https://www.themanequest.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1537689821651-KKCKQHFX6DPQMA6VF2SG/21-1080p.jpg Blog https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/3/18/rival-stars-horse-racing-is-coming-to-playstation-xbox-and-nintendo-switch monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/41c3295b-728f-47e6-a89f-9d09ad5f3a12/Menu.jpg Blog - Rival Stars Horse Racing is Coming to PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch - Make it stand out Press Kit screenshots show that much like the PC version, Rival Stars on console will only include a single earnable in-game currency… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/00698a34-53c2-4682-b20a-dcdc0fac9215/Horse+Creator.jpg Blog - Rival Stars Horse Racing is Coming to PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch - Make it stand out …and include features such as the Horse Creator that aren’t available in the mobile version. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/3/3/the-legend-of-khiimori-is-out-now-in-early-access monthly 0.5 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e4f5ab4d-7649-464e-a171-c53b93a194c4/page_bg_raw.png Blog - The Legend of Khiimori is OUT NOW in Early Access! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f3ecf51c-ff15-40d2-892d-63e2ba0c2046/ss_9e33636e98f83025fa9d297c915cc47939c4db84.1920x1080.jpg Blog - The Legend of Khiimori is OUT NOW in Early Access! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b563b60b-a699-4dfd-b9a5-581c9d89f5cd/ss_264a8c61e63c260a249f22c65024bb922b796d23.1920x1080.jpg Blog - The Legend of Khiimori is OUT NOW in Early Access! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/49b61b8f-9fd4-4dbf-9f3f-1382819a4392/ss_2ea6fb51ec53640ec32b2669c3348b21c662202b.1920x1080.jpg Blog - The Legend of Khiimori is OUT NOW in Early Access! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/2/20/steam-horse-fest-is-now-live-heres-what-i-recommend-buying-or-looking-into monthly 0.5 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9f6b3585-e5ab-4c00-8b21-d989ed45a749/steam-horse-fest.jpg Blog - Steam Horse Fest is Now Live – Here's What I Recommend Buying or Looking Into - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7e187efd-c8e1-4500-93d0-b5f263e492cf/firefox_lnqCIPAjFH.png Blog - Steam Horse Fest is Now Live – Here's What I Recommend Buying or Looking Into - Make it stand out That’s the hottest deal in Horse Fest if you ask me. 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Jesus fucking christ how bad can you make your product look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/72e7dbdb-f857-4010-aa8e-bce44ba153f8/bafkreigfvrsw2pjeplhnipoaaz7x2cw4kfxjf323hjju5p4gjuhy235yci.jpg Blog - Horses 2025 is Out Now and Unsurprisingly Looks Nothing Like Its Announcement Trailer - Make it stand out Look I would not be opposed to an innovative combo of endless runner evasion gameplay with more traditional horse care elements, but this absolutely ain’t it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3ba7b011-ac27-406d-bf0f-8c894b96d84b/bafkreiascu33iza5743up4x7nmx2muyr4wmv4ucjohz6egpuprm3saorki.jpg Blog - Horses 2025 is Out Now and Unsurprisingly Looks Nothing Like Its Announcement Trailer - Make it stand out Many thanks to Pascal and Gord on Bluesky for sending me the PS5 store screenshots! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9541d41e-06be-421d-9170-44ad28f8c17b/bafkreig3y74mnme2ssg2twkvqwqt4rl5stfjs7shzezthxnrmqpvoyfx5a.jpg Blog - Horses 2025 is Out Now and Unsurprisingly Looks Nothing Like Its Announcement Trailer - Make it stand out I guess they at least tried to add feathering? But then again you’re not getting points for such obvious disregard of how leg markings work on horses. This just looks like knitted sleeves. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2026/1/9/living-creatures-vs-meat-motorcycles-how-to-make-horses-in-games-feel-alive monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0a167773-b9f6-4f67-9380-67eb79b2cd53/vlc_x8DO3ypiHd.jpg Blog - Living Creatures vs Meat Motorcycles – How to Make Horses in Games Feel Alive - Make it stand out Image from The Witcher 4: Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/98377d80-672e-4acb-ae99-c5937fcdee51/ezgif-72046d5118a442d9.gif Blog - Living Creatures vs Meat Motorcycles – How to Make Horses in Games Feel Alive - Make it stand out A glance at what it can look like when a horse refuses to approach something it finds scary – in this case, it’s a log. 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They do! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/05ba1d38-f814-4e3f-9b94-4e8c006c1a1d/coral-island.jpg Blog - Living Creatures vs Meat Motorcycles – How to Make Horses in Games Feel Alive - Make it stand out Distinctly weird: when horses that are supposedly resting in a pasture wear saddles and bridles for no reason (Screenshot from Coral Island) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0064949b-aa58-4ab7-a653-2d34823e2882/yotei-trailer.jpg Blog - Living Creatures vs Meat Motorcycles – How to Make Horses in Games Feel Alive - Make it stand out It’s nice that the horse in Ghost of Yotei gets to sleep, but that’s decidedly not a natural pose (alternatives here) and nobody would ever let their horse lie down while saddled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2c85d702-af12-431c-a04c-e4d912b26b0b/vlc_zOihhnB1OT.jpg Blog - Living Creatures vs Meat Motorcycles – How to Make Horses in Games Feel Alive - Make it stand out Horses in The Ranch of Rivershine have stats you can train, and are further indiviualized through their Earning, Care and Training perks, which influences how quickly they level certain skills and gives the player other perks from riding this specific horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/55dc793e-0763-4eb4-bd47-5ae4da594d2a/images.steamusercontent.jpg Blog - Living Creatures vs Meat Motorcycles – How to Make Horses in Games Feel Alive - Make it stand out In Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch, horses have stats, traits that impact their handling, a favorite treat, a preferred petting sequence for how they like to be snuggled, and additional likes/dislikes that are only fluff. 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Brand New Innovative Little Horse Games to Try for Free - Make it stand out Fantastic Horse Trading Simulatorpresents you with requests for horses to buy at auction that you have to snatch up before your competitors do while wisely managing your stable space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bc98b6e2-aaf2-434e-9e97-a23f44d54101/THGJ-Win64-Shipping_7ShnIHJRcz.jpg Blog - Tiny Horse Game Jam #2 – Here’s 21 (!) Brand New Innovative Little Horse Games to Try for Free - Make it stand out Faeforge is a character creation tool that lets you put together very pretty fantastical horses and unicorns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f83bab7a-17bd-47dd-8cc0-bc74102f39dd/NightRideGuide-Win64-Shipping_kkn737oqPM.jpg Blog - Tiny Horse Game Jam #2 – Here’s 21 (!) Brand New Innovative Little Horse Games to Try for Free - Make it stand out Night Ride Guideputs you in the position of a tour guide for nightly trail rides. 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Key Giveaway &amp; Developer Q&amp;A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/9/16/roly-pony-a-horse-themed-puzzle-game-is-out-now-and-already-charming-the-internet monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5fefcb7f-245f-4dc5-a273-d0b727e84420/5dvVWp.png Blog - Roly-Pony – a Horse-Themed Puzzle Game – is Out Now and Already Charming the Internet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0dca8594-af15-41e8-bfa9-b26c4ec9c003/firefox_17GoIp4vD1.png Blog - Roly-Pony – a Horse-Themed Puzzle Game – is Out Now and Already Charming the Internet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d2f3aa25-594c-4b24-89ba-b36214c8a180/firefox_LIRg0TFIDF.png Blog - Roly-Pony – a Horse-Themed Puzzle Game – is Out Now and Already Charming the Internet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/9/3/preview-horses-are-coming-to-disney-dreamlight-valley-and-i-got-an-exclusive-first-look-at-them-during-gamescom monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bbf6e2d1-108d-4b8d-b5e7-d691ef34757c/DDV_Wishblossom+Ranch_AnnounceKeyArt_1920x1080_EN.png Blog - Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ee39b8e9-5190-4765-bb61-53dc9a8eef9c/vlc_ZvFnI1UL0g.jpg Blog - Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom - Make it stand out I’d much rather see horses standing in a paddock than confined to tiny stalls, so let’s hope this shot in the trailer is representative of possible stabling options in the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/41086a97-bf5c-4e96-b9ad-4f09c05709da/vlc_A80Wqg7tS0.jpg Blog - Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom - Make it stand out I’m always here for a dramatic silver black horse, I just really wish their faces didn’t look so incredibly dorky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/92ebd287-b857-4930-a1ff-0e4bfa1c180c/vlc_MaahOpKVAb.jpg Blog - Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom - Make it stand out I appreciate the fancy tack and the fact that players can feed their horses, but babes if your horse is that long in the toe it’s time to fire your farrier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1890db26-b6a8-417b-a3be-3e926e406e66/vlc_PC6p2Fgy9k.jpg Blog - Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/8/17/game-announcement-roundup-here-are-10-upcoming-horse-games-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-2025-and-2026 monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0f228835-ad06-42a4-b796-d1ebee378ba7/ss_67c12126842cfc06a6b3086e2fc8c5817bcc0ee1.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 10 Upcoming Horse Games to Keep an Eye on in 2025 and 2026 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4fa955e5-6902-4ac2-81fc-1803c7e343f6/Tobiano-Screenshot_2025-08-17_at_12.01.22.png Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 10 Upcoming Horse Games to Keep an Eye on in 2025 and 2026 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/73e68841-6618-44e1-8520-9c4a9f420866/ss_fe580630bf050c2cf9fc1f0cdc405ec96268a8b6.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 10 Upcoming Horse Games to Keep an Eye on in 2025 and 2026 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d4d67cb4-b2a5-414d-8be1-2283bb5563c1/ss_12dfbb225fe44c5290926b899bc3bc5ec4753a65.600x338.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 10 Upcoming Horse Games to Keep an Eye on in 2025 and 2026 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/8/15/game-announcement-barbie-horse-trails-is-coming-to-pc-and-consoles-in-october-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/8/1/horse-fest-steam-announces-horse-themed-game-sale-for-february-2026 monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d721a57b-3717-4879-9d62-134bba47fdbc/6b44ef8edea13a65f793a83defce589370b5c248.jpg Blog - "Horse Fest" – Steam Announces Horse-Themed Game Sale for February 2026 - Make it stand out These newly announced events will show up in a Discounts & Events section on the front page for Steam users https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/7/13/i-hope-the-horse-game-genre-will-continue-to-grow-reflecting-on-five-years-of-making-the-ranch-of-rivershine-with-loise-laroche monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4a17db54-2501-4772-a6fb-171854e9a2bc/20250713155124_1.jpg Blog - “I Hope the Horse Game Genre will Continue to Grow” – Reflecting on Five Years of Making The Ranch of Rivershine with Éloïse Laroche - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b7119b69-e0c2-4b85-8565-15abfb8abdad/firefox_BNMMoSLBWg.png Blog - “I Hope the Horse Game Genre will Continue to Grow” – Reflecting on Five Years of Making The Ranch of Rivershine with Éloïse Laroche - Make it stand out Player number insights from SteamDB: Rivershine had around concurrently 400 active players at its Early Access launch, and almost 1200 during the full release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/422a4658-87d7-4bc9-a36e-38854a6773f7/firefox_MUUNoLonpZ.png Blog - “I Hope the Horse Game Genre will Continue to Grow” – Reflecting on Five Years of Making The Ranch of Rivershine with Éloïse Laroche - Make it stand out Steam reviews stand in proportion to sales: 1500 reviews is nothing to scoff at for a solo developer, especially at a 93% positive review ratio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8f0d472e-50d6-4683-99df-39286a946ca8/DailyScreenshot.gif Blog - “I Hope the Horse Game Genre will Continue to Grow” – Reflecting on Five Years of Making The Ranch of Rivershine with Éloïse Laroche - Make it stand out In the first two months of development, Éloïse took one screenshot of her progress every day. “Wish I had kept that up the whole five years!” she adds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ee23197b-7a3a-4b16-a359-c04d9fab6b30/Discord_jr3SYHMUgl.png Blog - “I Hope the Horse Game Genre will Continue to Grow” – Reflecting on Five Years of Making The Ranch of Rivershine with Éloïse Laroche - Make it stand out Note the February 2021 timestamp: months before officially announcing the game, Éloïse was sharing work in progress on the TMQ Discord… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8a05d376-5d1e-4b37-8058-0e44a324463e/Discord_eZY4FRgARf.png Blog - “I Hope the Horse Game Genre will Continue to Grow” – Reflecting on Five Years of Making The Ranch of Rivershine with Éloïse Laroche - Make it stand out …and already getting lots of positive and excited reactions from the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5c14e23f-9ab7-4db0-b346-10f3814acdb1/ea-roadmap.png Blog - “I Hope the Horse Game Genre will Continue to Grow” – Reflecting on Five Years of Making The Ranch of Rivershine with Éloïse Laroche - Make it stand out Rivershine’s Early Access Roadmap provided structure and vision, but also limited Éloïse’s flexibility. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/6/28/okay-fine-ill-talk-about-umamusume-pretty-derby-the-anime-horse-girl-gacha-racing-game-is-now-available-on-pc-and-mobile monthly 0.5 2025-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3e5b6e62-32c4-4171-a758-f2ba3ca61899/capsule_616x353.jpg Blog - Okay FINE I’ll Talk About Umamusume: Pretty Derby – The Anime Horse Girl Gacha Racing Game is now Available on PC and Mobile - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/aadef7ca-edcb-4ec4-a57f-7a9e017543dd/ss_67f95b138da201b52e9bcc43ab6f01ae820b7f12.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Okay FINE I’ll Talk About Umamusume: Pretty Derby – The Anime Horse Girl Gacha Racing Game is now Available on PC and Mobile - Make it stand out The steam page contains a cinematic anime style opening, but not an actual gameplay trailer or even screenshots that show concrete features. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2a79fb8e-5587-475a-a74c-3a49e508315b/ss_a1a60dc2d9789d9f883b5dd85bb484565bba9c3b.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Okay FINE I’ll Talk About Umamusume: Pretty Derby – The Anime Horse Girl Gacha Racing Game is now Available on PC and Mobile - Make it stand out Much of the game’s action remains presented in vertical format, even in the PC version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/64203093-7e5e-461d-8b76-bf23d809ddd6/chrome_cIYinfjGsJ.png Blog - Okay FINE I’ll Talk About Umamusume: Pretty Derby – The Anime Horse Girl Gacha Racing Game is now Available on PC and Mobile - Make it stand out Behold: Silence Suzuka, an uma musume, literal translation “horse daughter”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b742e544-e2a8-4e32-98d0-06e6d72cbda3/Silence_Suzuka.jpg Blog - Okay FINE I’ll Talk About Umamusume: Pretty Derby – The Anime Horse Girl Gacha Racing Game is now Available on PC and Mobile - Make it stand out The real racehorse Silence Suzuka, note the hind leg colors matching the uma musume’s shoes. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/6/25/lets-meet-in-cologne-the-mane-quest-will-be-attending-devcom-amp-gamescom-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9b7d7401-09ac-41d3-9756-3ab5862e28a6/devcom2024_055.jpg Blog - Let's meet in Cologne: The Mane Quest will be attending Devcom &amp; Gamescom 2025! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/6/14/review-horse-club-adventures-2-hazelwood-stories-convinces-with-cozy-vacation-vibes-and-improved-horse-animation monthly 0.5 2025-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7f3c2c81-af0f-41d6-a8c8-a62e0bccd19a/20250614154001_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3d8730fe-9239-46a4-9252-f2e04f7bcff5/20250406154300_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out The horse and character creation pops up at the start, but can be revisited at any mirror later in the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/59d68975-7e05-44f6-bdf6-f55c9c59f402/20250406160209_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out I appreciate the educational tidbit, as well as the decision to have a walking only zone in a riding game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/374ae304-a2a0-489a-bfbf-dfa757e0460b/20250406160624_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out The newspaper’s photo contest provides the narrative framing for HCA2’s plot… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/40bdcd17-5f2e-411e-a734-54cec7e3ae6f/20250406161027_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out …and of course the horse club friends decide to make horses the theme of their photo series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8c43476b-cf15-4d6a-aa63-0a00b268c731/idle+look+ani.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out HAP’s idle look animation in its original wonkiness, from the first Horse Club Adventures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b8f2165f-f7c1-492d-9542-8264b79567a1/idle+look+ani.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out The same animation tweaked and improved for vastly less foreleg weirdness in Horse Club Adventures 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/97f58a40-f3e2-4426-bf3c-afb7247db460/walk.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out I have a dedicated walk button, but moving my joystick very slightly also results in a walk. I don’t like this because the joystick being used for all four gaits makes it almost impossible to trot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9995c06e-1fc8-41b5-8d4a-7eb3000be84a/trot.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out Good: the trot animation also looks a lot better thanks to improved knee-locking! Bad: it took me a while to even manage to trot with these controls. Also note that I still can’t properly see my horse despite doing my best to get a good camera angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5dbd282e-9e6e-45e5-9406-becf29ded761/canter.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out This is me trying to record a canter, which is horribly fidgety and marred by odd blend states between gait animations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/29f891ff-d584-4ba6-9b27-2b045f803943/gallop+trot+ridealong.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out Note how Lisa (on the black horse) is moving at a normal looking trot, while my horse (bay) somehow maintains the exact same speed while using a gallop animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/438c4c11-a503-490b-b8b0-fdbbc04287b2/20250510114602_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out I’m a simple woman: let me take off my horse’s saddle when I put it away for the night and I’m happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a4f3587a-c743-4ac0-b47c-3e526d1348f5/20250510114658_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out I had to go back and check my early game footage to realize that I didn’t in fact start with three sprint capacity horseshoes, so I assume I got one of those through feeding my horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2a9eac45-4d9e-43d1-a7e4-a50f5f889e79/grooming.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out I’ll never understand why we need both a dirt texture and a progress bar, only for both of them then to not immediately give me feedback for doing the right thing with my brush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0386cbb3-e842-4a49-a0bc-ec521402f2df/group+ride+sprint2.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out Having to use my limited sprint capacity to keep up with my friends casually cantering doesn’t feel great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b5d9903f-9e13-4233-8f52-b1f849478af2/pole+bending.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/655688dd-4d8d-464a-81b1-410acf0e3807/barrel+race.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e9001020-171c-41f1-9ce3-768cc6a30a0e/bonding+apples.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out This initial bonding upgrade gave me an extra horseshoe, later ones were far less noticeable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cbb14558-4197-40ae-88e6-df8303210be9/leading+quest.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out Not exactly a proper groundwork leading position there, but I’ll take it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/19c7682b-f026-44bb-8d78-b551cbd8235a/20250615203303_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures 2 - Hazelwood Stories convinces with Cozy Vacation Vibes and Improved Horse Animation - Make it stand out The side content has been significantly expanded in comparison to the first HCA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fb5c5991-40d2-4f08-b06e-09bb3b183e2f/20250615203222_1.jpg Blog - 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Source and further reading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/10d6e958-3bf7-4d20-adcf-ccaf99039e79/chrome_1bbNG1zzKa.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out Hay nets or other types of slow feeders are used to better simulate a wild horse’s tendency to eat small amounts of food over a longer period of time. (Image Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c942fd8e-115e-4d54-8404-e1945f3382a2/at-the-stable-sad-horses-standing-in-a-box-stall-behind-bars-2WXH9JX.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out Being able to see, smell and hear other horses through stall bars is better than nothing, but it’s not enough. (Image Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5eaa1f5b-cae9-4c2e-9f27-1e7cc81e857f/Horses-1.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out Mutual grooming is one of many ways for horses to socialize and care for each other. (Image source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a715bd8c-30c1-4ea2-9de7-96fc8d6b17e7/LAWI_20160301_026_01_05_picture-0001.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out A good open stable offers more than enough space for every horse to eat, as well as some covered, sheltered bedding. (Image Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/26eee1bf-ad88-4d69-864c-5597f362600a/image3.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out One of the several bedding areas at the barn I’ve been riding at the past two years, showing Ollero and Mani having a midday nap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/61ada894-95f1-422a-b710-824d6c246e83/Offenstall_Luftbild.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out Open stables can be further separated into smaller herds to adjust for specific social dynamics between individual horses. 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(Image Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/70d47d6a-14e5-4d3b-a9e8-65a38737e790/chrome_rBXcgXFZXT.png Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out “Paddock Paradise” facilities tend to arrange gravel trails around fenced off pasture areas, thereby encouraging horses to move around and preserving grass fields for when the weather and footing is appropriate. (Image Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/42cab403-0dc6-47be-aa92-cf334a28d223/20250309170846_1.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out Positive example from My Life: Riding Stables 3 – horses can move around the open space. Downside in this case: the area is quite large and horses insist on moving very far away from where they spawn, making it a bit tedious to find them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ea8511bf-462c-4fc8-800c-4140eaa3c7b2/20240326123723_1.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out The Sims 4: Horse Ranch lets players build their own stables. 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(Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8dbd4656-6b54-416d-aa6b-003785d1dee9/Photos_msQVcCj574.png Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out A player building a wild horse habitat in Planet Zoo: possible inspiration for barn building tools in horse games? Source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b0ee3ba9-af14-45f9-93a9-2d53ebbbf074/IMG_3796.png Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out Star Equestrian lets you customize your barn, which is cool, but there’s no option to keep horses together instead of in single stalls – the stalls just get a bit bigger if you spend more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6750df33-c2de-45bd-838e-2ec61a438601/agpjmggkvcna1.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out The pasture in Rival Stars Horse Racing is more about freeing up stable slots than meeting welfare considerations, but at least we get to watch our horses chill out there (Image Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5e963b2b-c3a7-4c53-ae9a-2cc1fa420ccd/istockphoto-467544472-2048x2048.