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

Fans will carve the time away with this touching, emotional story about a grieving woodworker

Today Fellow Traveller and Made Up Games have announced that fans can now pick up Pine: A Story of Loss on PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Pine: A Story of Loss is focused on the telling of an intimate, emotional story that touches lightly on typical gameplay mechanics. Players will step into a beautifully illustrated forest glade where a woodworker struggles with his daily chores as he is interrupted by the cherished memories of his lost loved one.

For the original concept, Tom Booth, professional illustrator (Dreamworks, Nickelodeon) and children’s book author, joined with friend and programmer Najati Imam to form Made Up Games. They considered many different mediums – ranging from video, short novels, illustrations, and more. Tom and Najati eventually decided to use a short video game experience to tell the story of the grieving woodworker – which echoes how Tom sat with his own grief and initially made the illustrations of the grieving woodworker that formed the basis of this wordless, emotional story.

Pine: A Story of Loss is an interactive experience that will feel familiar to those who have lost a loved one, as Tom drew on his own experience with grief and loss when creating a game about life after love. Due to its focus on grief, this is not a game for everyone. There are, however, moments of beauty and hope interwoven throughout the story as the woodworker processes his grief. It is a personal experience that will affect everyone differently because grief touches everyone in different ways.

Fans will be able to pick up the Collector’s Edition for 10% off as part of celebrating the game’s launch.

For more information on Pine: A Story of Loss, follow Made Up Games on X/Twitter, follow Tom Booth on Instagram, follow Fellow Traveller on X/Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Threads, or Bluesky, 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: @FellowTravellr
Bluesky: @fellowtraveller.games
Instagram: @fellowtravellergames
Threads: @fellowtravellergames
TikTok: @fellowtravellergames

About Made Up Games
Made Up Games is Tom Booth and Najati Imam. Lifelong gamers and longtime friends, Pine: A Story of Loss 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: A Story of Loss 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: @madeupgamesbk
Instagram: @tomwilltell