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When you get to the end, you’ll find your way back to the village again, ready to set off on a new adventure.īurly Men at Sea elegantly avoids the common visual novel problem of having to skip through scenes you’ve already seen to get to the branches you haven’t followed yet. You’ll encounter mermaids, dragons, nymphs, maelstroms, and benevolent seals, among other weird and wonderful creatures. You may run into a golem-like giant made of rock who, like a well-meaning dog with no awareness of his surroundings, insists on bringing you “flowers” that are actually uprooted trees. The adventures themselves are varied and utterly delightful. Like I said, it’s a picture book in video game form. It’s a structure that’s perfect for playing just before going to bed, or to just take a break from the world for a bit and get lost in an adventure. A simple branching narrative structure leads to 12 different possible adventures, each taking half an hour or so to run through. I say “first adventure” because Burly Men at Sea is a game made for repeated playthroughs, each designed to be played in a single sitting. On my first adventure, my beards escaped through the whale’s blowhole, found themselves held captive by a masked assailant after losing a race, and then fled into the night when he wasn’t looking, before finally winding up back in the little fishing village I’d departed from. Soon after setting sail they’re swallowed, boat and all, by a giant whale, and what happens after that is up to you. It’s a wonderful thing.īased loosely on Scandinavian folklore, Burly Men at Sea follows the adventures of three beardly fishermen: Brave Beard, Hasty Beard, and Steady Beard – as they set off into the unknown seas in search of adventure.

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It’s a game you can play just before going to bed to lull you into a peaceful sleep with dreams full of adventure. Rather, I mean that it quite brilliantly captures the calm, simple sense of wonderment found in the likes of Where the Wild Things Are and the works of Dr Seuss. I don’t mean that it’s a visual novel, in the sense of a mechanics-derived game genre – though I guess it is that, too. 5/5” -TIMEīurly Men at Sea is the second game from married duo Brain&Brain, developed during their own adventures as nomads and erstwhile farmhands.Burly Men at Sea is a picture book in video game form. “Artful interplay of visual minimalism, waggish writing and hilarious but also haunting sound effects generated by gorgeous a cappella voices. “The closest thing I’ve played to an interactive fairy-tale.” -The Telegraph PLAYFUL AESTHETIC: Colorful art style with handcrafted animation, set to a whimsical original soundtrack inspired by folk music of the far north. INNOVATIVE CONTROLS: Shape the narrative through a unique, draggable viewport and your interactions within it. You play as storyteller and wayfinder, shaping a custom tale that begins again where it ends.īRANCHING STORY: Play through multiple choice-driven adventures, each designed to be completed in a single sitting. With gameplay halfway between a visual novel and a point-and-click adventure, the branching story carries its ungainly heroes into waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore and other misadventures. Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek adventure.

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