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out What I want to see more of: horses playing with each other (Image Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/16186083-da70-461d-b985-013677f5f875/two-brown-horses-grazing-green-pasture-hill-trees-clouds-above-blue-sky-bavarian-landscape-scenery-338306228.jpg Blog - Friends, Forage and Freedom: Why We Should Stop Normalizing Solitary Confinement in Horse Games and What Devs Can Do Instead - Make it stand out A sight too rare in horse games: just chilling and grazing together (Image Source) https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/3/4/windstorm-the-legend-of-khiimori-is-now-live-on-kickstarter monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b4c0eaa8-c657-4f5b-8926-c779187fba57/firefox_piLzkAC9cM.png Blog - Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori is now Live on Kickstarter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8a0d9aed-ed9a-45bb-ab70-ce7eadf50dc0/complete_edition_00.png Blog - Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori is now Live on Kickstarter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/3/1/review-my-life-riding-stables-3-is-a-vast-improvement-over-its-predecessors-held-back-by-store-bought-horse-animation-and-bad-balancing monthly 0.5 2025-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/25c711da-52aa-42ae-988d-7df960dc5f9d/20250104131024_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ca6c112b-e32e-4a28-9935-fdd1ffa73ec0/20250104123636_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out The body diversity is quite limited, but I always like it when games do something that’s not just a clear binary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b03c8708-7f67-45da-b75c-407041dae592/20250104124358_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out In the comics, Wendy’s grandmother is called Hertha, but hey maybe this is her other grandma and they just look very much alike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/10a2becf-6f92-45fe-a26a-e8c82bf7c57a/20250104124146_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out A brown horse with black mane and tail is called a Bay and has black lower legs, which is pretty much the most common color for horses so why do games keep failing at it? And don’t come at me about wild bays, those have black points too, just lower ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/da0f5d74-2b53-421d-afd3-7385981009b1/20250104123827_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out The Black Forest Horse is a light draft horse, known for for its liver chestnut coat and flaxen mane and tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9f8e7c13-7c33-43af-9cb1-8892c942c711/20250104124612_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out The HAP sleeping pose isn’t convincing on the best of days, but combined with the fully tacked horse is gets a bit painful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/48db6055-42a5-47a7-9bb3-cf4815c0d355/20250104125353_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Love the open stable, hay rack and silly hat options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7811feba-11d4-45dd-a2e4-ddb8114e0193/20250126170732_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/66f12f08-616d-4e56-8b8b-e21cf48d6748/20250301151842_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out The game offers a randomly generated horse at a discount every in-game day, or lets you buy and customize a horse that comes with lower or higher existing stats, depending on the price. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/aa5a649b-2e1e-4af2-9e40-be6c657861b1/20250107222637_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out The ingame map lets you toggle different horse views, displaying which star courses are still available for training today for that particular horse, which is really neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0714539b-d5b5-49c2-b83f-a6d68e5cff5a/20250104132620_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Buildings and new world areas can be unlocked either through the shop menu or by walking up to them in the game world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ac3c10d3-d6eb-4d65-ae51-1d5f792f9a34/20250209152543_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Customization items for your horse and rider are another fun money sink, but I found them quite expensive considering I can only earn about 500 Equis per day through competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f094f33c-2288-4157-9ef5-b148a3745eee/20250126173409_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Beach, Forest and Mountain as well as higher ranked races are locked at the start and become available as you compete and unlock the areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b36fe947-d76e-4bbb-9d40-57b4828470be/20250109221620_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out You can start competitions through the menu or by visiting the arena in each area of the open world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d24bcd5d-4781-4234-9a25-0b2f87a164f2/20250109224913_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Every race type comes with its own brief tutorial, which is nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8d489131-53e4-4f57-b478-3c65a415f91a/20250109224526_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out A horse’s sales price depends on its skills and condition, so buying a low grade horse and training it can be another way to earn money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/99c67334-db9a-4149-8852-74dd5a631a15/20250301110716_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Pretty much everything in the game can be done either through the menu or through interacting with the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cefda14a-5de7-490e-a48e-5fc76c7c76a1/20250126171136_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Life: Riding Stables 3 is a Vast Improvement over its Predecessors, Held Back by Store-Bought Horse Animation and Bad Balancing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/2/26/recommended-the-horse-in-stardew-valley-deserves-better-heres-what-concernedape-could-try monthly 0.5 2025-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5bd2f9a6-ec9a-4aa0-8251-f13a482cad48/firefox_zfMnTjd4Qg.png Blog - Recommended: "The Horse In Stardew Valley Deserves Better. Here’s What ConcernedApe Could Try" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/2/24/recommended-most-animated-horse-assets-you-can-buy-are-subpar-in-terms-of-anatomy-and-not-good-enough-if-your-target-audience-includes-people-who-like-horses monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a81a0352-6e3d-4821-8483-61fbb8211fc7/leg-bending-illustration.jpg Blog - Recommended: Most animated horse assets you can buy are subpar in terms of anatomy and not good enough if your target audience includes "people who like horses" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/1/8/horses-2025-on-playstation-5-and-the-massive-red-flags-in-its-trailer-and-screenshots monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/098a2872-50c3-4a0b-bf38-4d1781c8e3ed/mDMylsa.jpeg Blog - “Horses 2025” on PlayStation 5 and The Massive Red Flags in its Trailer and Screenshots - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/834bb8e7-7b59-4842-9664-ec2a19db445e/VVvXXhM.jpeg Blog - “Horses 2025” on PlayStation 5 and The Massive Red Flags in its Trailer and Screenshots - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6ff2f6f6-ca4e-42c1-9f37-3bf21c057ac3/bS5A7YP.jpeg Blog - “Horses 2025” on PlayStation 5 and The Massive Red Flags in its Trailer and Screenshots - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b9b4e5ec-8dcd-4170-bffb-2ae5050ce78d/chrome_wZW7foe9JV.png Blog - “Horses 2025” on PlayStation 5 and The Massive Red Flags in its Trailer and Screenshots - Make it stand out Note the nonexistent thumb on the person’s right hand, the reins disappearing into the horse’s nostril, the cheek piece not connecting to anything and there being a strap along the nose in the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/020e88ba-cc7f-4d0c-91c6-c0e0616a011d/Photos_ThLRvBXzEb.png Blog - “Horses 2025” on PlayStation 5 and The Massive Red Flags in its Trailer and Screenshots - Make it stand out The rider’s hand as well as the horse’s head seem to disappear into the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8a81a1bd-74b6-4d47-9854-22a1170691e9/Photos_HyGYY3o28h.png Blog - “Horses 2025” on PlayStation 5 and The Massive Red Flags in its Trailer and Screenshots - Make it stand out Where are those reins going to? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1f9d05d0-0b78-4690-9f86-1973a0455cd2/Photos_DyTFxkrhZK.png Blog - “Horses 2025” on PlayStation 5 and The Massive Red Flags in its Trailer and Screenshots - Make it stand out Somehow the entire foot seems to be placed on the stirrup bar from toe to heel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9830af98-faee-4c2a-9d90-7a5cf526509e/4foCr5o.jpg Blog - “Horses 2025” on PlayStation 5 and The Massive Red Flags in its Trailer and Screenshots - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/1/5/abandonware-scam-or-legitimate-re-release-lucinda-greens-equestrian-challenge-is-available-on-steam-now-but-raising-suspicions monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9783f56d-1cad-4dce-9fb0-fa80a588bda8/chrome_vrmvweLORK.png Blog - Abandonware Scam or Legitimate Re-Release? Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge is available on Steam now, but raising suspicions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3b979c41-17ec-4bab-86c8-70f38beadac0/Discord_ZLjK9AnkB3.jpg Blog - Abandonware Scam or Legitimate Re-Release? Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge is available on Steam now, but raising suspicions - Make it stand out This link now redirects to the same steam page, but the embed on this message from July 2021 still shows the erroneous version without the last name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5faae7c9-3326-48b8-845a-ec51b639cb2c/EquestrianChallenge_fDV3MZL9Me.png Blog - Abandonware Scam or Legitimate Re-Release? Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge is available on Steam now, but raising suspicions - Make it stand out Setting the graphics to maximum via the video configuration option (videoquery.exe in your installed files) results in a complete white-out of the game’s textures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fca76065-f4dc-46df-8022-14077739a562/EquestrianChallenge_LGCjJPx2X8.png Blog - Abandonware Scam or Legitimate Re-Release? Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge is available on Steam now, but raising suspicions - Make it stand out Completely white or completely black horses appear to occur if you launch the game through Steam (instead of just launching the .exe) and have graphics set to anything other than minimum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7373f9ed-acb5-4cb7-9d12-f76b73ad3c05/WinMergeU_IQ4HyjwQSE.png Blog - Abandonware Scam or Legitimate Re-Release? Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge is available on Steam now, but raising suspicions - Make it stand out I ran the cracked version and the steam version through WinMerge and found that they’re identical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a3a2734f-0005-4fd3-aa04-2109668f6422/7zFM_Fg0H6E9WWc.png Blog - Abandonware Scam or Legitimate Re-Release? Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge is available on Steam now, but raising suspicions - Make it stand out Opening the .exe file in 7zip reveals a file called HATRED, indicating a cracked version https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c11a9cee-73c9-4dc5-a773-1a2ac8b6b35a/chrome_1H3lMTlmnT.png Blog - Abandonware Scam or Legitimate Re-Release? Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge is available on Steam now, but raising suspicions - Make it stand out The only other game by the same publisher on Steam also appears to be a barely functional re-release of a previously abandoned game, judging from the reviews. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/12/28/2024-in-review-numbers-insights-and-reflections monthly 0.5 2024-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/188b6bd3-d1ca-4f01-815a-d197a2d387de/tmq-6year.jpg Blog - 2024 in Review – Numbers, Insights and Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/29778062-ace7-4c17-8cc1-42e15751a948/chrome_OEZUFzZAss.png Blog - 2024 in Review – Numbers, Insights and Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b6c02761-5934-4c0e-a4f0-ff2b641241aa/chrome_T9q0kGJMSw.png Blog - 2024 in Review – Numbers, Insights and Reflections - Make it stand out Traffic Sources: Search: 64 % | Direct: 22% | Social: 10% | Referral: 3% https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fa1fbc3e-2224-4cdd-b74e-328ece78a373/chrome_RdIBwkyWdq.png Blog - 2024 in Review – Numbers, Insights and Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/007cc788-e418-4a06-a121-305e7d15db7e/bafkreib7k6s4gyi2fiolnhtqwaapd26qwioawk3uaw5yjtgqrtl5t4dgjy.jpg Blog - 2024 in Review – Numbers, Insights and Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b510881e-d7c0-45bf-b820-6715492cc704/chrome_8pQlTWD4wE.png Blog - 2024 in Review – Numbers, Insights and Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f3b47dbf-b233-4fca-9fb4-b52714fa10a1/Photos_JmsX5wUj1y.jpg Blog - 2024 in Review – Numbers, Insights and Reflections - Make it stand out My lease horse Ollero and myself at a gymkhana with costumes this Summer https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/12/27/review-my-horse-bonded-spirits-is-a-fresh-take-on-horse-games-but-unfortunately-not-a-very-good-one monthly 0.5 2024-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/507de829-7de3-464f-b31d-1fa629ca08de/Photo_20241126_55824+PM261.png Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/95e4529b-b17c-4f0c-9623-f90fe28138ac/vlc_mKSWLwG63C.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out You can play as a male or female avatar and initially only little variety for customizations, with the option to unlock more coming later . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b45cd431-7775-4bf2-a583-77710f708d3d/vlc_oKz1XDi4D2.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out I found the opening sequence quite motion sickness inducing, so heads up to maybe skip it if you’re also sensitive to that sort of thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b020a6a5-91bc-42ea-baa0-3e76df3a9e76/20240921175840_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out The game’s early missions guide you through horse care step by step https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d7870067-4ce8-4716-b03a-6fbd1dd93b7c/20240921180721_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out I told Robbie I had arachnophobia and couldn’t possibly sleep in the old farm house with spiders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a94c503d-14cf-46d7-adf9-ee8fd9908cec/vlc_v4YCj76Pnw.png Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Quest dialogues will sometimes over text messages or phone calls in addition to meeting NPCs in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5e94b5b4-0a89-4a13-8bea-17469b073aad/20240921181211_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out The Unlock tree for Horse Skills and Rider skills look almost identical, and even share a few of the exact same perks for some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ed708024-471c-443c-994d-7b6efea7aea8/20240921181239_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out I like the idea of water crossing as a skill your horse learns through bonding, but I can’t say I noticed this change in gameplay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1a4b106b-25c2-48cc-91a1-035bc9159a6b/20241226145632_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out The apple and carrot icons on that map are the only places where you can actually find items to pick up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/feb0fcf5-19ae-4e54-aeca-a3da4f549846/Photo_20241203_23458+PM647.png Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out This large race track is a cool spot, but I find many of the textures and colors too monotonously brown to work well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5beb8c80-124f-477f-8ebb-92e5c60f6009/Photo_20241201_110023+AM894.png Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out This Nordic Stave Church is one of a handful of pretty landmarks to find in the world. It too is a premade asset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f271e2f7-9fa9-482e-b6fe-20a8b6549f7b/Photo_20241203_25421+PM998.png Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out This village would have been a cool place to find, but unfortunately there is literally nothing to do here except to ride through and take a few pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/977175cf-e1f7-42ef-9186-9a62fef3bb86/Photo_20241203_25108+PM516.png Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Backgrounds like these rock formations add to an overall cheap and careless presentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bf7d9afb-307f-4e2b-bc23-d394e30e4c63/20241208155700_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Considering that bonding with my horse is supposedly the main theme and goal of this game, I’m sure there would have been better options for how to present the player with the “New Game +” choice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/81bec005-560c-4dd6-a38e-4c85c7bc0685/20241222202933_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Stable Management is accessed through the player’s phone menu, but is badly explained and unsatisfying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b7840714-80cf-4ac6-9fe5-6b03e0656be9/20241226145648_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Additional horses show up in the remaining stalls, but can’t be interacted with outside of the Stable Management menu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/46f716e3-cf8e-4ba8-bc04-379e974db037/20241203151927_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Player Customization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a4497d4c-3b99-46c2-8b8a-2c1bac4bd8fa/20241201120240_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Horse Customization: the braided tail is a bit strange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/dbd8257f-628a-4de5-b9e6-3f33936818d9/20241201120227_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Horse Customization: I like that hoof boots were included at all, that’s rare! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fde11d0c-0a0f-488c-b3a3-3915943e8844/20241201120142_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Horse Customization: this dragon rug is a fun option. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6661f113-8300-43ef-b9a9-1165f536b681/20241208153850_1.jpg Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Ah yes, definitely how rivers work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3da434a1-9ac4-4a5d-a399-bf5241e25e08/My_Horse_Bonded_Spirits__Announcement_Trailer__STEAM.gif Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Announcement Trailer visuals…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/41ec36cc-eaf8-45a3-a828-79ea679b8a99/01._Your_Story-1.gif Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out … versus promotional footage for the released game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8febab97-267a-472b-871f-e493e4aca371/Photo_20241201_105709+AM643.png Blog - Review: My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a Fresh Take on Horse Games, but Unfortunately Not a Very Good One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/12/26/announcement-unbridled-that-horse-game-will-release-in-early-access-on-february-19th-2025 monthly 0.5 2024-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/aa424133-d71a-4e90-9bb0-9628b24c5656/ss_c644d2659799011669683989d81e5da304a584ff.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Announcement – Unbridled: That Horse Game will Release in Early Access on February 19th 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e7db100d-6793-44c5-97b4-7c10039ec931/ss_e7dced473774be9575821bb1b43673aee98c5879.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Announcement – Unbridled: That Horse Game will Release in Early Access on February 19th 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5907a1f6-e260-492d-876f-8e175dc7b971/ss_3f5ded6a659c2deae62c89946feae1dfab31770f.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Announcement – Unbridled: That Horse Game will Release in Early Access on February 19th 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6f42b107-e4be-4d28-892c-04ba57cf4b2b/ss_1f53854e9526e1956d811e23e68543809ce5e34a.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Announcement – Unbridled: That Horse Game will Release in Early Access on February 19th 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/12/13/recommended-the-problem-with-red-dead-redemption-2s-horse-testicles-theres-too-many-of-them monthly 0.5 2024-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4dc7e96c-3ece-4315-945a-c9e97175eae3/chrome_FJkBqqTwJ6.png Blog - Recommended: "The Problem With Red Dead Redemption 2’s Horse Testicles – 'There's Too Many of Them'" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/12/10/horse-games-history-of-a-neglected-genre-and-its-untapped-potential-talk-from-devcom-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/12/2/game-release-roam-wild-horse-simulator-is-out-on-steam-now monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/11/22/horse-world-online-celebrates-its-anniversary-and-looks-back-on-20-years-of-browser-game-history monthly 0.5 2024-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9fe6ced6-fd48-4257-91b9-8d3e02dbc6c5/LarissaAndTom-20241031-1.jpg Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - Make it stand out Larissa and Tom Rintjema, the creators of Horse World Online https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ba50b81e-504d-4e15-bb3e-9b587b6a4816/art-timeline.jpg Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - Make it stand out Horse World Online through the ages: Originally, the intention was to keep the art very simple so players could upload their own drawings. This has however led to copyright issues in the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bbfb1b72-31f1-4e1e-b4f3-51cf9f93704d/2004+-+2005.JPG Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - Make it stand out The original HWO home page back in 2004. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e0df2a70-3315-479f-b484-c7495491ca11/scene.jpg Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - Make it stand out Early 3D experiments from around 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2ffbebdf-4758-4d51-9d67-96e0cfb2c4f4/2012+-+2023.JPG Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - Make it stand out The HWO home page in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6dba837c-63e0-4975-a684-fb9498dd3304/competitors.jpg Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - Make it stand out Some of HWO’s competitors (left to right): Morning Dust Ranch, Horse Eden Eventing, Equine Passion, Horse Reality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/43e7105e-d0ee-4dda-a50a-229ebabce489/7.JPG Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - Make it stand out HWO’s art style from 2012 to present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0948f6b0-c4a4-401b-9a20-fea0f9710f0e/new+art+1.png Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - Make it stand out Preview of the upcoming art style update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c784578f-a1ca-43e0-956f-ad27e4930778/1189589375.jpg Blog - Horse World Online Celebrates its Anniversary and Looks Back on 20 Years of Browser Game History - 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It’s not easy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/10/16/weve-learned-a-lot-but-our-mission-to-make-great-horse-games-hasnt-changed-reflecting-on-equestrian-the-game-with-kavalri-games-molly-ericson monthly 0.5 2024-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2c5354e8-a2d0-44ad-a0b0-e7cb3939f78c/southwest.jpg Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/19fe521c-3620-495b-b32f-cec5c1b10c29/Portr%C3%A4tt%2C+kontorlandskap-2.jpg Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out Molly Ericson is the Co-Founder of Kavalri Games and has recently shifted her responsibilities from Creative Director to CEO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/579880ed-9f2a-4dec-9af2-b0ba2723f3a4/image+%2817%29.png Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out Pinto horses can be bought from the shop… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7a0925d0-09a2-47cb-a360-7910a2f2848f/GooglePlay_CreateYourHorse.png Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out …or created in the game’s horse customization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/89e8643c-5d36-4a62-83fc-d7ae5ab75b73/PintoBlobs.gif Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out A demonstration of how shader effects add visual diversity to the underlying masks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cab640a5-4db5-46d1-a480-6665991e7ac9/cm-banner.jpg Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e116927a-4222-4f66-8edb-d2280405290f/chrome_mPwKZJaXrd.png Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out On Google Play alone, ETG has been downloaded over one million times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b6eb5bcd-2ae6-4ebc-9b21-c8858f3d9c6c/IMG_2749.png Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out The game now features incentivized ads, where player watch an ad and get premium currency in return. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cf1ff784-29fb-4b5d-b88c-764f9d71ae63/IMG_2751.png Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out Examples of ETG’s monetization: horse shop… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3b8574ef-89bb-4289-8b0a-5e909f906f09/IMG_2752.png Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out …and season pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/886f7fd8-098c-4287-a4e5-4f46aaecd331/Screenshot_20231003-213655_Facebook.jpg Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out AI-generated ad on Facebook. Note that both horses in the image have extra limbs. Source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1d47cbca-e2ca-4d60-aff4-64c976ee36d8/chrome_YDg9Q8FAuI.png Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out AI-generated Ad on Instagram. Note the “horse” in the background on the right for an obvious tell. Source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/00b3705e-5f86-45fd-b8e8-cbad0fd54e73/Gruppbild+ute.jpg Blog - “We’ve learned a lot, but our mission to make great horse games hasn’t changed” – Reflecting on Equestrian The Game with Kavalri Games’ Molly Ericson - Make it stand out Kavalri Team Photo https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/10/12/game-release-tales-of-rein-ravine-is-now-available-on-steam-for-free monthly 0.5 2024-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8203621a-6add-41ee-9976-cc624e574279/20241012154523_1.jpg Blog - Game Release: Tales of Rein Ravine is Now Available on Steam For Free - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c3eb9e19-8346-4aea-ac6d-99ef2d6dbdbc/20241012155109_1.jpg Blog - Game Release: Tales of Rein Ravine is Now Available on Steam For Free - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ab011367-4b1c-45d1-8c3d-19165032ec13/20241012162410_1.jpg Blog - Game Release: Tales of Rein Ravine is Now Available on Steam For Free - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/96b4c80b-42e7-484d-8375-ff6ead187589/ss_e32735372b9bb84aa29b0b314a247eb4e11a2c68.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Release: Tales of Rein Ravine is Now Available on Steam For Free - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/322e0412-031a-4223-8e91-9776c7ee72e5/ss_06ac9b0d81e109f16538b4c3b441d0ebc2aa785b.