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The vast majority of what we call “horse games” are cheaply made for kids. But what if instead, there were horse games made by people who really cared? A look at six work-in-progress horse games in various stages of development, made by people who really like horses and who want this niche to offer more.
Read MoreSimone de Rochefort, Senior Video Producer at popular gaming website Polygon, is a certified Horse Girl. Needless to say, I was delighted when she recently asked me to appear in a video about video game horses and why so many games get them wrong.
Read MoreHorse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories will be coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam in October 2022. I talked to the game’s producer Stefan Kummer and game designer Daniel Boos, to give you some exclusive details about what to expect from Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories.
Read MoreFrench Publisher Microids and German Developer Aesir Interactive Horse Tales – Emerald Valley Ranch, an equestrian open world adventure. As the project’s creative producer, I’m excited to share our teaser trailer and give you all some exclusive new insights into what to expect from the game.
Read MoreI am a big fan of peaceful “life sim” games that let me build up my farm or home base, explore a bit, meet some friendly NPCs and give me satisfying jobs to do like farming or crafting, especially if they include horses. With My Time At Sandrock now out in Early Access it’s obviously time to give this a try.
Read MoreI would absolutely love more sites like TMQ who focus on one very specific subject in video games. As a result I was absolutely stoked to find out about Wyverns and Waypoints: A website dedicated to Dragons in Video Games.
Read MoreEquestrian the Game was just released in Europe will be out worldwide in May 2022. I thought this was a fantastic opportunity to catch up with Molly Ericson and share some insights with you all about what the work on ETG has been like and what is next in store for the team at Kavalri Games.
Read MoreSo many of us feel the same way: we remember that one great horse game we played as a kid, having long forgotten about whatever wasn’t good about it. We start to wonder “hey, it’s been years since I played a good horse game, I wonder what’s new in that genre”.
Read MoreIf you too wish that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had more options for horse customization, this new Mod has got you covered: The Stable is a horse customization mod now out in Beta and still being further developed.
Read MoreRoblox is a game creation platform that has exploeded in popularity in recent years, especially with kids and teens. A quick search reveals dozens of attempts at user-made horse games in every quality and style imaginable: Two of the more popular options are Horse Valley and Wild Horse Islands.
Read MoreAmong Us is an online multiplayer game about social deduction, inspired by games like common parlor games like Mafia or Werewolves. For April Fools 2022, it has also become a horse game.
Read MoreAstride is a horse game inspired by Scandinavian environments and horse breeds currently on Kickstarter. I’ve been watching the project with both excitement and a bit of scepticism throughout, so the crowdfunding launch is the perfect opportunity to take a closer look – and to have a chat with Raidho’s Co-Founder and Lead 3D-Artist Mathilde Kvernland.
Read MoreI figured I might as well put together some impressions and opinions on the horse-like creature that you ride in Elden Ring. And then I got sucked in and am now 30 hours into it with no intention of stopping soon.
If you’re not interested in detailed analysis of horse animation, then you’ve come to the wrong website. But this is The Mane Quest and complaining extensively about how horse legs work or don’t work is what we do. Let’s begin.
Read MoreSolo game developer Mawleen reached out to me to tell me about their game, and I thought I might as well post a quick article about it: Horse Trek - a Long Faced Journey is a fluffy, cozy Dating Sim game where you play as a human and date sentient horses.
Read MoreAs is becoming tradition, I want to use the opportunity of the year coming to an end to look back upon what happened on The Mane Quest these past twelve months, to share some stats and numbers and to give you all some insight into the life and work behind this website.
And holy crap, what a year it has been.
Read MoreBack in July, I was able to announce Tivola’s upcoming mobile horse racing game Wildshade exclusively on The Mane Quest. As of today, the game is already being played by thousands of very enthusiastic players.
Read MoreIt’s been over two years since I talked to former Product Owner Nika Bender about the making of SSO – I’m thrilled to give you all some delicious new insights. This time, I had two absolutely wonderful calls with two of the core people behind developing and managing Star Stable Online: Game Director Stacy Place and CEO Johan Sjöberg.
Read MoreWe sometimes about “horse games” as if that term described a specific genre. In reality, while many classic horse games do fit into the farm buildup and simulation genre, the concept of “game that features horses prominently and has lots of mechanics relating to them” is not tied to that setup at all. In this article and the two previous volumes in this series, I try to broaden people’s horizons a little as to what could be cool horse games.
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