint. The changing seasons will affect the wildlife as well, making some pray harder to come by, forcing the lynx family to conserve strength and switch their hunting grounds. Because of the freezing water, winter is also a special season in Shelter 2. The lynxes can cross rivers and lakes where the ice is thick – reaching places impossibly to visit rest of the year.
A year later. The mother lynx and the grown up cubs meshing with the colors of autumn
“Retro Family, have created an amazing score for Shelter 2. The music in the new video is the games theme song, and to accompany it, we have created a small video showing the seasons and how the behave in realtime. “ – Might and Delight
Videos, Screenshots, concepts and other Shelter 2 material can be found here: www.mightanddelight.com/presskit ;
About Shelter 2
Shelter 2 is an open world adventure game that portraits the life cycle of a mother lynx, starting as a pregnant animal preparing her den for the coming litter, giving birth, and continuing in to a journey of parenthood where nurturing her cubs is paramount for survival. Shelter 2 is a spiritual sequel to the “Shelter” (released on PC 2013) but includes more elaborate gameplay features than its predecessor, such as stamina, different types of movements, jumps and a variety of prey to kill. Besides hunting there are several maternal features such as calling the cubs closer, feeding them and making sure they drink water from rivers.
About Might and Delight
Might and Delight is an independent game studio formed in Stockholm 2010. Prior to releasing the serene nature game “Shelter” (PC) “M and D” created the award winning space adventure “Pid” (Pc, xbox, PS3). Might and Delight have an established foundation that enables the team to create innovative games with a strong focus on integrity, often taking inspiration from art, history and other cultural expressions besides games. Might and Delight consists of both industry-veterans and indie developers with a shared ambition to place playfulness and innovative ideas over established norms.