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Release: Tales of Rein Ravine is Now Available on Steam For Free - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/9/20/introducing-the-bridle-paths-a-new-website-about-horses-in-games-films-and-more monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c7c09421-8a83-4566-870e-8ef0e313e556/chrome_SfNb0w3NYj.png Blog - Introducing The Bridle Paths: A New Website about Horses in Games, Films and More! - Make it stand out Calling Aragorn, Little Creek, Geralt of Rivia and Phoebus “horse girls” regardless of their gender is objectively correct, thank you. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/9/6/horse-animation-guides-references-and-resources monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/68606e88-5b40-41ec-83d0-619479febce6/muybridge-trot.jpg Blog - Horse Animation: Guides, References and Resources - Make it stand out What not to take from these particular pictures is the open mouth: Horses generally keep their mouths closed, but this horse is likely trying to evade bit pressure (pain). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5b1125c5-8123-4550-8146-f3bb63b343a7/D_quqwRVAAA6oCd.jfif Blog - Horse Animation: Guides, References and Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/52576612-b5d3-4268-ab72-c0a35d25e3c5/D_qurfnUEAAjqD2.jfif Blog - Horse Animation: Guides, References and Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/27a4e2f2-b95c-49c7-a7a4-dbe16b9cff8c/D_qusvNUcAAQJ12.jfif Blog - Horse Animation: Guides, References and Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/97e4ac4b-06ac-4226-b101-7c74c2893eb0/D_qutkkVUAAXH-S.jfif Blog - Horse Animation: Guides, References and Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b08587b5-b352-4ff2-ae24-ef1d60a73e88/D_qutluUcAApOoQ.jfif Blog - Horse Animation: Guides, References and Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ea75b012-2f02-487a-9cb9-829290e2b514/D_quvMuUEAAoLnT.jfif Blog - Horse Animation: Guides, References and Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8330db34-1770-467e-a74a-e9a92806501f/leg-bending-illustration.jpg Blog - Horse Animation: Guides, References and Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/9/2/roam-is-a-sandbox-game-where-you-play-as-a-wild-worse-thats-up-to-no-good-and-theres-a-free-demo-available monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0bff7bb3-0d4b-4992-96d6-958dee845228/ROAM-Win64-Shipping_jn24BktClL.jpg Blog - ROAM is an Open World Wild Horse Simulator and There's a Free Demo Available Now! - Make it stand out The demo lets you sleep and graze to recharge your energy and hunger bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/69442cff-95c2-4a44-aee9-f24f39f203e8/ROAM-Win64-Shipping_RzjhM4gkP3.jpg Blog - ROAM is an Open World Wild Horse Simulator and There's a Free Demo Available Now! - Make it stand out The Canyon environments definitely help with the Spirit vibes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/402bfdd0-e436-4067-85ce-fc57089e4201/ROAM_2.PNG Blog - ROAM is an Open World Wild Horse Simulator and There's a Free Demo Available Now! - Make it stand out ROAM comes with a built-in screenshot tool for taking UI-free screenshots, which is honestly about the best word of mouth marketing tool you can put into an early test version. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/8/28/preview-i-tried-the-vr-edition-of-rival-stars-horse-racing-and-its-looking-pretty-good monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bd9f7fc2-1199-4e6b-a88c-fbbca9119355/HRCVR_meta_trailer_cover_image_small.png Blog - Preview: I tried the VR Edition of Rival Stars Horse Racing and it's Looking Pretty Good - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9846a0de-ec79-4c31-ae7c-c918f78ae57e/hrc_meta_2560x1440_05.png Blog - Preview: I tried the VR Edition of Rival Stars Horse Racing and it's Looking Pretty Good - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/36a5d039-6bf8-4beb-8c92-5f21b2224482/hrc_meta_2560x1440_04.png Blog - Preview: I tried the VR Edition of Rival Stars Horse Racing and it's Looking Pretty Good - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3566e038-67da-483b-b9b6-8d3b54882bab/chrome_W6AadvxvLQ.png Blog - Preview: I tried the VR Edition of Rival Stars Horse Racing and it's Looking Pretty Good - Make it stand out Note the screen in the background where you can see that I'm grooming my horse. Also note that I'm stupidly grinning about it because I was actually having a lot of fun with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1d765db0-de16-4cbb-9804-779a06aeb744/IMG_20240821_132618_crop.jpg Blog - Preview: I tried the VR Edition of Rival Stars Horse Racing and it's Looking Pretty Good - Make it stand out I look like a dork in all of these photos but I think that just comes with the job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/08e440c2-8273-4e36-80e3-8a2a00c5c6cf/IMG_20240821_132327-crop.jpg Blog - Preview: I tried the VR Edition of Rival Stars Horse Racing and it's Looking Pretty Good - Make it stand out A glance at Cross Country riding in the game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/da25485c-2cd2-4848-914d-0e21fdf02351/IMG_20240821_144702-crop.jpg Blog - Preview: I tried the VR Edition of Rival Stars Horse Racing and it's Looking Pretty Good - Make it stand out After various calls and exchanges ov er the years, gamescom gave me the opportunity to meet Mario Wynands (left) and Karah Sutton (right) from PikPok in person, which was lovely! https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/7/23/the-mane-quest-at-devcom-and-gamescom-im-giving-a-talk-about-horse-games monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/077c7966-edac-48fc-a2a8-4482f058ae9d/chrome_R1cHIpc6xM.png Blog - The Mane Quest at Devcom and Gamescom: I'm giving a talk about Horse Games! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/7/16/adding-horses-to-your-game-tips-resources-dos-and-donts monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/40d95475-954d-41e6-9184-0a95c5b4ea86/vlc_F1ZXwuK9Oq.png Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out In Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch, UI elements and dialogues use the gender of the actual horse you’re riding at that moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a0b7c12a-9ef6-4d46-8773-f297f8f71441/vlc_qxucWp2yNw.png Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Ghost of Tsushima lets the player select one of three voice acted names for the horse they choose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a5bcfff3-eed4-4fcf-93dd-75bdd8c3f86b/favorite-spot.gif Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Horses tend to stretch out their neck and look silly when they’re getting scratched in good itchy spots. Fernhoof Grove represents this in its brushing minigame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/eb3b4dc4-5643-41b9-b55d-a5fb79bbd915/feeding.gif Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Elden Ring gives players the option to feed raisins to their magic goat horse companion to recover his health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b86e8929-1847-4a7d-b0c9-3a1ef6cbcbd4/maxresdefault.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out The Witcher’s Roach has a fear level. Geralt can calm her using magic, but a few scratches and soothing words would work just as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c774ebee-ef02-44d2-80d9-f353d2b76eac/chrome_qQUMfllSqS.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Red Dead Redemption 2 lets you groom your horse… but only next to the saddle, which is a bit goofy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d768dae4-6a05-423a-8f6e-ef8343de731b/bendy-legs.gif Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/249279c3-15cc-4118-95aa-81cd32361e22/torrent-uphill.gif Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ddee7e4b-08fb-4873-bafa-f2d3ce2d9679/The-four-common-horse-gaits-indicating-speed-footfalls-per-minute-and-strides-per.png Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out The horse’s gaits: I recommend separate animations for each gait, and giving the player control over which gait they are moving at. (image source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/69e41c00-fc10-40ed-b903-b0630790c6ed/chrome_VwlKGvGJ2h.png Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out The first Windstorm game has many flaws, but one thing it does well is let you move at a specific gait and showing you which one you’re at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ce14bcb3-5790-4cc7-a01c-7225754a266c/20210529174444_1.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out This is the best picture I could take of my horse and character in Horse Club Adventures because the camera is so limiting that I couldn’t get the whole horse in frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/17b7e855-2f58-4d8a-a450-851716272b1a/HorseColorGuide-v3.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a7d2046c-0918-4b45-a189-cc1931ea63fd/chrome_tVWP7mVJN0.png Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Finding and unlocking multiple horse breeds can be part of a game’s progress and achievements, like in Red Dead Redemption 2. (img src) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5e929d8a-bc0c-4820-8f01-2435982df4ed/31536000.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Picking a horse breed that fits your setting can make your game world feel grounded: cold environments usually make for stocky horses with thick winter coats, like this Fjord. (img src) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3f42225b-6f14-4c96-b70e-310ae35c96ca/D%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD_k%C5%AF%C5%88.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Warmblood: A “Standard” horse so to say, widely used in sports like jumping and dressage (img src) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/37b1acad-7fd3-4007-b7ac-53e0f48b0554/Halterstandingshotarabianone.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Arabian horse: note the slender build, slightly concave face and straight back. (img src) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/700337bc-d60c-4fd8-896a-a5f5de9371c0/GypsyMareLeft.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Irish Cob: note the long, thick mane and tail, heavy build and hairy lower legs (img src) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/127531a7-4861-4386-96d3-c103e3f2bb18/horse_bridle_saddle_mane_4.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild offers a few saddle and bridle style customization options (img src) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/05464cf0-82b1-431d-9e80-859fa5461264/chrome_F82WoHZhSZ.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, customizing your horse’s mane and tail is only possible via a mod. This one got downloaded over 75’000 times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3e490253-7d10-4917-97e6-b64d2624f257/western-snaffle_1000-600x346.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out A standard Western bridle with a snaffle bit is a solid choice for a simple and ethical headpiece. (img src). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/14d57e76-cce3-4abd-aa51-7c115af722eb/216989032_5902459263129840_6678297261723622014_n.jpeg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out If you want to avoid putting metal in your horses’ mouths, a sidepull bridle can be a good alternative. (img src) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bafb0879-9d11-4dcb-a9f4-50e650428ca0/20240716181642_1.jpg Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out Other animals you can have in My Time at Sandrock get to live in pens, but horses stand around in their saddles at all times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ad09486c-289e-4849-a23c-a5ce9d3d9929/chrome_5riufYBFgd.png Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out What I’d like to see instead: horses grazing, relaxing, socializing while not wearing saddles or bridles. (img src) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/baf5e552-5731-4ac3-8388-d4a84e796099/chrome_jQpf8ZnNPj.png Blog - Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts - Make it stand out This image search is a perfect example for why this research can be a pain in the ass: apart from the top left result, these photos don’t actually show neighing, but yawning or flehmen. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/7/14/new-high-quality-horse-asset-for-developers-this-animated-horse-by-aragon-3d-is-now-available-in-unreal-marketplace monthly 0.5 2024-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cd0ac818-3c37-44d1-84b9-60dcfb4eb814/abraham-tovmasyan-aragon-untitled-camera-2-002.jpg Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out I do appreciate a pretty dappled grey coat, and this one looks excellent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9d301aa8-b934-4bb8-aeb6-51431a634093/UgfQhlBX77.png Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out These dirt splashes from below are looking a lot more realistic than the random blots horse games tend to have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c675c223-4373-4c59-9339-853215a61da3/abraham-tovmasyan-aragon-untitled-003.jpg Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out The render quality is impressive, but the neck and head look a little odd from the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/81e74a17-64b5-4296-8de9-6aabb6147d04/Coats-1920x1080-d3cd0cda147e8224e46b39e489e9b0b0.jpg Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out The coats all look very good to me, although the terminology of their names is not quite correct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ab99d5ec-3efc-4dbe-ae3e-35e0895c9990/chrome_P6sD7O910X.png Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out English bridle: noseband and bit connect to two separate cheek pieces (source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8725506d-4236-4d3a-924c-ef86f7ab34f2/chrome_h4n8BTlwWB.png Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out Western bridle: no noseband, bit is attached to headstall (source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/150ee7aa-af94-46fd-9a5a-38c3ca954826/chrome_qYmxYFUrd0.png Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out Cossack bridle: noseband and bit connect to the same cheek piece, but note that there are no rings connecting either noseband or throatlatch. (source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7873b6c8-5797-4de1-ad18-74496e6814be/ApplicationFrameHost_bdOBqqABKL.png Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out Bridle as portrayed in the asset: noseband and bit connect to the same cheek strap by a ring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/93cfa32e-2fe8-45a9-890f-46a04f1b0ee3/chrome_JURi08LbPY.png Blog - New High Quality Horse Asset for Developers: This animated Horse by Aragon 3D is now available in Unreal Marketplace - Make it stand out I invite my equestrian friends to correct me if I’m wrong but I think the pose of that left foreleg is simply not feasible with how equine tendons work. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/6/7/game-announcement-roundup-here-are-6-new-and-upcoming-horse-games-to-have-a-look-at monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/18ad8f5f-ebce-4d9d-8463-3cacfc22d9fe/ss_b0d9002090154b5727b07d76d0bf4bad3f0512e6.600x338.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e72eee51-c837-488d-8c6d-6e1a19472719/ss_47e24cd705ff493087cbb4cdc3c9f5965b9b1f4c.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fb1d0ecc-87ab-46a4-88b4-88dc2c5aaa51/ss_dc1e43105675599ce993738d7f5cd05e4214e093.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/11e77c4b-07ad-4ff2-a4d1-05ab8d45a35c/ss_54d838264f1701709a70fb47f6f172bc5852cf85.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/844861d9-8ed3-4e33-b904-7a5957724ce9/ss_f37ccebc3c8692e46852f05a9ef8fdc77800db9f.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8c6e12ec-ce87-40b2-bea3-8aa7c2620627/ss_5ea6978fab882716e11a4b653ac814195621012d.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d4bb6696-38d5-41b3-9e42-bc3a105d5330/ss_b826faae8a137a33d4cecc7750fe59f81d5ab3b6.1920x1080.jpg Blog - 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Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c25b71c8-d690-400d-823e-bafcd53cbdd6/ss_708c6b24865faa967f5f7029c4b38b1024683405.600x338.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f9684db4-ccda-4e7a-8552-570d3ba10965/ss_3af932bba1ab02f9f4b42ebb6d9444a8f10cc1a6.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7c72ecc3-a851-4d97-bc9a-a15788099b77/ss_3841600f8c705fcc5fa547584abb38ee2c0c3774.600x338.jpg Blog - 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Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d6702f61-96c8-4944-8080-eb8c9955b818/ss_8e2d5978b815a49bc4278c5f7138e98048291fec.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/35126ce3-9037-4044-b75e-58f5893e40d8/horsessad.png Blog - Game Announcement Roundup: Here are 6 New and Upcoming Horse Games to have a Look at - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/6/2/horse-life-on-roblox-the-new-fantasy-horse-breeding-game-is-now-available-developer-qampa3 monthly 0.5 2024-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/87398ccf-61b5-4fc1-b522-41a864be8bb3/image2.png Blog - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/5/7/game-announcement-windstorm-the-legend-of-khiimori monthly 0.5 2024-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/04575503-3ca4-4472-91fd-2be2b0eaac8b/Windstorm+The+Legend+of+Khiimori+-+Key+Art+%28Wide%29.jpg Blog - Game Announcement: Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori – An Open World Horse Riding Game set in Historical Mongolia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1fe8da4e-40d3-4629-b68b-1b62247a90a8/Windstorm+The+Legend+of+Khiimori+-+003+websize.png Blog - Game Announcement: Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori – An Open World Horse Riding Game set in Historical Mongolia - Make it stand out Realistic portrayal of horses is a key design principle for this entire project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e1148a85-53bc-4608-84fa-d674f60cc31a/Windstorm+The+Legend+of+Khiimori+-+005+websize.jpg Blog - Game Announcement: Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori – An Open World Horse Riding Game set in Historical Mongolia - Make it stand out A first look at the players camp, featuring a paddock for horses and traditional mongolian ger (tents). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/69d9cd83-7e0a-49cd-9737-b67f975d2fc3/chrome_RCQczMUkcN.jpg Blog - Game Announcement: Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori – An Open World Horse Riding Game set in Historical Mongolia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/47570998-1b67-499d-96e4-473a227450b0/chrome_bMVKRm5qim.jpg Blog - Game Announcement: Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori – An Open World Horse Riding Game set in Historical Mongolia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/5/3/announcing-the-tmq-horse-game-press-amp-influencer-contact-list-sign-up-now monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cf41ade5-84d4-43bc-ba39-0889efedf662/horsegame-influencer.jpg Blog - Announcing the TMQ Horse Game Press &amp; Influencer Contact List – Sign up now! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/5/1/game-announcement-amp-developer-insight-rival-stars-horse-racing-is-coming-to-vr monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/da249ec9-eff5-434a-a9a6-8011c0739d53/hrc_meta_2560x1440_04.png Blog - Game Announcement &amp; Developer Insight: Rival Stars Horse Racing is Coming to VR! - Make it stand out Can the horses get some bedding in their stalls though please? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/413e771b-7009-4ab4-9a93-b3a4843dc3df/hrc_meta_2560x1440_02.png Blog - Game Announcement &amp; Developer Insight: Rival Stars Horse Racing is Coming to VR! - Make it stand out Not confined as much by UI, horse stalls get more space in the VR edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fcc19f66-a9bc-4568-92f0-2f688810a185/hrc_meta_2560x1440_03.png Blog - Game Announcement &amp; Developer Insight: Rival Stars Horse Racing is Coming to VR! - Make it stand out I’ll forgive the slightly wonky grip on the reins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/64ce5369-00df-438c-b0ed-19c02010c294/hrc_meta_2560x1440_05.png Blog - Game Announcement &amp; Developer Insight: Rival Stars Horse Racing is Coming to VR! - Make it stand out The User Interface also had to be rebuilt from the ground up for VR. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/4/24/we-expect-to-support-the-game-for-years-to-come-insights-on-rival-stars-horse-racing-from-pikpok-ceo-mario-wynands monthly 0.5 2024-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1155e8ea-5be6-427c-a2a6-8b959c56b525/Anniversary+Art_1920x1080.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5dc5be23-588f-45f8-b260-05f57c762353/mariowynandsprofilepichigh.jpg Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out Mario Wynands, CEO and co-founder of PikPok https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/48b11724-e7a5-4434-9441-62f6a115dfc5/mcc.jpg Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out PikPok’s original horse racing game: Melbourne Cup Challenge from 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/97a5968b-dfed-432b-82e7-6dafe8ff4ad5/en_steam_1920x1080_02.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out Racing gameplay has been at the core of the RSHR experience from the start… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3aac439b-5b44-4901-bca5-5b4c3d258e24/en_steam_1920x1080_08.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out …while many of its cozier, horse lifestyle focused features were added over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9deb7da5-4e78-4183-8b3f-71d6c59ea40e/Then+and+Now_Mobile.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out The mobile version tends to get updates earlier and more often… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bda3db82-d1e5-4373-bab7-070ce3029f0a/Then+and+Now_Laptop.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out …while PC players wait a bit longer for the finished features. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/84e49eee-f528-4b42-b03b-4150e7a33ba0/Then+and+Now_Dev+Screen1_1.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out A brief first glimpse at the upcoming crossbreeding functionality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/99b75e8e-309c-41c9-acff-832116b6594c/chrome_6SNpY9lA2h.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out PikPok has a variety of sports games in their portfolio - a few even sharing the “Rival Stars” brand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c4188b43-a354-48fe-8bd6-78eef36f6365/Then+and+Now_Motion+Capture2.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out Behind the scenes: PikPok uses Motion Capture technology as the basis of their ingame animations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/23596139-1d87-4b4e-be64-586682bd0b98/Then+and+Now_1.png Blog - “We expect to support the game for years to come” – Insights on Rival Stars Horse Racing from PikPok CEO Mario Wynands - Make it stand out A glimpse into the creation of coat and pattern variety. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/4/13/the-sims-4-horse-ranch-an-alright-experience-that-could-have-been-so-much-more monthly 0.5 2024-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/87342369-f71d-4525-bafe-fe591a6f1c77/20230723215549_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/86d2d0cf-ad27-4e71-ac66-f33fb679c476/breeds1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Akhal-Teke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d39b953e-e12f-4e91-af20-306f123df5e9/breeds2.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Lusitano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f9d755c0-f55a-4f3a-9dd7-5abad73af281/breeds3.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Shire Horse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d0834b5a-7981-4560-b24f-a0f6af8e27c7/20230721230226_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Detail Edit Mode allows for custom configuration of head shape, eye size, muzzle shape and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/66702565-ae44-4cfc-82cb-a1bad548614f/20240409223850_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Traits define your horse’s personality and can be hand-picked or randomized in CAS Mode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/200ff01f-5b1d-49d3-9cd8-ea10b06de0a5/20230721230430_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out The option to paint directly on horses means total freedom for the players artistically skilled enough to do anything with it… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c66a8936-aed7-449c-9d48-3407a6ada2ca/20230725214650_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out …and the rest of us get to profit from it via the gallery sharing. For example, these are various users’ takes on Spirit and Rain from the Dreamworks movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5077207a-85d7-41f9-9f2c-7d9b752bd2fa/cas-randomization-zoomed.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Ranomizing horses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/feff09e9-39fb-4e73-a875-a0b9253f0c22/20230721225145_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Shoutout to the option to let me put a tiny hat on my horse’s head, absolutely love that <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/893a22de-a639-4130-b76a-bc440544abea/20240401120424_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Horse Ranch comes with a lot of options for vests and denim shirts… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9ad360a4-3463-4e74-b6d6-2a8f5b5bcbc4/20240401120845_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out …but very little variety for actual equestrian gear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/116847df-69ba-49d7-b534-21e16ccf17c4/horse-edit-orig.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Bad photoshop illustration of what’s off about the eyes and saddle position. I’m not saying my edit is perfect, but the original is kind of whack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5ab3323c-a1b0-4954-8305-affedf95ce4a/socialize.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Compared to the dozens of social interactions between human Sims, the choices with horses are relatively sparse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2e1f9a39-a444-4268-8dd3-57555208ca56/foal-socials-2.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out It’s cool that horses have social and hygiene needs that sims need to care for though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/319714f5-e470-4edb-97b5-fb14a3f8ddba/04-06-24_2-52-01%C2%A0PM.