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Press release:
COLUMBUS, Ga. — August 3, 202.
The Seattle-based (WA, the US) indie games publisher tinyBuild and Atlanta-based (GA, the US) indie games developer Igloosoft, are today very thrilled and glad to announce that their open-world 2D side-scrolling survival game “Farworld Pioneers”, is coming to Playstation consoles (the PS5 and PS4) via PSN on August 15th, 2023.

Starting with nothing but a pickaxe, your NPC best friend, and whatever survived the crash landing, build a shelter and survive the first night before confronting longer-term dangers. Create a farm before you run out of canned food, and craft a smelter and a worktable to turn the abundant ores around into useful weaponry and tools. But most importantly, recruit other survivors, assign them jobs, manage their needs, and watch a makeshift shelter grow into a thriving colony.

The world is dangerous, and not just from alien creatures – enemy raiders will come for the rich resources. Fight them off in retro side-scrolling action gameplay with a twist: physics affects everything from character movement to bullet trajectories and how grenades ricochet.

Progress down the tech tree, explore further into alien biomes, and delve deeper into the bowels of the planet to unlock the knowledge and means to build miniguns, laser weaponry, and even more destructive tools.

Explorers must conquer the planet to unlock the blueprint for spaceship construction, and finally take their colony to the stars. New biomes on other planets filled with new enemies, new resources, and new adventures await. Do it all alone, or on servers with up to 32 players. Play peacefully, or assign different factions to battle it out in PvP on the harsh alien landscape.

“We want players to play however they want,” said Rho Watson, Founder and Creative Director of Igloosoft.

“We’re drawing from our experience working on games like Rimworld, Starbound, and Gnomoria to build the ultimate sandbox experience. And we’re very excited to welcome Playstation players into our community!”

Farworld Pioneers launches on PlayStation 4|5 on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, for USD $14.99. It is already available on PC and Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. It supports English, Portuguese (Brazil), French, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Simplified Chinese languages.

About Igloosoft
Igloosoft is an indie game studio founded by Rho Watson, who previously worked on successful titles such as Starbound, RimWorld, and Gnomoria. Watson gathered a team of experienced creators and game dev veterans to realize the vision of an open-world 2D sandbox game that offered more than a mere fight for survival on a foreign planet.

About tinyBuild
tinyBuild is a global video game publisher and developer focused on creating long-lasting, sustainable franchises across multiple media formats. Responsible for over 70 titles including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, and Potion Craft, the company has a dozen development studios spread across the US, EU, Serbia, and Ukraine.