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Foxie Ventures’ Founder and Director Dineth Abeynayake and Product Manager Steven Ready took some time before the release to show me a preview of what their newest game would offer, and to answer a few questions about Star Equestrian’s development and its future.
Read MoreMoon Channel, a YouTube creator of gaming video essays, has released a fantastic video tackling the history and market of so-called “girl games” – video games deliberately marketed to and targeted at young female players.
Read MoreStar Equestrian is a brand new mobile horse game by Foxie Ventures. It will offer cross country and show jumping, an open world to explore, story missions and daily quests to complete, and quite a variety of horses and tack to collect and level up.
To get my feedback and give me an opportunity to ask a few questions, Foxie Ventures’ Product Manager Steven Ready invited me to a live playthrough and video call. Join me today for a preview of what the game has in store.
Read MoreGamescom 2022 in Cologne was an exciting event and meeting the team of Korion Interactive was one of my highlights: I turned to find about five people in matching Moorhuhn T-shirts standing behind me basically going “Hi, we’re so excited that we found you, we love The Mane Quest and we’re making horse games now.”
Read MoreThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the much anticipated sequel to 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Official Trailer #2, released during Nintendo Direct on February 8th, confirms one TMQ-relevant inclusion: Horses will be back in Tears of the Kingdom. Horses, or one specific horse?
Read MoreI’ve been eagerly following the development of The Ranch of Rivershine ever since solo game creator and TMQ community member Éloïse Laroche first announced she’d be tackling the horse game genre. Today, Éloïse releases a playable Demo for The Ranch of Rivershine on Steam. Let’s dive deeper into how she’s been building the Cozy Bee Games brand and business, and what new challenges she’s facing with her newest project.
Read MoreNoa Leibson is an art historian, life-long rider and writer of equestrian fiction and non-fiction. I finally managed to take her up on her offer to give us all some fascinating insight into ancient historical chariot racing, the men and women (!) who participated in it, and how video games like Assassin’s Creed: Origins succeed and fail in their representations of this fascinating sport.
Read MoreEver since the Very Far Away Horse game case first started getting shared online, TMQ sees spikes in search traffic whenever the image goes viral. Since November 2022 however, The Mane Quest won’t be the only thing to show up in a search for the previously fictitious title: A game called “Far Away Horse” was actually made and released on Steam.
Read MoreLet me continue my tradition of using this “time between the years” to summarize what happened on The Mane Quest this year, provide some website statistics and share some reflections.
Read MoreFor a long time, new horse game options for PC and Console players have been few and far between. In Fall 2022 however, our niche genre has gotten a whooping four new releases. Full reviews may be coming at some point in the future, but for now, let’s have a quick look at what each of these games offer:
Read MoreWith the initial announcement of Horse Tales – Emerald Valley Ranch, publisher Microids revealed that the Limited Edition of the game would include an additional horse breed: the Irish Cob. It is with great pleasure that I get to share a proper first look at the additional horse model with you all today.
Read MorePopular Animated Horse Asset Pack Horse Animset Pro by Malbers Animations has become a bit of a thorn in my side, as someone who always keeps an eye out for new games that include horses. From its initially completely wrong walk animation to its current issues with wobbly bendy forelegs, the suboptimal asset pack is the direct cause for many game horses looking sort of wrong. With the release of Horse Herd by 3D Bear last month, it looks like HAP is getting some much-needed competition in the animated horse asset market.
Read MoreHorse Tales game was exhibited at Gamescom in Cologne in late August, and Microids released a brand new trailer for the game that gives a lot of insight into various of the game’s features such as horse care, building and customization.
Read MoreThis article is an add-on to my recent post about upcoming Indie Horse Games: These tips were compiled while gathering info on upcoming games and noticing a few common areas of improvement. They don’t necessarily only apply to horse games but I do see it in almost every new horse game project launched by new creators without industry experience.
Read MoreThe 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.
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