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out That’s not how you hold reins. In any riding style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/42188e57-2967-41ed-a694-1b20a6fd03af/20230723214318_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Going on rides through Chestnut Ridge comes with neat opportunities for pretty screenshots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cbbc043d-5f03-44cb-8736-b5f8d236ee66/riding-skill-low.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out This Sim has a low riding skill, visible in an uneven seat and posture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7904b7a0-818c-4e24-a3e4-38e2088b4fa6/foal-mare-social-close.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Mare and foal socializing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3f50866f-e971-4820-b90f-d25555adf749/20240413104303_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Hovering over a horse will give an overview of their needs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b3f6f703-f051-4a19-8e88-3dad931fc026/04-12-24_2-04-54%C2%A0PM.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out The cartoony animation leads to some wonky moments, like the elbow disappearing in the body in this frame when the horse comes down from rearing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/264a018c-3ca8-4a92-b837-1cff224c0dbb/04-12-24_2-06-31%C2%A0PM.png Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out The trot animation also has a slightly odd transition between shoulder and elbow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/149f12b9-733e-4637-88f8-ddbf71df0402/20230722085127_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Every horse has a profile overview, where you can view its traits, skills and competition achievements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/999f96cb-06d3-4a93-8f82-3d9f733a081d/20240412135940_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Horses that win competitions grow vastly more valuable, and gain a Champion Horse trait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ed8aaafa-88aa-49dc-9880-950ca6602971/jumping-short.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Jumping looks very static thanks to the confined space in which it happens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/51b29f4d-2fee-43b6-ad7d-f7fa1017998d/barrels.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Barrel training starts at a trot, then continues at a canter in the same pattern as the horse levels up its Agility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/68b143c0-6e24-4a67-8484-d185b4f0cab4/20230722143630_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Competition is split into four disciplines with four levels each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e7de9997-06c0-41ea-9750-6a4956112bce/20230722143719_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Your horse and sim leave for competition, disappear, and eventually return with a results screen. On the bottom right, my progress in the Championship Rider aspiration is tracked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/771983bd-798e-41a3-8d43-a5558fb43022/20240413102552_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Some of the around 200 new build/buy objects players gain with the Horse Ranch pack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/43eb2882-29b1-4127-8832-3676620396f6/03-26-24_12-37-14%C2%A0PM.png Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out My humble little barn with two sheltered horse beds, hay and water… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/121495f9-6a49-4b83-be28-ef1210836bf4/04-12-24_2-10-32%C2%A0PM.png Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out …and its tack room which contains only decorative items and no sim has ever had reason to enter it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6b2db425-a080-4b95-af4b-6d9c874b3b4c/cas-breeding-ranomization.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out When creating a child for two horses, various characteristics are randomized, but the coat is always an exact copy of either mother or father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1f63d06e-cf6d-4dda-aee9-51a9393ab955/20240406145936_1.jpg Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d6905007-c6c9-4bf2-8954-4ebf42ffd7f1/cc-scroll.gif Blog - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch – An Alright Experience that Could Have Been So Much More - Make it stand out A scroll through horse-related custom content for The Sims 4 on tumblr https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/4/9/game-announcement-amp-key-giveaway-my-first-horse-adventures-on-seahorse-island monthly 0.5 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/85b3286e-1193-41ce-9606-7f298ef85b1f/ss_2fef7245526954e3721ee2741e7e4d1382a948dd.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Game Announcement &amp; Key Giveaway! 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Caballus Collecting: The Virtual Model Horse Game is now on Kickstarter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/70702242-43dc-408c-a3e2-a3330ac35ec7/373609555_299049019375869_5628977337623422205_n.jpg Blog - Caballus Collecting: The Virtual Model Horse Game is now on Kickstarter - Make it stand out Promotional screenshot from the Caballus Collecting Facebook Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a9ef7e3f-9199-4544-b1f7-cf9fb4b337d8/315213563_174023125211793_9154527971926128433_n.jpg Blog - Caballus Collecting: The Virtual Model Horse Game is now on Kickstarter - Make it stand out Elements like boxes and stands for models are part of the collection fantasy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c0635b9f-aefe-4e1e-bb1b-16316fb76c21/CaballusCollecting-Win64-Shipping_bUc2MJ1aW4.jpg Blog - Caballus Collecting: The Virtual Model Horse Game is now on Kickstarter - 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Game Announcement: Fernhoof Grove - A Cute and Cozy Upcoming Horse Game to Keep your Eyes on - Make it stand out Horse grooming in Fernhoof Grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ed39a6d3-eb4a-4874-ae4d-fc8b8af44eac/IMG_0699.jpg Blog - Game Announcement: Fernhoof Grove - A Cute and Cozy Upcoming Horse Game to Keep your Eyes on - Make it stand out When you find the favorite spot irl https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/2/24/new-horse-game-eternal-trails-a-hands-off-horseback-exploration-game monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/17d7f9d1-e407-4bc5-b107-d24905bef8f2/Eternal_Trails_ID168fYQfS.png Blog - New Horse Game: Eternal Trails – a Hands-Off Horseback Exploration Game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f652079d-ce10-4cf5-9d2d-7529260e4cc0/Eternal_Trails_ry3hdOD07E.png Blog - New Horse Game: Eternal Trails – a Hands-Off Horseback Exploration Game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2f8f7c19-9140-42af-9ade-95adc56d9be8/Eternal_Trails_oUJu3KLiuT.png Blog - New Horse Game: Eternal Trails – a Hands-Off Horseback Exploration Game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/31878e8d-a502-407e-8684-abd676ea71bd/Eternal_Trails_JCZA7FNXVa.png Blog - New Horse Game: Eternal Trails – a Hands-Off Horseback Exploration Game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8512fc9d-0e1b-41e6-aa79-0e82d8fe7cea/Eternal_Trails_RzXz7WiiR8.png Blog - New Horse Game: Eternal Trails – a Hands-Off Horseback Exploration Game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/2/22/pro-show-jumping-is-out-now-developer-insight-and-first-impressions monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/13bc9c6a-eec2-4bc4-a84d-e3e644df6a33/20240217162731_1.jpg Blog - Pro Show Jumping is out now! Developer Insight and First Impressions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3652306c-9726-4f1e-8a50-8ff8e36e1f7b/20240217161835_1.jpg Blog - Pro Show Jumping is out now! Developer Insight and First Impressions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/219ef9fd-03e8-4536-b33e-6da3eddbf39e/20240217163645_1.jpg Blog - Pro Show Jumping is out now! Developer Insight and First Impressions - Make it stand out An interesting consequence of the somewhat “indirect” controls is that you can play from a far-off “Tribune” perspective in addition to the first or third person camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/84b94d1b-f348-41db-b7d3-e94800572e56/20240217161959_1.jpg Blog - Pro Show Jumping is out now! Developer Insight and First Impressions - Make it stand out Pro Show Jumping lets you design and share your own jumping courses https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/2/16/horse-game-updates-recap-star-equestrian-on-pc-new-breeds-in-rival-stars-and-dlcs-for-horse-tales-emerald-valley-ranch monthly 0.5 2024-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/753b18c9-b129-4f4a-bb3a-d588600abac0/horse-game-recap-feb2024.jpg Blog - Horse Game Updates Recap: Star Equestrian on PC, New Breeds in Rival Stars, and DLCs for Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7723a9d8-8e9c-4fe1-8230-bfdff00a8ac8/Star_Equestrian_pPvikd2ssN.jpg Blog - Horse Game Updates Recap: Star Equestrian on PC, New Breeds in Rival Stars, and DLCs for Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e295bbe4-3d5c-4bc6-a27d-974e0ceecd3c/ss_7a0aefd8dfc93d06531ccd9df33276a43acd8a57.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Horse Game Updates Recap: Star Equestrian on PC, New Breeds in Rival Stars, and DLCs for Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/999b8e77-10ee-455c-9782-6611e16afb1b/eee2a5e8581c3da905861ed50260004f12471d07.jpg Blog - Horse Game Updates Recap: Star Equestrian on PC, New Breeds in Rival Stars, and DLCs for Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/12/28/2023-in-review-website-stats-and-updates monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/de48def4-8ee2-46cd-b5a4-9771c154b87b/tmq-5year.jpg Blog - 2023 in Review - Website Stats and Updates - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/787c221c-fa2b-4fa5-99a8-725745e553f9/chrome_GUG3CQjZvW.png Blog - 2023 in Review - Website Stats and Updates - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5afc064e-34f0-4c4c-bfb6-7823f5e08d14/chrome_4Vrl9iGJLH.png Blog - 2023 in Review - Website Stats and Updates - Make it stand out Traffic Sources: Search: 65% | Direct: 24% | Social: 8% | Referral: 2% | Email: 0.01% https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/538e6b31-7c96-435e-a11b-a0ee94572540/chrome_7hr045yfb8.png Blog - 2023 in Review - Website Stats and Updates - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/10/21/wildshade-unicorn-champions-tivolas-mobile-game-is-coming-to-consoles-this-november monthly 0.5 2023-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/88d01945-a0f5-4e7d-906b-954ca5f2ee2b/wildshade-unicorn-champions-switch-switch-game-nintendo-eshop-europe-cover.jpg Blog - Wildshade: Unicorn Champions – Tivola's mobile game is coming to Consoles this November - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/aad2fa7d-d98d-42ed-b5e1-8de7c5ccb174/6551717ld.jpg Blog - Wildshade: Unicorn Champions – Tivola's mobile game is coming to Consoles this November - Make it stand out The game appears to distinguish between Horses, Unicorns and Crystal Unicorns based on this screenshot… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/980d0fa3-207c-41cf-9b04-1c9c2b9f901f/71t36VApCzL._SL1500_.jpg Blog - Wildshade: Unicorn Champions – Tivola's mobile game is coming to Consoles this November - Make it stand out …while other promotional screenshots make it look like unicorn horns have been added to all horses in the game. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/6/22/the-sims-4-horse-ranch-expansion-pack-horses-are-coming-back-to-the-sims-on-july-20th monthly 0.5 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0bb681ba-831f-4427-bd37-1a14496c0da0/firefox_9lDGld9gk7.jpg Blog - The Sims 4: Horse Ranch Expansion Pack - Horses are coming back to The Sims on July 20th - Make it stand out Rigging and animating horse mouths to open correctly has repeatedly proven difficult for game creators - not this time: I really like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f2b82240-a598-421c-88ee-a81547a5c350/firefox_Hs0Eoj6S3k.png Blog - The Sims 4: Horse Ranch Expansion Pack - Horses are coming back to The Sims on July 20th - Make it stand out A certain amount of cartoonish exaggeration is of course to be expected from a Sims game, but stylization is always most effective when it is grounded in realistic motion. I can therefore forgive the bent back and neck here, but not the fact that the legs are way too far out behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bf4f7171-05fa-477c-b18c-5fa42d538fd0/firefox_OySdGz3CMk.jpg Blog - The Sims 4: Horse Ranch Expansion Pack - Horses are coming back to The Sims on July 20th - Make it stand out This horse in an official screenshot unfortunately suffers from a bad case of giraffe neck, and an unrecognizable coat color and pattern. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/6/8/recommended-australias-equestrian-games-an-interview-with-riding-star-creator-andrew-niere monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f14f1518-3de7-48ca-9626-a26cdc0ad38f/hqdefault.jpg Blog - Recommended: Australia’s Equestrian Games – An Interview with Riding Star creator Andrew Niere - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/5/11/recommended-the-mane-quest-has-been-featured-on-several-podcasts-to-talk-horse-games-and-more monthly 0.5 2023-06-08 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/5/5/horse-bonding-new-breeds-and-more-disciplines-rival-stars-horse-racing-teases-content-updates monthly 0.5 2023-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/571b0e50-a982-4a27-83ec-21986300de59/20230505104537_1.jpg Blog - Horse Bonding, New Breeds and More Disciplines: Rival Stars Horse Racing teases Content Updates - Make it stand out Seeing horses roll in their pasture remains an incredibly rare thing to see in media representations and I love RSHR for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/271b2a6e-ee62-4521-a0aa-689c23bcc747/20230505104646_1.jpg Blog - Horse Bonding, New Breeds and More Disciplines: Rival Stars Horse Racing teases Content Updates - Make it stand out The recently expanded photo mode gives players lots of options to take impressive screenshots like this one. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/5/1/the-horses-in-ghost-of-tsushima-wonderful-details-and-fundamental-problems monthly 0.5 2023-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8ccc0263-34cd-4bf7-9608-77f2e170ca46/Ghost+of+Tsushima_20230403184910.jpg Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cc5ad9cb-5b14-4964-ad96-407ba3c6b8f7/Ghost+of+Tsushima_20220814172111.jpg Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Jin’s story begins on horseback, at the side of his uncle Lord Shimura. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/491867ba-409e-4539-8a33-a1c506014ec5/vlc_2023-04-23_14-59-06.png Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out This horse is grey, based on the dark skin around eyes and mouth, but is labelled “White” in the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a26ef672-663e-4ed0-a916-47b511780a42/DominantWhiteHorsesD.jpg Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out An actual white horse has pink skin visible around eyes and muzzle. 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The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7313f9ca-6b3c-4ca1-ae9f-c86514be113a/gallop-2-cropped.gif Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/01fdda95-af26-4281-bfbd-98d5d8b132fc/canter-cirlces-cropped.gif Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fc68fe3e-7f04-45ee-8ebc-faa98ad2fb08/canter-circles-2-cropped.gif Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - 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The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Stolen horses will make their discontent known by idling angrily and neighing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/97a22f0d-c173-4a86-9fd3-15dd7d360455/mount-dismount.gif Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Mounting and dismounting in motion feels very smooth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0b9795a3-9e60-40e5-a2a0-36ce26d15097/jump-ledge.gif Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out You can’t jump on purpose, but the horse will leap by itself when necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/93261e4e-cdfb-43e6-a6bb-6972f787c15b/vlc_2023-04-23_16-23-15.png Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Stealthy backstabbing, poison and smoke bombs become the tools of the titular Ghost of Tsushima. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3520ef07-32f3-46dd-a10c-f34e37da8f29/vlc_2023-04-23_16-22-36.png Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Lord Shimura thinks you should only stab people in the front, like a real man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4d37be56-4cda-478d-ab08-f6e8cbf21a6a/vlc_2023-04-23_16-21-20.png Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out The game’s dialogue is not subtle about Shimura’s dislike for Jin’s stealth tactics. Interestngly, no mongols ever do anything stealthy themselves, so this particular reproach is a bit pointless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/eafab3b7-18a9-4a98-a5d8-b278d167ed62/vlc_2023-04-23_16-22-19.png Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Shimura suggests I just blame everything on my new thief friend and let her die in my stead, you know, definitely a very honorable action. The game doesn’t call him out on this in any way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/25ed2876-8324-41cc-87a4-19b1421c2768/vlc_2023-04-23_16-31-22.png Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out I’m not gonna go into any depth about the game’s combat, you can find plenty of opinions on that onany other review site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/90581538-9fbc-4282-9275-99d69d2f33f8/vlc_2023-04-23_16-29-57.png Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ae924917-cc05-4782-a1db-a89eae1d2e4f/vlc_2023-04-23_16-30-05.png Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e41b5e1a-be05-4658-a126-5a8f9a2d2244/Ghost+of+Tsushima_20230410150505.jpg Blog - The Horses in Ghost of Tsushima – Wonderful Details and Fundamental Problems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/4/15/my-horse-bonded-spirits-a-new-horse-game-coming-to-steam-in-2024 monthly 0.5 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fd28717d-684b-4318-af2a-d50bc46b23a0/01._Your_Story.gif Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d3ffa061-e4ba-4e1a-b1f5-b5720333926d/05._Prove_yourself_in_various_competitions.gif Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0e7fbb36-324d-4827-9042-28c98a24e655/ss_414b044e767a58e8faee709a6bd8ea24989d9b95.1920x1080.jpg Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out Bonding with horses appears to be a core feature, but the announcement trailer doesn’t give a lot of insight into how it’ll actually work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0c15cbc4-62da-4271-88a1-2521ebcfd64b/ss_611b108da6e9e9378e9a7319adcaef663971e881.600x338.jpg Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out These clips/cutscenes do look impressively high quality, but I have my doubts whether this represents the state of the game itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a2757a77-f05c-4a5c-8325-51185eeb2fa5/ss_3e4245ba01c087733bc8caf119830a45b74a09d1.600x338.jpg Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out These images are from Horse Shelter DLC, made by Games Incubator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c20ba06c-6a56-412b-870b-c2b9cf8e2eb2/ss_f19d2a090d9bd2163935adfc972a56e616fccdad.600x338.jpg Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out You know you’re in for a treat when even the promotional screenshots have clipping errors front and center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/681ce920-fb29-41ed-b85e-efe34e82af48/horse-shelter-bad-anatomy.jpg Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out Horse Shelter 2022’s promotional material includes at least three different horse models of varying quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/982f6621-8bdc-404b-a8a5-1f43a2504735/chrome_2023-04-15_16-48-17.jpg Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out A Horse Shelter 2022 dev log from February 2021 announced using new animations (it was HAP) and showcased horses without manes or tails https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ba11ed78-f22a-4e2f-b0c3-20f1c0b87900/ss_3d6db1b8510aaea88348d96eaa1a8c264f2f89df.1920x1080.jpg Blog - My Horse: Bonded Spirits – A Newly Announced Horse Game and Why I'm Skeptical About it - Make it stand out TL;DR this looks really impressive but I do not yet trust the game itself to live up to this promotional material because I believe everything shown so far is pre-rendered specifically for the trailer. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/4/14/astride-early-access-release-announced-for-mid-may-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7bf7eafe-3c61-4d2b-add2-7d7a076e0a8e/2022-03-10+06-44-20.00_00_40_06.Still024.png Blog - Astride: Early Access Release announced for mid May 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3fd69f71-136d-4d22-baa3-806d111d70a3/76e5ac5567a8972ccce50de35628a519157aefc6.png Blog - Astride: Early Access Release announced for mid May 2023 - Make it stand out Greying horse textures - 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“We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c41ea5f0-8a4a-4529-ba04-5c1576cb3bcd/long+hair+braids+mane%2Btail+concept3.jpg Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out Braid concepts by Ken Pascual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/537ee24e-6d18-4615-977b-9c40384a1b9f/BridleConceptsBL.png Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out Bridle concepts by Bonnie Lawson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/79cad4ae-79f8-4aac-b864-b2e2b1e7cda8/IMG_5972.png Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out The free camera definitely helps in taking pretty screenshots - though an option to hide the UI would be fantastic for that! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8366ce2a-b588-4a5c-9f0c-116b0df6dd1a/IMG_5976.png Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out Petting your horse is a cute optional interaction instead of a chore to get over with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3c4d51a6-0449-4976-95c4-82cda5477d08/test-confusion.jpg Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out Foxie’s early tests caused confusion in the Community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/987007ce-0206-400f-8182-0c888d6a2ed6/316088283_560687976062426_6051217905064260035_n.jpg Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out The game’s official announcement was expediated to alleviate these concerns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bffc13bc-830b-4b07-9a1c-2e9ecc3b2780/image+%284%29.jpg Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out Behind the scenes of Star Equestrian: screenshot from the Unity Editor where the game is made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c22125c7-c3de-4566-af27-bc1164a9f734/Equestrian_2023-02-17_10-57-14.jpg Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out Your first moments of riding in the game serve as an “Abilitease”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c94dc593-c827-4c1f-ba0c-33b160e5a355/Snowdrop_Concept.jpg Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out Snowdrop concept art by Foxie’s art department head Oliver Kriel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ea57bdc4-0488-4d09-b2e2-06184cc01cf0/Foxie+Christmas+2022.jpg Blog - “We wanted to build a horse game that people could be passionate about” – The Inspirations, Research and Future Plans behind Star Equestrian - Make it stand out The Foxie team at their Christmas party in late 2022. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/3/27/why-doesnt-the-industry-make-good-girls-games-a-video-essay-into-the-history-and-market-of-girly-games monthly 0.5 2023-05-01 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/3/10/star-equestrian-a-new-free-to-play-mobile-horse-mmo-early-access-impressions monthly 0.5 2024-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/89bbc4e0-8ed8-49d6-92d6-14b4c750f961/SplashArt_NoLogo.png Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c4883dc6-b804-4901-8e0d-ba25edb5e909/Equestrian_2023-02-17_10-54-01.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Your first meeting with the mysterious Snowdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/22d70742-023b-498b-b34b-8e326d5fde57/Equestrian_2023-02-17_11-00-01.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Joy welcomes you to Heartside upon your return. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0c4f0ae6-8d57-4f62-a24b-7e305cf83e30/vlc_2023-03-10_16-01-46.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - 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Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out You (Mustang) vs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/125490a6-f5e2-4f38-96b3-f3cc8eee3307/Equestrian_2023-03-10_16-13-53.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out the guy she tells you not to worry about (Clydesdale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8119637b-54b1-4422-a755-320c20be47eb/Equestrian_2023-02-26_13-20-33.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out We’ve definitely seen worse cases of ‘predator horse’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1180ce32-4048-4c84-af53-99f1f5795dc4/Equestrian_2023-03-10_16-12-22.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out The Friesian sport horse has quite a long body, but I do like its luscious mane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9b079392-8377-4d9b-be03-c9e3b06b6c0d/walk.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out The back is a bit stiff and the head high, but all in all it’s a decent the walk animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/83ce6e2a-9d87-43d0-a356-7ad818a8912f/trot.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out The pasterns bend a tiny bit weirdly if you look closely, but ithe trot is perfectly fine overall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c57a2f35-a14c-4006-b8bc-b8d7465bb313/canter.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out This canter animation from my preview build still features the faulty cross canter - this has since been corrected! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/38b5619f-21b7-48b9-bd51-c6b3bdef4c0e/tack+placement.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out The saddle positions being so different makes it impossible to put the player in the correct location for different tack setups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b06fe595-9998-41aa-9f84-5ba7d69fddf0/rider-pos-old.png Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Rider position and posture before… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9e8addd1-2f35-473a-bafc-355f77d211ff/rider-pos-new.png Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out …and after improvements. I received these preview images from Foxie, I haven’t played an updated build yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cee4ef81-4e46-4d84-b7f8-f9d264baea07/Equestrian_2023-03-10_17-23-09.