As the debut game from Kyle Banks, an Edinburgh based software engineer, Farewell North is an open world adventure game where you play as a border collie who accompanies his owner through the Scottish Highlands. As such, you'll find yourself exploring a variety of environments (including land and sea), solving puzzles, and evading monsters. All whilst bringing colour back into the owner's world, and charting an emotional story that examines as to what it means to say farewell.
With so many indie games vying for attention at this year's Gamescom, Farewell North was able to grab my attention as a result of its unique art style, and because it reminded me of games like Journey and Abzu. At the same time, what intrigued me about Farewell North was the fact that it was only developed by one person. And so it got to be the case that I was able to sit down with Kyle Banks and speak to him about his game, and also discover as to how he was able to stay motivated in "Sunny" Scotland. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1f9q_Y7wo
First question... Are you a one-man band?
Yeah. There's a composer and some help on the publishing side, but for the most part it's me.
This is probably a question that has been asked of you a million times,...