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Press release:
7 October 2024.
The Melbourne-based (Victoria, AU) indie games publisher Fellow Traveller and Brooklyn-based (the US) indie games developer Made Up Games, are today very glad and proud to announce that their emotional adventure game “Pine: A Story of Loss“, is coming to PC (via Steam), mobile (iOS and Android), and the Switch via the Nintendo Eshop) in Q4 2024.

A touching narrative about grief
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker wrangles with his grief as he tries to accept her passing. In Pine: A Story of Loss, players will help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now-empty home.

Created by professional illustrator (Dreamworks, Nickelodeon) and children’s book author Tom Booth and Made Up Games co-founder Najati Imam, Pine: A Story of Loss is a poignant and emotional journey that tells the story of a woodworker grieving the loss of his wife. Inspired by Tom’s personal journey with grief, Pine came about when his beautiful illustration of a woodworker went viral, with audiences deeply moved and sharing overwhelming support.

A touching narrative about grief
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker wrangles with his grief as he tries to accept her passing. In Pine: A Story of Loss, players will help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now-empty home.

Created by professional illustrator (Dreamworks, Nickelodeon) and children’s book author Tom Booth and Made Up Games co-founder Najati Imam, Pine: A Story of Loss is a poignant and emotional journey that tells the story of a woodworker grieving the loss of his wife. Inspired by Tom’s personal journey with grief, Pine came about when his beautiful illustration of a woodworker went viral, with audiences deeply moved and sharing overwhelming support.

Determined to bring the woodworker’s story to life, Tom and Najati transformed it into an interactive experience with stunning environments and a beautiful ambient soundtrack. Pine: A Story of Loss conveys that no one has to be alone in their grief.

A demo is available now on Steam for those who wish to experience the game ahead of its release later this year.

To stay up to date on Pine: A Story of Loss, follow the developer on X/Twitter or Fellow Traveller on X/Twitter, or join the official Fellow Traveller Discord.

About Fellow Traveller Games
Fellow Traveller is an indie games publishing label exploring the possibility space of what narrative games can be. Since our founding in 2012, we have sought out and partnered with pioneering game developers working on unusual games with narrative at their core.

You may know us from the tabletop-inspired RPG set in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism (Citizen Sleeper), the polar exploration survival story riddled with life or death decisions (The Pale Beyond), the noir adventure set before, during, and after the Big Bang (Genesis Noir), or the murder mystery with a cast of otherworldly suspects (Paradise Killer).

Join us on a journey into a world of surprising games and unusual stories.

Website: fellowtraveller.games
X: x.com/FellowTravellr

About Made Up Games
Made Up Games is Tom Booth and Najati Imam. Lifelong gamers and longtime friends, Pine is their first narrative game.

Tom has been a professional illustrator for over a decade, previously working for Nickelodeon and Scholastic, and a published children’s book illustrator and author. His Instagram audience and their love for the woodworker are a large part of the inspiration for bringing Pine to life.

Najati’s been programming since he was a kid. In his previous professional life he’s done embedded systems programming, full stack application development, and managed engineering departments. He’s also been a hobbyist game dev for as long as he’s been able to type.

Website: madeupgames.com
X: x.com/madeupgamesbk