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out One daily quest gives you 10 gems, a silver key costs 200 gems. You can get 70 gems from dailies every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9e79ac3f-c4ad-4994-93ba-6f8fa3e87c86/Equestrian_2023-02-26_13-02-45.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Reaching 56% main story progress took me somewhere around 3 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0afcd377-ba32-4082-862d-89554a6e4293/Equestrian_2023-02-18_14-08-11.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out One early-game quest requires the player to gather clues from several NPCs to then guess which horse is the culprit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/697ef5ca-52fb-4538-93b2-bf83670945e3/Equestrian_2023-02-26_13-02-09.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Apart from main missions, various NPCs offer dialogues or side missions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7e93b951-c323-40a4-9422-b59f1ac3a3d8/cross-country.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out You get bonus Stamina for well timed jumps in XC for events with the “Inspiring Jumps” challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1b74f211-8b22-4165-bf7a-576817c602c0/jumping.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Taking shortcuts when jumping results in a “line penalty” for events with the “Line Riding” modifier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/723bc0f2-78b1-4628-950c-fdbc7afefe06/Equestrian_2023-03-10_17-23-52.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Your horse’s overall level limits how far you can boost each stat with food items. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/73378b4a-9ac1-4ce8-8444-5c14d24c91af/Equestrian_2023-03-10_17-24-43.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Through the “Mastery” system, you can unlock additional perks as well as mane and tail styles by aquiring several horses of the same breed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/aff38b8c-825a-441c-9fb0-65e53776c8f1/Equestrian_2023-03-10_17-22-39.png Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Merging tack items increases the main tack’s stat boni, but costs significant amounts of gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c11c7d7f-5b14-4d32-bfef-3926aeabc8c6/Equestrian_2023-03-11_09-24-01.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out The horse reacting to you when you pet it is an early perk of upgrading your bond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c593d695-ec99-4808-ba5e-54dba7b9a8d0/building.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out I imagine some players will spend a lot of time perfecting their ranch setup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6ebb8f8e-f252-4cb4-9007-6085879a4c8c/Equestrian_2023-03-10_17-05-47.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out You need to ride about three or four competitions to earn gold for one of those Kallax shelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ad21c029-af63-4b8a-b86b-75b6a4b340a4/Equestrian_2023-03-10_17-05-22.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Decoration items are unlocked as you level up, and are bought for gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e4d0b0b7-a036-4b59-917e-7b0b87de7d0d/Equestrian_2023-03-10_17-06-06.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Every item you place adds building points, which then unlock perks for you and for stalled horses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e244240c-333d-465a-b134-af8aab1259fb/Equestrian_2023-03-11_13-57-28.png Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Some main missions give you enough gems to buy a key, which means a chance of getting a new horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/717cd486-158b-4d4b-a360-1dd46b0533e1/Equestrian_2023-03-11_13-58-32.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Using keys provides you with gem dust, which you can use to unlock new clothing options - the colors of which can be customized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0ce022c8-96c0-4530-8377-7c36865016a6/phone-gameplay.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Ignore the cracks in my phone screen, those are not Star Equestrian’s fault. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/5f11a176-9f60-431f-9d4c-2df11e2e1f79/Equestrian_2023-03-10_17-23-29.jpg Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out When you tap the gold, you get invited to go to the events screen where you can earn gold. It’s a detail, but it’s convenient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1f9b2052-07c1-4ddb-ae1b-d4093fc9d9af/pet.gif Blog - Star Equestrian, a New Free to Play Mobile Horse MMO – Early Access Impressions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/2/13/korion-interactive-how-new-creative-minds-bring-fresh-wind-into-kids-horse-games monthly 0.5 2023-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4964906a-3060-4059-983d-b85c598ebdb7/cover_01-4.jpg Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ac03c8be-a782-4eed-ae23-b141013d4180/DSC00046.jpg Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out The Korion Interactive Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f6ab9cba-4912-4ed6-bd44-e2951f1b7b9a/But_Screenshot_Lake.jpg Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Final game screenshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fd7d0305-3101-4922-81a2-21247bf882cd/But_Screenshot_Feeding_EN.jpg Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Final game screenshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/60d6e174-29e0-4c97-9df1-0a40ef28a487/Screenshot+2021-10-13+185708.png Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Big Tina is watching you. (Engine Editor screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/fbe307b6-40ce-4683-ac94-60eb485084da/BuT_HUD.png Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Work in progress screenshot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/961a1f9b-a991-4a7c-92f2-25e879a063ab/MR2_2022-04-11_028_0000.png Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Work in progress screenshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7f938323-3cd3-4c4e-b91c-72e664b83471/stableConcept.png Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Concept sketch for the stable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/22663bd2-03da-4d72-bdbd-e0090a79803d/Screenshot+2022-03-10+162650.png Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Work in progress screenshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a3917d0d-d8d0-40a0-ba61-5775c8d4bcb3/Screenshot+2022-03-11+175216.png Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Work in progress screenshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/13372dc8-29ba-46e2-9e08-27cb64fb2831/20221103162316_1.jpg Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Work in progress screenshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/efe9d2a9-36e1-4392-bf1f-bfd7eebe8282/MRS_011_0000.png Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Work in progress screenshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0f1176a9-e3e1-46c0-bb33-2fc1d6329e2c/image_057_0000_EN.jpg Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out Korion added more pick-ups to the world to reward the player for exploring. Final game screenshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bd32bd77-1e86-4cca-89e5-3a864420ba9c/massage_00.jpg Blog - Korion Interactive – How New Creative Minds bring Fresh Wind into Kids' Horse Games - Make it stand out The massage minigame has made a comeback in the latest Riding Stables. Final game screenshot. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/2/10/new-trailer-for-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-confirms-the-reappearance-of-horses monthly 0.5 2023-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/64bf0bfd-6686-4827-8d85-5c5d9d29db58/chrome_2023-02-10_09-37-04.jpg Blog - New Trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Confirms the Reappearance of Horses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/850bcf00-2a78-415a-ad8c-47b0af743409/chrome_2023-02-10_09-35-48.png Blog - New Trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Confirms the Reappearance of Horses - Make it stand out Sorry for the garbage video-grab image… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7c3d133f-c018-4bc4-b8c8-46f6c0ba6055/chrome_2023-02-10_09-36-11.png Blog - New Trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Confirms the Reappearance of Horses - Make it stand out …but that horse is definitely Epona-colored https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/66019ac6-9ac0-4ff7-96a1-13d0401ca2f5/tumblr_7128146c6fbfcc1a26e712e30ba6d7cf_951cb8c0_1280.jpg Blog - New Trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Confirms the Reappearance of Horses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/1/20/the-ranch-of-rivershine-demo-announcement-impressions-and-interview-with-loise-laroche-on-her-strategy-for-gamedev-success monthly 0.5 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bdb034d3-1be8-4705-bef4-74c5f7f4c9b2/20211007_121406.jpg Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Éloise Laroche, mostly-solo creator of Cozy Bee Games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0da028a6-3b68-416a-bd09-2df74d3cfd73/chrome_2023-01-09_21-33-38.png Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Éloise’s released four games in the past three years – all of them were to very positive reviews on Steam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f0651d61-5a40-4ab0-9507-f84c718b1e5f/20230103154358_1.jpg Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/42d43399-8845-4872-9714-a94f2ccad20b/20230103154651_1.jpg Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/13cdcd56-b547-4535-9907-2ebe6c831a14/auction-house.gif Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out The auction house is a fresh variant of horse selling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1d00c34e-b3f2-4c6e-be38-1c2e648f0ed6/canter.gif Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out While the animations themselves are solid, some of the transitions, bending and matching animation speed to movement speed could use some tweaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f9dd3a94-f9fb-4ae0-a4c0-d150be3f3b05/20230104141737_1.jpg Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Sue me, but I like that you have to muck the stall by picking up individual dung heaps – and you can even sell manure for money! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4125802c-907b-4d0e-9cfe-bdd544395919/20230103160413_1.jpg Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out I do hope for some changes to the Pasture mechanics – I always think it’s a bit of a shame when horse games imply that turnout is a disadvantage for your horse’s usefulness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1ff16be3-fd56-4ba5-8908-c151aabd6a19/20230110210707_1.jpg Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Picking up different types of hay and oats around Town to feed to your horses or to sell for a bit of money is already very satisfying. Such a comparatively basic feature, and yet so few horse games have it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c64309d4-28b5-4993-b7c8-edc0c149679d/20230110210838_1.jpg Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out The Town of Rivershine is lovely to look at, and so are the horses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/aa3073bd-87e8-4a31-8bdb-e1fcb1b4cee9/bridge-trot.gif Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out This gif is unrelated to the text I just want you all to enjoy some nice horsies while reading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/32506e7a-2c7a-40c9-b601-4011de399dc1/GIF_Fruit.gif Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Gif from Lemon Cake: the bakery buildup game looks cute and cozy, but the gameplay doesn’t give you much time to breathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/42714a44-55b9-4275-b67d-0289af9db943/foalbrush01.gif Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Work in progress footage from animating the Rivershine foals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ffedc60a-2c6a-4207-827f-406f3ee23857/ezgif.com-gif-maker_10.gif Blog - The Ranch of Rivershine: Demo Announcement, Impressions and Interview with Éloise Laroche on her Strategy for Gamedev Success - Make it stand out Breeding and foals aren’t part of the Demo, but will be included in the Early Access release in Spring 2023. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2023/1/chariot-racing-in-games-horses-representations-and-untapped-potential monthly 0.5 2025-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a1a3c48b-5581-43b9-917d-41a8d1938f09/wzltqoi9xgmmgimnxsrq.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b407dcbe-2922-46db-83f1-8bd9b7e64b59/noa_and_gatsby.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Noa Leibson and Gatsby in 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4400248c-7de0-4e28-91f5-7feb85579321/DPI1857218__93628.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Roman settings dominate common perception of chariot races to the point where artistic renditions of the Greek/Olympic races are hard to find. Image: A Roman Chariot Race by Ulpiano Checa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3104fcc5-ce03-4584-8f93-ab04534f589a/Panathenaic_prize_amphora_of_a_chariot_race%2C_Made_in_Athens_about_410%E2%80%93400_BC%2C_found_at_Taucheira_in_Cyrenaica%2C_modern_Libya%2C_Winning_at_the_ancient_Games%2C_British_Museum_%287642694662%29.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Ancient vase depicting the tethrippon, image source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/42ab958b-c41f-4c5c-81d3-8569606ad4ad/lekythosgoddess.png Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Ancient vase depicting a goddess abducting a yout in a chariot. 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Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2d1ff549-b198-495a-bb58-0cfdde64f6b3/ss_1a0ab42e93e51c48ad9a6bda7f408958e09a43b0.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Assassin’s Creed: Origins is set in anicent Egypt around 40 years BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/34494a41-f929-47d4-98f2-94e0e31297c9/20221011103436_1.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Chariot Racing in Assassin’s Creed: Origins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4db7ccd6-c467-4372-b219-daf19f0579d1/20221011103849_1.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Likely not historically accurate: armored horses. Likely historicallly accurate: getting yeeted into the air along with your broken chariot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d848305f-247e-4369-bc42-1282269c158b/chrome_2023-01-04_15-42-50.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Anicent chariot racing was dangerous enough without flamethrowers. Screenshot source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3a47a3a2-5ad5-4085-8447-b33ad711c267/Vase-shaped_tombstone_from_Athens%2C_c._330_BC%2C_and_its_reconstructed_polychromy_version%2C_Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek%2C_Copenhagen_%2812016647104%29.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Example of ancient polychromy - brightly colored painting of sculptures and structures, reconstruction. Source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2482e133-db09-43ef-95d4-bfa34d03ef83/20221011104310_1.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out The hippodrome is painted in bright reds and yellows. “Ubisoft did their research,” says Noa Leibson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6a44101c-3bcb-4f51-95b0-945202dd1dd7/20221011104324_1.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Victory monuments were common outside hippodromes and other ancient sporting sites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/56c2240e-5eba-4b77-8796-d89e3cb55b4e/20221011104707_1.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Note: The player’s tack does not include stirrups. Those were only invented a few centuries later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/db1612d6-13b7-4cc0-95d8-a83fdb90fc9e/parthhorseman.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Classical horse renditions in relief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/aa5184b1-b3f4-4dc5-b1af-aabdafa9638e/2560px-Cavalcade_west_frieze_Parthenon_BM.png Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out These horses are from the reliefs surrounding the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d5d493e2-17f6-4147-bddb-cd2e1e1efdaa/chrome_2023-01-04_16-24-19.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan of the AC:O horse models, but Noa makes a solid point for their stylization. Screenshot Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3fcf7f74-d4a1-49f0-a65b-fe8a8ab8f4d7/vasilikoshorses-pg4.jpg Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out A modern Zante horse from Greece Source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cc227da5-2957-41a9-994b-722e9a0c038f/chrome_2023-01-04_16-28-37.png Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Ancient terracotta drinking cup with horses, note the compact build and high head carriage. Source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3cd81bce-c249-4574-bf1e-9e10ab998789/chrome_2023-01-04_16-31-03.png Blog - Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out Bucephalus, the famous steed of Alexander the Great, is said to have been a horse of “best Thessalian strain”. 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Chariot Racing in Games – Horses, Representations and Untapped Potential - Make it stand out The game does not have a release date yet, but can be wishlisted on Steam. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/12/30/someone-actually-made-a-far-away-horse-game-and-you-can-play-it monthly 0.5 2022-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4352c1a9-3819-4f56-90e7-a5c98e1e8d9c/chrome_2022-12-29_15-15-12.png Blog - Someone Actually Made a "Far Away Horse" Game and You Can Play It - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a410d3d8-90fe-4c93-81c6-5ba4fd1a9d85/ss_b01d18e94126b5023557f19ed7193849bfd7e4cd.1920x1080.jpg Blog - Someone Actually Made a "Far Away Horse" Game and You Can Play It - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/12/28/2022-in-review-stats-insights-and-updates monthly 0.5 2022-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b5d16e4a-2656-4552-a433-f5353ed92061/tmq-4year.jpg Blog - 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2022 in Review – Stats, Insights and Updates - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/85faa0f4-7b54-4114-b6e7-1522afe0f9fb/IMG_0016.jpg Blog - 2022 in Review – Stats, Insights and Updates - Make it stand out A lot of my Sunday relaxing time is spent on trail rides with Waleska, the red warmblood mare at my new barn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6b062032-62a7-4c43-9930-e64e5184cd5d/IMG_3558.jpg Blog - 2022 in Review – Stats, Insights and Updates - Make it stand out Fittingly, there is an impressive number of horse statues around the Aesir office in Munich. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/12/9/there-are-four-new-horse-games-on-pc-and-consoles-in-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/91c33216-095f-421c-884d-6897bb8d87ec/HCA2_Screenshot_01_LakesideRiding.jpg Blog - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/10/26/an-exclusive-first-look-at-the-irish-cob-in-horse-tales-emerald-valley-ranch monthly 0.5 2022-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/872929c8-83ce-407b-8d22-037e30862135/220928_KEY_ART_Page_2b.jpg Blog - An Exclusive First Look at the Irish Cob in Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/cc9aebb0-729c-4c07-a64e-5280ecabce33/5Iyr0p0c.jpeg Blog - An Exclusive First Look at the Irish Cob in Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/35751712-9f32-4a06-ac25-39ee31d7568c/20220905130608_1.jpg Blog - An Exclusive First Look at the Irish Cob in Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch - Make it stand out The Irish Cobs can wear all tack and mane/tail variations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/55d0542e-0453-455b-821c-3de1f3c1a693/20221026180132_1.jpg Blog - An Exclusive First Look at the Irish Cob in Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch - Make it stand out One of those bonus outfits may look familiar to some of you… https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/9/16/new-animated-horse-asset-does-horse-herd-by-3d-bear-beat-horse-animset-pro-in-anatomical-accuracy monthly 0.5 2022-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/470b8a18-36d0-4235-a605-525fb35b4715/asset-packs.jpg Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3c0f4a60-2d18-446c-9120-5a8824315ba3/chrome_2022-09-11_17-14-10.png Blog - 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New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out This one is honestly just a bunny hop that’s not how horses work please why doesn’t anyone use reference footage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/69ef6d56-b3b1-4551-a05f-6032d94d18fb/walk.gif Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4ed8b367-e354-4597-9029-b073c3de4d76/trot.gif Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ede60f18-2c92-49d7-bedd-4144840dd240/rear.gif Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out Unlike the examples above, this rearing animation also doesn’t go way too high up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6578ddfc-78e7-42d0-8037-549d45f1794b/kick.gif Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out hoss is angy and I like it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0d1667b9-69df-48ae-9c1d-479a86f0a075/chrome_2022-09-16_15-30-25.png Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out Some nice coat color variety… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1ab86ae1-aa51-4b21-a29b-b60b76e0416e/chrome_2022-09-11_15-33-42.png Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out …with one oddity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/76b30a58-ac09-4dfd-a5cb-409947b52177/chrome_2022-09-16_15-17-49.png Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8a7acade-2183-4198-b965-9f65a513838f/asset-pack-limitations.png Blog - New Animated Horse Asset: Does Horse Herd by 3D Bear beat Horse Animset Pro in Anatomical Accuracy? - Make it stand out I couldn’t find a link to this tweet anymore but here’s Kells on Twitter https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/9/2/horse-tales-emerald-valley-ranch-gameplay-trailer-new-info-and-gamescom-press-roundup monthly 0.5 2023-02-13 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/8/21/5-crucial-games-industry-tips-for-horse-game-creators monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8c2f6822-71eb-45e3-8a48-1a1c4e41cf97/jason-goodman-m2TU2gfqSeE-unsplash.jpg Blog - 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Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories Announcement: Teaser Trailer and Developer Insight - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b0de5fd4-c1b0-4854-a0c3-5b1f28152663/HCA2_Screenshot_01_LakesideRiding.jpg Blog - Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories Announcement: Teaser Trailer and Developer Insight - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/7/15/announcement-trailer-for-horse-tales-emerald-valley-ranch-an-open-world-horse-adventure-game-with-breeding-building-racing-and-more monthly 0.5 2022-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ffb14444-79b7-41eb-b28d-5f2c585147a1/HorseTales_Screenshot_02.jpg Blog - Announcement Trailer for Horse Tales – Emerald Valley Ranch: An Open World Horse Adventure Game with Breeding, Building, Racing and more - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/930152ac-33a8-48d3-a215-76649996e427/20220715150900_1.jpg Blog - Announcement Trailer for Horse Tales – Emerald Valley Ranch: An Open World Horse Adventure Game with Breeding, Building, Racing and more - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/6/6/my-time-at-sandrock-early-access-first-look-amp-hopes-for-improvements monthly 0.5 2022-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/802283c8-9ccf-4c5d-89b3-19651a456e33/EGS_MyTimeatSandrock_PatheaGames_S1_2560x1440-27096477b7fc2e1363ded902bded3dbd.jpeg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4e4566bf-ae89-4f47-9299-3f79b6bd643c/20220526104048_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Although bandits and mutant lizards provide some conflict, the overall mood of the game is pretty wholesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/885ec600-f5ea-4050-b13c-9fea010198e1/20220606145156_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Gathering and refining resources remains a core activity in Sandrock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e0159462-7b0b-48da-9b4c-82cec6ca82bb/20220605101303_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6198191f-c4cc-42ad-b86c-dd4b803694b3/20220605115651_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/c11af643-d62c-4475-a442-7a67658c5dfd/walk.gif Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Moving at a walk looks alright, but you can only do it by carefully pressing the joystick a tiny bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9fddae0e-2d79-4618-8bc0-6f5e6122412b/bendy-legs.gif Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out The spider-climb over rocky ground reminds a lot of Torrent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/374be050-b91e-4640-9fdf-4c0c1e66ec13/hoss-go-fast.gif Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2648dcac-9e54-429a-b0b2-c498e9eab924/rear-dismount.gif Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/bc445e61-0d4d-44d1-9255-0ab172cda35f/20220606144957_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Horses with different coat colors are available to rent on a rotation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/31966ef2-ee40-4ff9-ae31-a91c4dceb61a/20220606145431_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out The player character already has four skill trees for different core feautres, so I can dream of one being added for riding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/60ae8eb4-e47a-496d-8043-4c29e3091aaf/20220606145404_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out The crafting menu at the Tailoring Machine allows crafting equipment – why not add tack into the mix? