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Ubisoft Announces Side-Scrolling ‘Fairytale Game’ Child of Light

August 19, 2013 by Stephen Daly

The game took inspiration from classic JRPGs.

Far Cry 3 director Patrick Plourde has announced that his next game will be a JRPG-inspired side scrolling "fairytale game" called Child of Light.

Plourde says he wanted to develop "the antithesis" of a triple A game and added that game was inspired by the "Golden Age of Illumination" with the game's aesthetic being based on artwork from painters Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac. "Squaresoft" games like Final Fantasy VIII also helped to shape the game. 

The game will be a downloadable title. 

"With digital, there's no shelf space to fight over, and that is the crux of the battle in publishing," Plourde said.

He added that he wanted to avoid discussions about profitability, marketing and pre-orders when creating the game.

"At that level it doesn't even matter if the game is good or not," Plourde said. "I just didn't want that thing of having to deal with Best Buy anymore. They're fine people, I think they're great, but dealing straight with the consumer, dealing directly with them, then it's entirely up to them to decide."

The development team is believed to have 36 members which is small by Ubisoft's standards. 

You can see the first concept art for the game above but interestingly Plourde said it's also in-game art; something which is possible using the Ubi Art Framework engine. 

Source: Videogamer, Polygon. 

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