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ce2056cd-ba49-4f83-beb3-0f48da00916d/20220606145422_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out You can select equipment for your avatar for stats and style, I’d love it if this were expanded to horses as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/7118a099-dd68-4d27-896d-75eb97e49c8c/20220605130742_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Placing new buildings and rooms is a bit of a pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/03c19553-a757-4317-badd-d529f7cdf3b6/20220606145315_1.jpg Blog - My Time At Sandrock Early Access Review – First Look &amp; Hopes for Improvements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/5/1/introducing-wyvern-and-waypoints-a-website-about-dragons-in-video-games monthly 0.5 2024-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0f2668ef-9a84-4795-bb82-b94e8b2f5ec9/banner.jpg Blog - 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Source. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/4/24/this-is-only-the-beginning-equestrian-the-game-global-release-announcement-and-developer-interview monthly 0.5 2024-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4f5f7eec-bf2c-463e-8bf4-bc1284f04c82/IMG_3608.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/eaacb45b-b32e-4f8b-a1ec-a9c3143212ec/chrome_2022-04-24_17-12-13.png Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out Kavalri Games Team photo from the studio’s website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/83e7a9fe-421a-4084-a25e-4cdb330fec00/IMG_3612.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out The home stable overview in the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/07d0ab48-1030-4251-8ffc-bc1780fdde6d/IMG_3623.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out Blessedly, ETG comes with a photo mode that lets you snap pics of your horses. This is my starter horse, a Welsh cob named Tiru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/9c3e5b41-df4d-4c3a-8c41-f64ba930df3a/chrome_2022-04-24_17-22-50.png Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out Instagram remains ETG’s strongest platform, although with TikTok swiftly catching up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/55be1757-5f4b-4a8e-9e77-47dd6e50983a/IMG_3828.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out I’ll admit that I’m personally still struggling with the controls, but I haven’t played enough yet to judge it properly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b504a622-cd08-429d-adfa-336ade7de189/IMG_3841.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out As a free-to-play game, ETG is monetized through in-app purchases for tack and clothing items. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/00df2039-0386-4a2c-b8ad-d0f5936ef0e2/IMG_3839.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out Molly couldn’t share too much insight into the game’s financial performance just yet, but told me “We wouldn’t have launched this early if we didn’t think the game was doing well enough.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6508770b-e3eb-41d7-ac81-afad6423c091/IMG_3610.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out Onboarding and tutorialization are big topics that many games struggle with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/192caada-27a2-43ba-a2b3-0adedb96fbc1/IMG_3615.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out The more complexity a game offers, the more crucial it is to introduce features carefully – without overwhelming the player or restricting them too much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6505019f-af7c-4842-95a6-aea4f6124a9b/277001441_10159936344291026_4539781671592569948_n.jpg Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out Equestrian the Game led the Swedish App Store charts in its release week in March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/ae281bd8-7a1a-48cc-b61c-3791a981612d/IMG_3835.PNG Blog - “This is only the beginning” – Equestrian The Game: Global Release Announcement and Developer Interview - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2020/7/10/best-horse-games-to-play-in-2020-on-pc-and-consoles monthly 0.5 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/47a78092-bfee-40c1-8d76-0e307653c288/best2022.jpg Blog - The Best Horse Games to play on PC and Console in 2022 Left to right: The Sims 3 Pets, Red Dead Online, Rival Stars Horse Racing, Star Stable Online, Windstorm: Ari’s Arrival, Horse Club Adventures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1594397043026-Z7SQ654AE4GL93HAYG4A/Star-Stable-AlexBeach-2020.jpg Blog - The Best Horse Games to play on PC and Console in 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596187265711-S0RFXVEWB7P3KP17837K/vlc_2020-07-10_17-57-15.jpg Blog - The Best Horse Games to play on PC and Console in 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e9ef2d0c-bd60-4a8f-9af9-ebe2213ef003/20-1080p.jpg Blog - The Best Horse Games to play on PC and Console in 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1594471486443-29KV5J7DZJJHV94K7XDT/vlc_2020-06-13_16-39-43.jpg Blog - 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The Best Horse Games to play on PC and Console in 2022 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/4/17/the-stable-of-the-witcher-3-an-elaborate-new-horse-customization-mod-is-now-available monthly 0.5 2022-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/513ecdcb-56cb-45c1-a5b9-771b6bf774c3/chrome_2022-04-08_15-13-57.jpg Blog - "The Stable" of The Witcher 3: An Elaborate New Horse Customization Mod is Now Available - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/26d253e6-ed43-4b58-aba0-7c57e25ab9f4/chrome_2022-04-08_15-16-49.jpg Blog - "The Stable" of The Witcher 3: An Elaborate New Horse Customization Mod is Now Available - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/4/8/wild-horse-islands-horse-valley-and-more-horse-games-on-roblox monthly 0.5 2022-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1f992bb1-be5f-4bb1-bbae-44730e20f26c/wild-horse-islands.png Blog - Wild Horse Islands, Horse Valley and more: Horse Games on Roblox - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/060dc68d-073c-439c-b72c-72c9069e8414/chrome_2022-04-08_10-02-14.png Blog - Wild Horse Islands, Horse Valley and more: Horse Games on Roblox - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3237abbf-26f8-4692-b53f-83db8d106da7/wildhorseislands-1.jpg Blog - Wild Horse Islands, Horse Valley and more: Horse Games on Roblox - Make it stand out One of your first actions in the game is to chop down a tree, craft a lasso and catch a horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/4827083c-4d4a-419c-8ef4-8d29102bb57c/wildhorseislands-2.jpg Blog - Wild Horse Islands, Horse Valley and more: Horse Games on Roblox - Make it stand out Side note, I know we mock traditional game publishers for unimaginative horse game titles that all sound the same but I have to admit none of us fans are any better at that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3dca4d11-55f1-469b-aa1b-8b2117e3c673/wildhorseislands-3.jpg Blog - Wild Horse Islands, Horse Valley and more: Horse Games on Roblox - Make it stand out Friendly NPCs explain the game’s mechanics to the player and serve as guides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/a755daa0-f0ef-412b-996e-829cbc23529a/wildhorseislands-4.jpg Blog - Wild Horse Islands, Horse Valley and more: Horse Games on Roblox - Make it stand out The game’s World Map is impressive, with new islands becoming available as you level up. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/4/1/today-among-us-is-a-horse-game monthly 0.5 2022-04-17 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/3/20/astride-kickstarter-announcement-amp-developer-interview-a-scandinavian-horse-game-with-big-ambitions monthly 0.5 2022-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/889b0269-5abd-4376-9933-7f3bb1ed869c/FjordCanter.jpg Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e385ad56-548b-481f-b6b6-d8bcade03d6a/ezgif-2-ab7b1e26cc.gif Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b3e17dab-6d90-4b1d-b309-c9875c965775/ezgif-2-0a9ab97362.gif Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/8c427065-e2ef-4a0e-8e60-f41d769b1095/chrome_2022-03-20_17-52-20.png Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Mathilde Kvernland is Raidho’s Co-Founder, Community Manager and Lead 3D-Artist - and a long-time member of the TMQ Community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/f697204f-c2b3-4aa6-98f0-8d999fe87771/c69d7d545e82b2bf1ed850f289db4639_original.jpg Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Drifandi and Baldur, the two Iceys owned by Raidho team members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/89372834-ee50-4e4d-b167-9e7145834e85/29.jpg Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out The Norwegian Fjord Horse is one of Astride’s poster children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/275c0f84-213b-4608-935e-c987842378c7/70170422e200d4e94a53c1201c3cd3d4_original1.gif Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out The Kickstarter page and trailer shows in-engine beauty shots but no real gameplay footage yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/097e337e-b0e3-4af8-b475-6d407f6184e5/fefdc503edc617c459b711baa35de4d4_original1.gif Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out The turning behavior of the horse still looks fairly stiff to my eyes at this stage, the horse turning straight on its vertical axis without bending along a curve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/51186cbe-4bd8-4037-8ed5-95d562590af9/chrome_2022-03-20_15-39-39.png Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/e1e7f4a2-6e44-4cf8-b4dd-e93565abff7b/2022-03-10-06-44-20.00_00_40_06.jpg Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/0e4af863-e480-4885-8974-eebc9edc7f98/2022-03-10-06-44-20.00_00_45_12.jpg Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/b4245874-0be7-4af7-9558-67dd2bc9704d/Dressur.jpg Blog - "Astride" Kickstarter Announcement &amp; Developer Interview – A Scandinavian Horse Game with Big Ambitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/3/13/the-horse-nerds-review-of-elden-ring-how-torrent-satisfies-gameplay-needs-but-fails-at-horse-movement monthly 0.5 2022-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/78338534-16cf-4bca-a43f-c2f7b80e0182/20220313161016_1.jpg Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/61d881dd-1843-4341-b294-67ea1ae24657/20220313161137_1.jpg Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out If you’re wondering why the feet are cut off in this screenshot: I an unable to angle my camera to properly see my whole horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/08c36ec5-6c7e-45b8-b540-b4afbbe892f2/20220313160413_1.jpg Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out Goat horse or Cow horse? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/6a49dbc3-43b1-4143-9531-269309965690/feeding.gif Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/64001398-2159-4c31-baba-08d2933083a0/20220227143831_1.jpg Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/3959a65a-3601-495c-af19-d5e0fdfd36de/stalking.gif Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out The lack of motion in the lower hind leg joints gives the whole movement a certain stalking quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/2ac5fa9e-4d59-41b7-a7d3-2c22ec51e04c/GhbsJU.gif Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out Less fetlock motion could be part of the goat-inspiration, but nothing excuses those overly bendy knees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/da73e343-d51f-47a7-8a25-ece8cf723793/spider-legs.gif Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out Spider-horse, spider-horse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1b3b7262-3d24-47f6-a87c-444bc04b4dad/goat-uphill-cropped.gif Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out When it comes to weight-bearing in uphill movement, the legs of goats and horses work similarly. 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Not even once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/084f331b-7dac-4bb3-8d75-10acb84eba2f/ezgif-5-2ca25ab6eb.gif Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/d4a71527-ec85-408f-b41a-f1e56a01559e/canter.gif Blog - The Horse Nerd’s Review of Elden Ring – How Torrent Satisfies Gameplay Needs but Fails at Horse Movement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2022/1/28/horse-trek-a-long-faced-journey-a-star-trek-fan-dating-sim-with-horses monthly 0.5 2022-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/81afdefb-b826-4c13-940b-7ef9cc5aedaa/chrome_2022-01-28_17-38-01.png Blog - Horse Trek – A Long Faced Journey — A Star Trek fan Dating Sim with... 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If you’ve been playing for years, your quest log will look a lot less crowded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/aabfb64c-e878-457a-bfc1-1a9d90f07961/Star-Stable-Gamer-Gift-Box-1024x683.jpeg Blog - “We want to keep Star Stable Online relevant for the next 10 years” — Interviews with Game Director Stacy Place and CEO Johan Sjöberg - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/8/29/horse-games-that-should-exist-volume-iii monthly 0.5 2021-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1630248601500-4K8IYKTYUUOZ0UZ64W71/Eastward_Bound1.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol III - Make it stand out Caravan in Red Dead Redemption 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1630248633369-SOABOIPCJQOK7J95QAHW/trailer-1147978_1920.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol III - Make it stand out Stock Photo by Wendy Corniquet from Pixabay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1630248771758-0Q2NNCRMJBBULJR844MW/jeremy-zero-e-7eBn5h6HY-unsplash.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol III - Make it stand out Stock photo by Jeremy Zero from Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1630248929227-QS5FVGY0AQFRAMY5196Z/snap-stable.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol III - Make it stand out Why yes, making bad photoshop mockups is half the fun of writing these articles I’m glad you asked. 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Source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1629529970319-SS36YX2T6A7QTQDK5NUC/fetlocks-wildshade.jpg Blog - 8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1629541744292-GULDWCJ9FGJUS7N0IZVX/20210525202927_1.jpg Blog - 8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making - Make it stand out It would have been SO easy for HCA to just stop displaying the tack once you’re done for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1629541676073-63EDR0M6UYF2CNWST3D6/vlc_2021-08-21_12-24-07.jpg Blog - 8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making - Make it stand out Portia could really have added a “remove saddle” option when your horse is near its stable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1629541698320-V39580MT005NXTCZQZCC/rdr-2-how-to-remove-saddle-from-horse-1024x581.jpg Blog - 8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making - Make it stand out RDR2 has a “remove saddle” option, but it’s mechanically tied to switching horses. 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8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making - Make it stand out Hors go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1629582794625-RT3F27845M87Y19LYDFE/HorseImage10.png Blog - 8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making - Make it stand out I did a lil analysis twitter thread on this game two years ago I have no idea how up to date this is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1629582944531-UZAL87NX2MU6F1PQHZYI/vlc_2021-08-20_17-19-01.jpg Blog - 8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making - Make it stand out It doesn’t help that most horse models have mouths that don’t actually open far enough, so it’s this awkward in-between thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1629584888333-74AVW2NHWSULP38EHSVW/no-no-zones.jpg Blog - 8 Common Horse Mistakes I Want Game Developers to Stop Making - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/8/15/game-announcement-and-developer-qampa-the-ranch-of-rivershine-looks-like-the-horse-farm-buildup-game-ive-been-waiting-fornbsp monthly 0.5 2023-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1629031463123-54OFEWFAT5IHO5E5335L/Rivershine_StableEntrance.png Blog - 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"Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out One base game, but two titles and three different versions on five different platforms – unfortunately a common occurrence in niche games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628925582197-D5JAWB83IUK9DQ2KIQGL/Screenshot_01.png Blog - "Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628925737902-OKWHNFJWKGTKPGDV25M5/Bug_01.gif Blog - "Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628925879880-I88KDCLEC7DWVP6Q9TPD/Bug_03.gif Blog - 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Absolutely delightful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628940266880-9HMFIPKACUF74BB61Y2V/20210814131646_1.jpg Blog - "Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out I played a race for a new screenshot of some fun names and Snail’s Blog is already a favorite again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628940316302-V50YX3TYSQNFA6JIN91J/20210814131959_1.jpg Blog - "Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out Some of the fictional billboards are well visible in tracks’ intro shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628940443296-H3YNANRUAS6F1AKIBMRI/20210813180827_1.jpg Blog - "Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out The “genetics” tab with further info is not available yet in the desktop version unfortunately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628940515072-TO3VQW590QK9CSCEEF6K/WaterWine_Family_002.png Blog - "Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out Not all inheritance makes sense at first glance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628940627061-MDZCSY2V2DQHCW402WG2/16276333821135059.gif Blog - "Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628940790387-GXJG1UHCNZWFJ5T9P0ZG/Screenshot_03.png Blog - "Most horse games lack visual polish" – Behind the Scenes of Rival Stars Horse Racing with Art Lead Victoria Smith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/8/13/recommended-mucking-out-the-stables-of-horse-games monthly 0.5 2021-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1628864613659-59EONOSG9QGRTTOEPC36/chrome_2021-08-13_16-22-55.png Blog - Recommended: "Mucking Out The Stables of Horse Games" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/7/31/review-dreamworks-spirit-luckys-big-adventure-a-promising-open-world-game-marred-by-a-thoroughly-frustrating-user-experience monthly 0.5 2021-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627566498647-7USYES6RPTY9900IPWHO/20210729154551_1.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627572989532-XOCP2BIE98F8P745JTEF/vlc_2021-07-29_16-37-24.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out OG Spirit: 2D animated, no blaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627572968854-02DL9J99V04VBCN7LKEH/vlc_2021-07-29_17-12-55.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Untamed/Riding Free Spirit or “Spirit Jr”: 3D, weird fuzzy coat hair rendering, white blaze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627587100761-UQ9VKKG10OFWNQ88BF29/20210729180110_1.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out The transition from neck to back is all messed up. On a real horse, this would be a conformation flaw called mutton withers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627588006115-OPYI2UAF5CZ5435W3DXC/20210729180136_1.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out The head and face shape are pretty close to how Spirit looks in the Untamed movie, so I can’t really bash the game for that but wow do I dislike it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627589171741-U6O49V2G7IJYMFMSCNDQ/walk.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out The walk motion looks disjointed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627589324887-2V66I0686FJZKN2XSO1Z/trot.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out At the trot, the front legs stay bent the whole time instead of stretching forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627589136596-P9RVSRYCET3OKR19K891/rear.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out This rearing animation is what gives it away as HAP-based. Which is not inherently bad, but explains why all these common flaws are there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627589208929-J5QUAFYY80J91YEXAFDB/canter.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out The canter animation looks alright sometimes, but then does this weird thing with the simultaneous foreleg motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627729615024-VCIELILU85ROZQZOQJPZ/honse.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out I usually try to be more precise than that, but all these horses just don’t look good to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627729655509-3B7Y03HBERYNN7TN0480/honse2.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out The stylization is just really unfortunate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627657107536-FUC45AZR4UNZKGII6NH1/sprint.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627653330694-QKZANN0RSLFF88FADDER/grooming.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627730136465-FVAOYBY4JRVK23FO4CQW/icon-rear.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Note the button on the bottom right: it shows a rearing horse, but is used for jumping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627730530052-JSDUF5VNNJZD3G9NZ2TL/icons-compass.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out This may just be me but I found the compass icons not intuitive at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627732829820-W004856TE7BCXP54U59B/get-stuck-2.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out The path is not clear in advance, you can’t brake quickly and I was stuck in that box’ collider afterwards. Lovely combo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627731816454-C9ET5P25TC9HIFMG8KYX/bad-waypoints.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Visible here: waypoints disappearing too late, icon jumping around on the compass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627735125206-DEF8GO9A6CKC0B89FK4F/20210716180956_1.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Late in the game, there’s a quest to find berries to get past a bear. On my way to the berries I had my path blocked by another bear who I assume was there randomly, so I snuck past it in order to find the berries to distract the other bear in my path with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627735231086-QQV3UVSU5T0CFFU6BO1H/vlc_2021-07-31_14-36-48.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out She calls the ice tricky, but then it turns out you just have to find a coat because it’s cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627735253993-6LNDQO6JYHNIO28XL02J/climbing.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Not pictured: just after this clip, I fell down twice and had to start over of badly placed colliders and the suboptimal camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627736301377-96SYJV6PDGQE0GSL979R/20210619153708_1.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out The fact that the X’s rotation makes it look like a plus and that you can barely even see the red/green icons on the noisy background is another one for the “Bad UX” tally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627736443854-HRJ5YNJ7DT3J9LHUI5XB/photomode.gif Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out “Too far” are you kidding me? It ran off right after this when I tried to get closer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1627736704679-J6MASVFGGBZU4C83MPA2/20210729154454_1.jpg Blog - Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure – A Promising Open World Game marred by a Thoroughly Frustrating User Experience - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/7/7/exclusive-announcement-wildshade-a-brand-new-fantasy-horse-racing-mobile-game monthly 0.5 2021-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1625584208316-RWHKI6WTMNQI3270J7G9/loadingscreen_wildshade4png.png Blog - Exclusive Announcement: Wildshade – A brand new Fantasy Horse Racing Mobile Game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/6/15/ama-session-with-the-lead-designer-of-horse-club-adventure-june-17th-on-the-tmq-discord monthly 0.5 2021-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1623765422166-CNH8G3E6O6971VLP27PD/ama-banner.jpg Blog - AMA Session with the Lead Designer of Horse Club Adventures, June 17th on the TMQ Discord - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1623764355014-99VT6Y7AEBBGHRRWU8L1/ama-times.jpg Blog - AMA Session with the Lead Designer of Horse Club Adventures, June 17th on the TMQ Discord - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/6/15/you-have-to-achieve-a-certain-level-of-quality-within-your-resources-michael-hengst-talks-about-the-development-of-horse-club-adventures monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1623761473786-X7XWXMBII9X0YV8RC7EH/20210525201504_1.jpg Blog - “You have to achieve a certain level of quality within your resources” – Michael Hengst Talks about the Development of Horse Club Adventures - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1623762049349-RPXAYMMIFMQWVI0NQEOY/michael-cut.jpg Blog - “You have to achieve a certain level of quality within your resources” – Michael Hengst Talks about the Development of Horse Club Adventures - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1623763277614-GCZ1Q9SM9WKU0P6VPR2C/vlc_2019-05-22_21-34-37.jpg Blog - “You have to achieve a certain level of quality within your resources” – Michael Hengst Talks about the Development of Horse Club Adventures - Make it stand out Wether you agree that Horse Club Adventures (right) is a prettier game than Windstorm (up) may be down to personal preference…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1623763233186-N504ICDHZ9SUD0MGSCQL/20210522152453_1.jpg Blog - “You have to achieve a certain level of quality within your resources” – Michael Hengst Talks about the Development of Horse Club Adventures - Make it stand out … but I find it quite obvious that the latter is a vastly more consistent and rounded out game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1623763149759-XJZ633V3SCODN1DKDZ8Z/chrome_2021-06-15_15-19-06.png Blog - “You have to achieve a certain level of quality within your resources” – Michael Hengst Talks about the Development of Horse Club Adventures - Make it stand out The funding page for HCA2 promises an open world action adventure with numerous new areas and characters https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/6/9/star-stable-online-celebrates-pride-month-promises-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion monthly 0.5 2021-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1623233704628-EN2MB4UBX2W1DKTT5CM1/rainbows501_2.jpg Blog - Star Stable Online Celebrates (?) 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Yikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622977587168-MNVQRDMU5J3D99VBWJ7E/legs.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Animators, I know idle anis have to exaggerate some movements but please stop randomly bending horses’ forelegs for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622977043596-AW0HN65TC7DWZ9H8BMWM/brushing.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622977070020-W13BI1K373JTLKZG8GGV/hoofpicking.gif Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622978405777-XIJPAVHPP7DMRQDJN86Q/20210508145006_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622978522744-YEM8PQD74CTMM1OU66WM/vlc_2021-06-06_13-21-51.png Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622978623155-LX1LH888X5K4NV76JC5P/20210525211143_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622978599375-5BAL9F39IXLEPRFEJGJM/20210530112448_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622978734756-AKQ68OSPI912CUDYX99Y/20210527221100_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Horse Club Adventures also demonstrates how to casually include gay representation in a completely child-friendly way with Mr. O’Neill and his husband Richard. Perhaps some other horse games should take notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622978773411-MW0QO9HE1Z33VOGQBPT1/20210524223339_1.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Other characters treat Tori as the stereotypical mean girl with the rich dad, but honestly she does nothing in this game that warrants that dislike. #ToriDidNothingWrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622981121506-2WK08UUA4S0YO5TTPXHC/vlc_2021-06-06_14-05-03.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Races can be played in three difficulty levels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622981137560-U0H8T4BHUZL2OHO47UKL/vlc_2021-06-06_14-04-13.png Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Timing your jumps right in races gains you 3 seconds off your score. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622981429183-ZORQ8TC8ES2HC6QER6V1/vlc_2021-06-06_14-10-15.jpg Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out One of the more noticeable examples of awkward translation choices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622981515547-OH691WIO8NXUQZ92JUIO/vlc_2021-06-06_14-11-42.png Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Menu navigation is fine in some submenus, pretty bad in others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622981697564-423JOP63R2ICQXZ0Y433/vlc_2021-06-06_14-14-01.png Blog - Review: Horse Club Adventures – A Wholesome Summer Retreat with Suboptimal Animations and Controls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1622981728028-7Q0B8I1VR6F7GAF5R49T/20210529174444_1.jpg Blog - 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Make it stand out Katrin Haase has worked in horse game publishing through many highs and lows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1621595934683-CTN1P693GI2K59MU66Z1/maxresdefault.jpg Blog - “It’s like planning a vacation: you dream of the Maldives, but your ticket will only get you to the Netherlands” — Publisher Interview with Katrin Haase - Make it stand out One YouTuber has over half a million views on his My Riding Stables video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1621596141978-BGS781AATEVA777ZT8QI/screenshot03.jpg Blog - “It’s like planning a vacation: you dream of the Maldives, but your ticket will only get you to the Netherlands” — Publisher Interview with Katrin Haase - Make it stand out The “Mounted Games” in My Riding Stables 2. More details in my review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1621596662540-LLOROXD05L9B1JDS1WPB/chrome_2021-05-21_13-29-16.png Blog - “It’s like planning a vacation: you dream of the Maldives, but your ticket will only get you to the Netherlands” — Publisher Interview with Katrin Haase - Make it stand out Some of the horse games available on Nintendo Switch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1621596794030-4GFIKAAB5H3NVFNP5PR3/chrome_2021-05-21_13-32-39.png Blog - “It’s like planning a vacation: you dream of the Maldives, but your ticket will only get you to the Netherlands” — Publisher Interview with Katrin Haase - Make it stand out Some of the horse games available on PlayStation 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1621596967944-D47LQ5WTWXYIM9G0PYOP/120028425_1245552769132132_5665736943629814196_n.png Blog - “It’s like planning a vacation: you dream of the Maldives, but your ticket will only get you to the Netherlands” — Publisher Interview with Katrin Haase - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1621597061408-44WKB77N3KCCJ50C84PI/FrontPage-Friends-Final-cropped.jpg Blog - “It’s like planning a vacation: you dream of the Maldives, but your ticket will only get you to the Netherlands” — Publisher Interview with Katrin Haase - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/5/10/preview-i-played-spirit-luckys-big-adventure-for-an-hour-heres-what-to-expect monthly 0.5 2021-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1620559292961-42ZZKVWH6WM8I7D25T7L/chrome_2021-05-09_13-17-17.jpg Blog - Preview: I played Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure for an Hour – Here’s what to Expect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1620559317810-9TEXDVJ3OHHNH7SO14E4/chrome_2021-05-09_13-16-38.jpg Blog - Preview: I played Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure for an Hour – Here’s what to Expect Due to the long exposure time of old-timey cameras, moving animals are a no-go for photo mode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1620560039653-LQKCBNK1XWJ07E2B0LXN/chrome_2021-05-09_13-17-01.jpg Blog - Preview: I played Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure for an Hour – Here’s what to Expect The story is told through a mix of animated cutscenes and text boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1620560141579-QU68S7ND8OP3NEGXUSAI/chrome_2021-05-09_13-17-08.jpg Blog - Preview: I played Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure for an Hour – Here’s what to Expect Following NPCs at a distance is also among your tasks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1620560164222-5EWRX6FBZ1ZDFQWIJREM/chrome_2021-05-09_13-16-24.jpg Blog - Preview: I played Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure for an Hour – Here’s what to Expect There might well be more varied quest mechanics later in the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1620560424285-TN5O7VT16XVZD7SW1N4E/SPIRIT-Clean-Key-Art_2-1600x900-2.jpg Blog - Preview: I played Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure for an Hour – Here’s what to Expect https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/4/21/we-want-to-tell-a-story-with-heart-and-a-wholesome-character-dynamic-a-look-behind-the-scenes-of-spirit-luckys-big-adventure monthly 0.5 2021-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1619015073044-MR7Q0IREFKSBA2JZGJ6Q/SLBA+Screenshots+Mar21+%282%29.png Blog - “We want to tell a story with heart and a wholesome character dynamic” — A Look behind the Scenes of DreamWorks Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1618142698221-BFA97SWU4TNND5E7E63I/IMG_20210322_150300__01.jpg Blog - “We want to tell a story with heart and a wholesome character dynamic” — A Look behind the Scenes of DreamWorks Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure Santiago R. Bedate is a Producer and Game Designer at aheartfulofgames, currently working on Spirit: Lucky’s Big Adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1618144501004-5EM8M916H32LFOKT4BJ7/ss_1533cc133f729234ee87b7e77c17b3ec51d8f4c6.jpg Blog - “We want to tell a story with heart and a wholesome character dynamic” — A Look behind the Scenes of DreamWorks Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure Grooming Spirit boosts his sprint abilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1618144613011-YHO1UQ2WXL6TBNGJZZUZ/ss_7dd6f9129d7e14cacdbd6fd44a0231c4210f2450.1920x1080.jpg Blog - “We want to tell a story with heart and a wholesome character dynamic” — A Look behind the Scenes of DreamWorks Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure Lucky can take photos of places and animals she discovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1619015486523-W0DYON0ZAQNT80KWYJJX/screen-7s.jpg Blog - “We want to tell a story with heart and a wholesome character dynamic” — A Look behind the Scenes of DreamWorks Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1619015542002-K1PIVOM99WGCIJMRZTO0/SLBA+Screenshots+Mar21+%2818%29.png Blog - 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Schleich and Wild River Games announce Horse Club Adventures for PC and Consoles https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/3/19/review-my-riding-stables-2-a-new-adventure-cool-new-features-dragged-down-by-old-baggage monthly 0.5 2021-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616151830519-585K7J086SHGYMDJGK6V/My+Riding+Stables+2_+A+New+Adventure_20210206135302.jpg Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616152190966-MHR4EPF5PO2UE4G1LB9T/tasks+2018.png Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616152177380-UHIR1B5MZS7TAWLB593M/tasks+2020.jpg Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616154114758-I92F3NY11TGRH56QJTRN/mount-ride.gif Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage The camera can be rotated while on foot, but centers onto the player’s back once mounted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616154148527-INCI2G2OJK0O864FRWUE/beach-chest.gif Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage Treasure chest at the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616154942719-BZBQMJBBRXEH8B5Y6IF3/coat-grooming.gif Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616155164035-BDEH3SXPZX6C99HQELU9/hoof-care.gif Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616155281919-92LRYCIIHG2LGL0P8WRM/horse-breeds.gif Blog - 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Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage Half of these stats remain a mystery to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616157187729-3VYSOIHOW1M667UNE6KD/practice-race.gif Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage The locked camera keeps you from planning ahead, so you need to practice to learn the twists and turns of the race paths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616157214906-JCK99UOZ35JOOJWZDL2H/hurdles.gif Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage Jumping hurdles increases your speed, which can make it tough to get around tight turns, but you can also use it to your advantage in managing stamina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616157885037-P0T6APCB6CG7QKX0X66U/vlc_2021-03-19_13-43-49.png Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage Yes it’s better now, but you really need to freaking love that hoofpicking minigame to genuinely want four horses with gold horseshoe rating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616157524603-H0VXW3A9L11ZJGTODLUF/vlc_2021-03-19_13-37-52.jpg Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage The horse breeding happens in this menu and works just as in the previous games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616157554202-OINGA2UM5JAMFEC25NS3/My+Riding+Stables+2_+A+New+Adventure_20210307153539.jpg Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage The “Ride across the Plain” race takes place exclusively in the mountain pass by the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616158408094-O49KEFZY5BUYLRK83RM0/sword-minigame.gif Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage The mechanics are fine, but the controls are fidgety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616158351696-AFIL3IENHKAOCBA7UOVL/vlc_2021-03-19_13-52-03.jpg Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage Pour one out for my poor boyfriend who I forced to play this with me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616159682060-K1HQ8UH7XAD9E4EEL8AG/vlc_2021-03-19_12-50-11.png Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage Unrelated to this paragraph but I just wanted to add somewhere that no, this is not in fact a Western saddle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1616159654147-SWRA0ENWFVZBJMYFF73I/vlc_2021-03-19_14-13-20.jpg Blog - Review: My Riding Stables 2 - A New Adventure — Cool New Features Dragged Down by Old Baggage https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2021/3/12/horse-mechanics-in-harvest-days-decent-animations-and-features-awful-terminology monthly 0.5 2021-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1615546102221-5EX8UZRV18UGPG2JDBUN/harvest-days-horse-jumping.png Blog - 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New Features in Rival Stars: Quick Ride, Horse Types, Jumping Stats Being able to run up against walls and gallop in place just looks weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1614951427912-UWTZJ9OI6H4XR8EPY8SO/ears.gif Blog - New Features in Rival Stars: Quick Ride, Horse Types, Jumping Stats Please note: the ears. 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The models appear to be the same.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1602846664889-BZTEBBDBR99092BUXAIH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - [UPDATED] My Riding Stables 2: A New Adventure Announced for PS4 and Switch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1602846716832-6NQH5W5R58GR5OCVQ2EU/91NNbb8MODL._SL1500_.jpg Blog - [UPDATED] My Riding Stables 2: A New Adventure Announced for PS4 and Switch https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2020/10/4/windstorm-aris-arrival-a-single-player-open-world-game-that-outshines-its-predecessor-in-every-way monthly 0.5 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601824045550-IDJTTIBQVBBCOGPWIEAQ/OW2_boxshot_render+%281+small%29.png Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601818068874-QQ3CEWOPUB661H3PEQUP/vlc_2020-10-04_11-34-57.jpg Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Much of the action is told through dialogue boxes with character animations being very rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601818306492-P0ZINMPHHDXPQNVLU8SQ/vlc_2020-10-04_15-31-37.jpg Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Ari’s character model is by far the most detailed, NPC models are very simple by comparison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601818646783-C0IAVBML888UA6BFZHXP/walk.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way When you start at a walk and don’t accelerate to a trot, you just stop again after a few steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601818566037-3U30WPLTO9383V6GCELR/trot.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way I appreciate that you can trot at different speeds. But let me see the whole legs, dangit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601818454976-BQPP6IF2N7O6GB97GU2W/canter.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Should the legs reach forward a little more in the canter for it to fit this movement speed? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601818490845-FDJEAXJBSO2SFQJ6BCYH/image-asset.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way The gallop/sprint uses a some excessive motion blur that further obfuscates the actual animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601818858327-KL1JWV0K461ULKF3JW3U/head+follow.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way A nice detail: Windstorm’s head follows you when you walk around him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601818945523-3EYE843FOF3OMA4YRWIA/campfire-rise.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way The model and rig around his knees are just weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601821272104-OY0TAYSA9HG68Y9TBPCA/vlc_2020-10-04_15-29-50.png Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601819242488-DAZZNA1A4OLM1QMED1FR/pretty-valley.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way If you ever wonder where your mobile data went after reading TMQ, it’s because I include gifs like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601819359176-FIIZG68FP0POE5ZG587I/pretty-lake.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way You can find countless idyllic spots all across the game world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601819561347-LGZBWFHDJ1G9MMK5EAPC/scarecrow.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Scarecrow hat collectibles are a more recent addition to the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601819781012-C36NEH882N2ISEJ843VP/billboard.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Finding these billboards by the roadside and shooting them in slow mo is satisfying as hell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601820397251-5AJTTMR2N7JSRQ210TTU/image-asset.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Riding up close to these and hearing their deep whirring sound is honestly kind of awe inspiring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601820521472-AE8CSUUDCM62R16WS9YZ/glitchy+pond.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Okay this mess was my fault, that space is not made for riding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601821572221-DGHXZRE5PKI3KXPV4QNK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Following cars or other riders is a relatively common mission objective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601821583050-73F3Q6A0SSAUWF8Q079K/vlc_2020-10-04_16-26-02.jpg Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Here, I had to shoot an item down from a roof where a bird dropped it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601821873704-BFYGZWT905IPZQEB6OLU/vlc_2020-10-04_16-27-07.png Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Obstacle course missions such as this one are remarkably rare in this game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601821850570-V0GNVAH1HONA3LDPLM4R/Ostwind2-Win64-Shipping_2020-10-04_16-30-17.jpg Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way Side missions increase the trust other characters have in you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601822215093-U4RK1VFQ0THPYXLTDCD2/ari-walk-old.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way One of many minor improvements made long after launch: Ari’s awkward jog… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601822326341-GM7C64FKAWKBYJNO8I28/ari-walk-new.gif Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way …has been replaced by a proper running animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601822776794-NN2XT4W68AVR4PFCDTYR/vlc_2020-10-04_16-12-18.jpg Blog - Review: Windstorm - Ari’s Arrival – An Open World Horse Adventure that Outshines its Predecessor in Every Way https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2020/10/2/red-dead-online-players-are-organizing-charity-rides-to-fundraise-for-cancer-research monthly 0.5 2020-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1601723536287-HI26TIYL5HVAKQI5NURD/120629524_361470061706438_6668995702378455801_n.jpg Blog - 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Review: Petz Horsez 2 – A Content-Rich Adventure Game plagued by Questionable Horses and Awkward Controls The correct treatments for sick horses are usually easy to guess from the options at hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596202132898-R3387CNAM63CJZY6A4GB/mucking.gif Blog - Review: Petz Horsez 2 – A Content-Rich Adventure Game plagued by Questionable Horses and Awkward Controls This is an FPM game, if you will. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596200492335-PO8NBGSJBIWTIIVCY2M9/hoof-picking.gif Blog - Review: Petz Horsez 2 – A Content-Rich Adventure Game plagued by Questionable Horses and Awkward Controls Apart from the fact that the controls are a bit fidgety, I’d call this hoof picking minigame about as good as it gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596200595865-144ASN0ABE4K3H0OUF13/brushing.gif Blog - Review: Petz Horsez 2 – A Content-Rich Adventure Game plagued by Questionable Horses and Awkward Controls Coat brushing can get frustrating because after the first layer of dirt is gone, you don’t see well what you’re missing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596203036534-83ODN6IYJGXFYGTRWLHA/vlc_2020-07-31_15-43-22.jpg Blog - 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Review: Petz Horsez 2 – A Content-Rich Adventure Game plagued by Questionable Horses and Awkward Controls Anyone with conformation expertise wanna do a detailed analysis of everything wrong with these? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596204261587-B0646EBWN2RD4W0RNKT1/vlc_2020-07-31_16-04-04.png Blog - Review: Petz Horsez 2 – A Content-Rich Adventure Game plagued by Questionable Horses and Awkward Controls Oh god please stop no what is that stance even I dont… how? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596204179847-VTBWR1W2DGLQ6RVGLO10/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Review: Petz Horsez 2 – A Content-Rich Adventure Game plagued by Questionable Horses and Awkward Controls The foals aren’t nearly as bad I think? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596204558855-KDWY1P6Q1XJ7FK3KDKWG/vlc_2020-07-31_16-08-43.jpg Blog - Review: Petz Horsez 2 – A Content-Rich Adventure Game plagued by Questionable Horses and Awkward Controls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1596204575814-V4T7WTFU5NHRPVD9VUNZ/vlc_2020-07-31_16-09-05.jpg Blog - 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From #BellaSaraMay to #Junicorn and beyond! https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2020/6/21/review-rival-stars-horse-racing-desktop-edition-gorgeous-graphics-and-forgivable-flaws monthly 0.5 2020-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592742371601-AHLEZ7DIBNQRKHU6DLWG/vlc_2020-06-21_14-25-59.jpg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592742592613-F3BGGY0N9P1X7MNU7UYU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws The opening cutscene is beautifully set in scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592742604875-GX7YVQWZLC254LPIQ02E/vlc_2020-06-21_14-29-33.jpg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Several jockey models are available to choose from https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592742763765-OC7QTP4HLRU9BXEJPFPO/image-asset.png Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws The initial play minutes are well tutorialized and easy to grasp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592742774634-PB3QVZQBS1JR7RVFGAH3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Sprinting and positioning add some strategy to the racing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592744712256-MG6863LO37BOFV85CL4N/vlc_2020-06-21_15-03-05.jpg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Am I nitpicking about the open mouths? 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Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Hiring a jockey gives you the chance to watch the race from a spectator view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592745760635-R526AYSLWN115B6ZXY67/vlc_2020-06-21_15-22-25.jpg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592745774296-WQ8LWW2BP0DV85TGAY74/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592745873325-1MEK1W83P7EVDSEAWMH2/vlc_2020-06-21_15-23-47.jpg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Tag yourself, I’m Pirate Aunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592745893176-17ZVP7VC9YP76C3AFS7E/vlc_2020-06-21_15-24-22.png Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws I’m not even kidding, this is quality humor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592746430544-OI4E2KBTHRC4UVI0X9CC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws You are guided by these familiar NPCs throughout the story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592746485680-KS4GGIKM1VW2IO03O74F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Training your horse’s stats is a one-click interaction and the three different attributes share one animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592746788905-2UWKR4V0C8MYRZBBZGPV/vlc_2020-06-21_15-39-30.jpg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Tack is only cosmetic and can be changed at will. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592746807943-ZU6VLASXI4F5YVUNR3D7/vlc_2020-06-21_15-36-35.jpg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Income generates passively in the background whether you’re playing or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592746239900-86AYKSPE1TK6K3LCGEBT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws New studs become available after some real life wait time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592746273082-EZWBQI23YUS2IT1WF6SD/PremiumBallerina_Family_001.png Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws The game offers photo opportunities with poses to choose from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592748972477-Z3RR86L6TH3SBTQO6IJ6/image-asset.png Blog - Review: Rival Stars Horse Racing Desktop Edition — Gorgeous Graphics and Forgivable Flaws Individually changing graphics settings is not often an option in mobile ports. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1592747002916-HL4O8A2CB8NID8NDQUEM/vlc_2020-06-21_15-42-56.jpg Blog - 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Watch here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586520429861-5IKUD5690P5Y2277V7BR/chrome_2020-04-10_11-36-27.jpg Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity The “Girl Games” section on popular web game portal Poki Games https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586522904118-OVBZNSZA929W3LRZ4COK/flicka-1941.jpg Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586522929749-PBCWVVPY8E5MP8BHXPVC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586522946500-JRLY524CQHAITF4N3JTM/black-stallion-1979.jpg Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586522966274-78VWY01KUV3ZGI60I8R7/young-black-stallion-2003.png Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586524556929-HIFVJH9WFERKAVLV32JT/Calico-game-download.gif Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity Calico – A Game about Magical Girls running Cat Cafés https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586523321369-OX4GXH7AY526QY1PF5CM/girl-squad-brittany-christie.jpg Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity Red Dead is not a particularly girly game, but serves many women as one of the few quality options to live out horse riding fantasies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586523342817-NG996AKH6OKGJNC24T1Z/the-great-outdoors-brittany-christie.jpg Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity These beautiful screenshots were provided by Horses & Video Games community member Brittany Christie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1586523732035-KEKFVK5DAIQPGX5TE54Q/header421.jpg Blog - Horse Games and Gender – How Video Games often fail to combine Quality and Femininity Star Stable Online is without doubt the biggest and most profitable horse game and does not allow male player characters. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2020/3/21/horse-isle-3-war-crimes-and-lgbtq-visibility-a-case-study-in-how-not-to-approach-community-management monthly 0.5 2024-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584701358950-8ETQ6T20E4B588WIYOD0/53.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584701506334-GXY1KG3UOS1AZKSD8C4P/chrome_2020-03-20_11-51-25.png Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management Horse Isle 3’s main landing page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584702310373-LMQML75UPTLHRRQS7VD1/mom-n-dad-1.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584702323722-Y9ZNTJSKVJAV5CSN5OQJ/mom-n-dad-2.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584702355943-VGH2QEO8QEEZNY82G5KB/mom-n-dad-3.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584702556029-XGNX281FXZ7KKHOQ0SIU/84916531_1487077688115948_659040397741260800_o.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management This screenshot was shared by a player in the Horse Isle 3 - Infinite Wilds Facebook group. Several others with similar responses can be found by searching for the term “gulag” in the group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584703109225-CTHPO8DB7FEAQ0Y7W8BD/Screenshot+2020-02-10+at+10.21.47.png Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584703318198-1QT4QCWOPWCKWAB01P9Y/Screenshot_20200211-114159-cut.png Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584703498010-CKISOKZVUXR9548PW9T8/sadsd.png Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management Players voicing their support in the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584703485698-Z5KXWS9B2RONNSLLAGRP/mane.png Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management The Mane Quest club in Horse Isle 3 is run by members of this community, many of whom were upset at these developments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584706722595-BM3MJ6T1BQKP89WAZO0B/chrome_2020-03-20_13-18-25.png Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management The definition of Gulag according to dictionary.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584707164087-GPMY61QOB48RG7HQSL76/chrome_2020-03-20_13-25-40.png Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management To avoid issues with player-generated content, Star Stable Online only allows players to combine names from pre-approved words. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584706223953-IV4VGD10X1QE92HVN66T/b8ba3910-8329-4755-bacc-d277f9a034a6-arthur_2.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management Children’s TV shows such as “Arthur” are starting to acknowledge that LGBTQ+ representation and child-friendly content are not mutually exclusive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584706609593-2XFLAYS5NZ5AITKF0M1V/pony.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3, War Crimes and LGBTQ+ Visibility – A case study in how NOT to approach Community Management Kids’ TV show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has recently introduced a kid-friendly lesbian couple https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2020/3/15/horse-games-that-should-exist-vol-2 monthly 0.5 2021-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584269960142-TCC508U8JQ6AUIML5TQN/HGTSE_Vol2.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584208271631-BUVZ8A9KQBJ9GGN7K7ZE/paul-chambers-m1uT_XHsTQM-unsplash.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol II Photo by Paul Chambers on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584266173224-OCD58YET6H3TZR5O4733/stable+run.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol II yes I edited my Star Stable horse into a Temple Run screenshot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584266573367-2KQMFM3KISX7CKV51ZS7/MjGnYrJ.gif Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol II My favorite 7 seconds from Cabin in the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1584267381792-3QZPM5ZMWS7GQIK0RXKL/ezgif-3-94d30bc8c879.gif Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol II Just a bit of horsie For Honor gameplay to set the mood. 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Revisiting Star Stable Online – A flawed but lovable game experience Repairing the bridge towards Jarlaheim and the Harvest Counties takes several in-game days and a variety of quests and busywork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1583099957377-LZ3OCVH57XN2L4JY6OFM/vlc_2020-03-01_22-52-10.jpg Blog - Revisiting Star Stable Online – A flawed but lovable game experience Dialogue options come up frequently in some quest lines, not at all in others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1583099968927-7BIHGW6ROK8SV611ILUW/vlc_2020-03-01_22-46-56.jpg Blog - Revisiting Star Stable Online – A flawed but lovable game experience My location marker looks like it’s exactly on the quest marker, but the quest giver is actually outside of town and further down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1583184808663-T3UA9MSVML292PNZFX8V/tinker424b.jpg Blog - Revisiting Star Stable Online – A flawed but lovable game experience The updated Tinkers were released last December, to much acclaim by the player base from what I’ve seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1583184819478-6MDMHY0Z3OM54GONXLUB/maxresdefault.jpg Blog - Revisiting Star Stable Online – A flawed but lovable game experience Whereas the Knabstrupper released in February sparked a lot of discussion in the community, including accusations of devs being lazy, because gamers be gamers, whether they’re discussing maps and guns or horse models and animations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1583187071758-C2KCJU7TRMNG2SATSAIF/StarStable+2019-10-25+09-41-18.png Blog - Revisiting Star Stable Online – A flawed but lovable game experience https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2020/2/22/tmq-merchandise-shop-get-yourself-some-stickers-or-shirts-to-support-the-website monthly 0.5 2020-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1582381839415-Z42SXKKTO62WKEFIXPOF/image-asset.png Blog - TMQ Merchandise Shop: Get yourself some stickers or shirts to support the website! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1582381882247-HJ78IKYSZ2HZ8SQP5J68/chrome_2020-02-22_15-14-58.png Blog - 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“We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles Make sure to read the Ostwind/Windstorm review for a detailed look at the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1578767156433-FBVT1AL1KSJENBRK6XKX/vlc_2019-05-22_21-34-05.jpg Blog - “We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1578768183267-SBE7PI7A0EOGD4LEYGTS/chrome_2020-01-11_17-26-28.png Blog - “We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1578768278319-U87VK1SVFFLFSR7MN20C/OW2_Screenshot4k_04-small.jpg Blog - “We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1578780265984-I6M0991FEP0EVOFCRDUB/chrome_2020-01-11_23-03-48.png Blog - “We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles On Steam, neither of the Windstorm games were particularly well received. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1578780281874-HITN1YTGAWS3J2VMD3DA/chrome_2020-01-11_23-03-58.png Blog - “We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles But for children’s games, retail is an important part of the market not reflected in Steam reviews or sales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1578781425308-X82MEXFA03YJ6M9BK926/ostwind+unfall.gif Blog - “We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles No animals were harmed in the making of this game (I think?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1578781530102-3QNFI80NWXOLYDQFT3HE/GIF.gif Blog - “We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles Ari arrives and Ari freakin’ delivers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1578780972562-D1OCH1PVTUD4JUPDMBG3/bg-img-22.jpg Blog - “We want to build something that can grow over the years to come” - Windstorm Developer Aesir Interactive talks about New Plans and Past Struggles The Aesir Interactive team as presented on the studio’s website. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/12/22/there-is-no-need-to-do-anything-differently-update-from-horse-isle-3-lead-developer-joe-jor-durbin monthly 0.5 2019-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1577015463141-I6OU1HPMVLPBS970QT7Y/25.jpg Blog - “There is no need to do anything differently” — Insights from Horse Isle 3 Lead Developer Joe ‘Jor’ Durbin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1577015013245-JL1EQTU4WXEO65CG8XF6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - “There is no need to do anything differently” — Insights from Horse Isle 3 Lead Developer Joe ‘Jor’ Durbin Like almost anything else in the game, courses and challenges are player-made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1577015188059-82X8RS0UMAOPEYF0N3EM/54.jpg Blog - “There is no need to do anything differently” — Insights from Horse Isle 3 Lead Developer Joe ‘Jor’ Durbin In the huge world, any player can claim their own spot of land and build a farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1577015311237-PEIOXNY9ZUQQ4M64Y73A/image-asset.png Blog - “There is no need to do anything differently” — Insights from Horse Isle 3 Lead Developer Joe ‘Jor’ Durbin Poll in a HI3 fan group with 700+ members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1577015389706-OOLRIFH7DY25FQL37PGZ/image-asset.png Blog - “There is no need to do anything differently” — Insights from Horse Isle 3 Lead Developer Joe ‘Jor’ Durbin The Player Referral Program as described in the game’s manual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1577015777261-R1QNVN1RBZHQO3VM3MTJ/31.jpg Blog - “There is no need to do anything differently” — Insights from Horse Isle 3 Lead Developer Joe ‘Jor’ Durbin Many players I’ve talked to mention a sense of community among the players as something they appreciate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1577015806470-NPVGQ6551KJEDO6EOWBU/35.jpg Blog - “There is no need to do anything differently” — Insights from Horse Isle 3 Lead Developer Joe ‘Jor’ Durbin The immense variety in findable and breedable horse shapes and colors is a selling point for many Horse Isle fans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1577015887375-J4Z23WF3N695GQNOUCCV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - “There is no need to do anything differently” — Insights from Horse Isle 3 Lead Developer Joe ‘Jor’ Durbin https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/12/9/windstorm-studio-announces-new-open-world-horse-riding-adventure monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1575928644340-ZCHYTHJ189SE1N1MPOMR/stable-girl-announcement.jpg Blog - Windstorm Studio announces new Open World Horse Riding Adventure https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/12/6/horse-isle-3-stream-highlights monthly 0.5 2019-12-22 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/12/2/kanna-an-open-world-indie-rpg-with-lots-of-horse-variety monthly 0.5 2019-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1575310381028-LKJD6WWZUABLZBV81R6C/ezgif-6-bf01f3c8b95b.gif Blog - Kanna: An Open World Indie RPG with lots of horse variety “Sword fighting, archery, and spell casting can all be done on horseback. There are many different types of horses, with varying speeds and colors!” - Src https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1575310673660-AW6X421SH9CBY4FMXD57/EE2QVn_X4AE-gGf.jpg Blog - Kanna: An Open World Indie RPG with lots of horse variety The horse ranch is an in-game location that can be visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1575310709973-89ZCWAHY223XC5QMUR60/EDUSWaxVUAAT-rw.jpg Blog - Kanna: An Open World Indie RPG with lots of horse variety Not a lot of horse footage is available yet on the game’s social media. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/11/23/new-facebook-group-join-the-horses-amp-video-games-communities-to-meet-fellow-horse-game-lovers monthly 0.5 2020-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574511214748-LCE4IVOZ3Z5BBVFJG5YI/chrome_2019-11-23_13-13-17.png Blog - New Facebook Group: Join the Horses &amp; Video Games Communities to meet fellow Horse Game Lovers https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/11/17/horse-isle-3-player-base-divided-over-development-priorities monthly 0.5 2019-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574001612696-D31NEKTRETXILTSJQ9QF/42.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3: Player base divided over development priorities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574001751222-76LMDZX7C9IGLD1JCY7V/chrome_2019-11-17_15-14-28.png Blog - Horse Isle 3: Player base divided over development priorities Results of a poll posted in a Horse Isle 3 fan group, 740 total members, around 200 poll participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574002392898-9C4T5LMVDHA7CQ9UK7JN/chrome_2019-11-17_15-52-36.png Blog - Horse Isle 3: Player base divided over development priorities Private message from a HI3 player in response to me asking around about the game on Reddit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574003073515-LKYRO8DYMLRCF2XHQ5SD/chrome_2019-11-17_16-03-32.png Blog - Horse Isle 3: Player base divided over development priorities A HI3 player’s comment on the game’s current state. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574002305696-HGCT93K5MUAHY9B06K78/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Horse Isle 3: Player base divided over development priorities Comments on the poll above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574002316665-3V64C7SMOL5CEDVRO071/chrome_2019-11-17_15-15-13.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3: Player base divided over development priorities Source: Horse Isle 3 Infinite Wilds facebook group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574002773488-R79Z0ZO5YLC5LFLEUL3S/10.jpg Blog - Horse Isle 3: Player base divided over development priorities The world being large and empty is a complaint I’ve seen several times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1574002759357-JNBEC78IREG5PNJ0UVAI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Horse Isle 3: Player base divided over development priorities Many buildings in the game look very same-y, judging by screenshots. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/11/9/horse-care-mechanics-why-theyre-often-horrible-and-how-to-get-them-right monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573319748538-S5HNWI89A0EU1BO6KFBA/horse-care.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573382541951-BQZEAAUXM577BMOSO20S/vlc_2019-11-09_17-58-28.png Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right I’m not inserting the whole gif again, but one hoof takes 20 seconds and you have to do all four. My Riding Stables (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573382505594-3J107GP5IKTQ8SC5SM5Q/vlc_2019-11-10_11-41-33.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right Hoof care takes a total of 5s in Star Stable Online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573383714327-IQLZUU1AHHMQ09V5NFIL/vlc_2019-11-10_12-01-43.png Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right In Bibi & Tina at the horse farm, horse care is entirely optional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573382604241-V52BOQV98OPV7M8TJMU2/vlc_2019-05-22_21-25-54.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right In Windstorm (2017), you cannot start missions if your horse is dirty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573383884249-OUC3UIT4B69TVIMRBBXG/hoofcare.gif Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right A cynical part of me suspects that these care mechanics are drawn out as long as they are because these games already struggle to offer significant playtime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573384044014-PTQSY2O62H2IK8RACNF6/vlc_2019-11-10_12-07-02.png Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right Your horse is never dirty in this game outside of this exact screen. 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Tina at the horse farm (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386073329-0SW5JZ6NOEC34CT6RFX0/chrome_2019-11-09_17-55-02.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - My Little Riding Champion (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386046367-COPSISNIUX0ARJ28PIRZ/chrome_2019-11-10_12-30-40.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386074632-GR1KI4FXPUS2W8EDEOHD/vlc_2019-11-09_17-47-26.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386076496-F9LLIJ0INGWQ71EMOYK1/vlc_2019-11-09_17-52-12.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - Horse Riding Tales (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386078270-PR9BEKBAM12EDNPGEH15/vlc_2019-11-09_17-58-11.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - My Riding Stables (2008) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386088467-J3YPBJNY6OZ45L17S7LL/vlc_2019-11-09_17-58-28.png Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - My Riding Stables (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386080286-HWL76VRTX2M48OVHLACF/vlc_2019-11-09_17-58-53.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - Ostwind/Windstorm (2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386093220-3FWRB2IKK5BS16URZMW0/vlc_2019-11-09_18-02-16.png Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386093700-6RLH0OCHQPMBKS848W73/vlc_2019-11-09_18-07-04.jpg Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - Horse World: Showjumping (2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1573386098324-6HUDVA45BYZI1Z7QPEM0/vlc_2019-11-09_18-07-58.png Blog - Horse Care Mechanics: Why They’re Often Horrible and How To Get Them Right - Horse World (2014) https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/10/24/bibi-amp-tina-at-the-horse-farm monthly 0.5 2019-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571923172902-9O4QXA0T4VG2S8A42C5H/Switch_BibiandTina_01.jpg Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571923404688-FZH370BZ5AUL1V3LYNL8/vlc_2019-10-24_15-21-56.png Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Pretty sure it should be play as, not with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571923368115-MEH4PEC0OS3HL56KOZEF/Bibi+_+Tina+at+the+horse+farm_20191017163254.jpg Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Any and all story and exposition is presented through these text boxes, with no cutscenes or animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571924235283-JL2IMXMXF8TMCP1GGXGX/disappearing+npc.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Note the NPC in the background: he is part of the mission setup, but not visible in the world right after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571924348734-U8G4WO1V1A320L7QLHJ6/flowertrail.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity The goal in this mission is to follow the flower trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571924919125-K7HBNSD58RA2MOHPPRPG/jumping.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Jumping missions are structured with these pink checkpoints just like almost all riding missions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571925055594-PVBM60PCKFQMNBOJORTG/endurance.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Note the endurance meter in the bottom right: I pushed my horse too hard, so it stopped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571925756209-ZAUUP7NA6MT1Z5CCI0YW/hoofpicking.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity I think hoofpicking takes a little bit less time here than in My Riding Stables, so that’s something. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571925842222-LAY5TVM8LWRJG29BIFET/image-asset.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Hosing one of these dirt spots takes 12 seconds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571925422029-XUSDVAGYVDZJ0DBK2DFT/vlc_2019-10-24_15-56-27.png Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Inside the Martins’ stable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571925446005-8PADKB1P5U6PP5QV8GUN/vlc_2019-10-24_15-56-35.png Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity You can choose the grooming minigames from this menu after entering the stable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571929201610-64DSLE3CQUERLEGJW7DD/Bibi+_+Tina+at+the+horse+farm_20191017171736.jpg Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Okay look I criticize a lot about these games but I am 100% behind the decision to let players put a tiny top hat on their horse in the “dress up” minigame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571929373132-RUCUG8Z8LQUB30Y9HXPH/vlc_2019-10-24_17-02-44.png Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity The feeding minigame is cute: you have to quickly decide which objects to feed to your horse and which not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571926449891-O4PNIFJKTJY32ST5SFHB/vlc_2019-10-24_16-12-19.png Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity I severely doubt that combining the three modes into one world would have increased the devs’ workload if it had been planned from the beginning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571926531486-N0MOOV0NO0139MYJOPGJ/vlc_2019-10-24_16-13-40.png Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Instead of telling you how many more “objects” to find for your next horse, you simply get this “7/96” counter at the bottom left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571926828323-YZT5043EVM8YCX4OG3L6/trotting.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity In a rising trot, a rider should move up and down with the movement of their horse instead of randomly bouncing around on top of it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571926993617-B0CD22LTGXQTUEKKKGEK/saddle+pos.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity I’m pretty sure you’re sitting on the pommel, Tina. That cannot be comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571927350620-M2GQREYXTUWO0I60E86G/textures.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity Note the trees’ textures popping in as they get closer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571927433719-KJD44BHR69EZZ598IRZ2/quarry.gif Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity The “quarry” area is quite ugly throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571927713485-KPKQ1L27LZGYBNWNYFUJ/vlc_2019-10-24_16-32-00.png Blog - Bibi &amp; Tina at the horse farm — An Exercise in Mediocrity The map can help you find your next objective, but since hidden objects are only visible in Riding Out, there is no incentive to explore between missions. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/1-year-anniversary monthly 0.5 2022-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1571860177705-85IG9NLIUM5QNBMVD4GW/tmq-1year.jpg Blog - 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“It’s a dream come true” — Nika Bender talks about her work on Star Stable Online The new starter horse more realistic animations and proportions, and a stylized texture. 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The rider sits way too far back and leans forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558864558925-FNQRJMTXKDGTDKNJQQF2/jumping.gif Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay The jumping animation is weirldy cut off at the end. The horse doesn’t so much land as it just twitches back to a canter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558858359957-TPT1WMHUNX54PAPHBC7P/vlc_2019-05-26_09-31-50.jpg Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay Mika’s 2D character art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558858434419-ORIJRDS98O6OS5P3JIQM/vlc_2019-05-26_09-35-14.jpg Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay Mika’s ingame character model https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558865418648-M5D9CERQM7TEMO9VSI8E/vlc_2019-05-22_21-25-54.jpg Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay When you want to start a mission, but your horse is too dirty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558867882339-1RO5RFIVYLOQBF0CVKVV/hoofcare.gif Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay Cleaning one hoof takes 17 seconds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558867703302-ROEGUWQH236Q05NTCJ6S/weird+dog.gif Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay This is just not how a horse moves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558869074458-EGGZBXU1KEH7F09FD828/jump+training.gif Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay Slowing down to a trot in order to ride turns does little for your manoeuverability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558869209576-NLIGO0WS6SFIJCIRU41E/vlc_2019-05-26_13-10-11.jpg Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay The skills are maxed out relatively fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558870141799-Y9NWQ02SY8KH8WC2MR09/movie.gif Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay Mika and Windstorm in the movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1558870002030-GX5A3D3GW1NW24Z3P7CX/vlc_2019-05-26_13-17-15.jpg Blog - Ostwind/Windstorm — Gorgeous Landscapes, Strange Horse Animation and Shallow Gameplay Mika and Windstorm in the game https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/5/12/the-most-popular-unity-asset-for-horse-animation-has-a-fatal-flaw-but-its-getting-an-update monthly 0.5 2023-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557675865106-E1E3284KUG4EAG25Z0S5/horse-animset-pro.jpg Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557677710617-7XKRVSKQQFCSRBO30OGB/gait-sequence-chart-walk-edited.jpg Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update The four “beats” of the walking motion (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557678516958-C2EER0ILVK8RTD460012/Muybridge_horse_walking_animated.gif Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update Real horse walking (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557678819388-TITXHPP21HMFEICQNIZL/MalbersAnim-cropped.gif Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update The horse walk animation in Horse Animset Pro: walking in two-beat motion. (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557679058518-YYBG2GE8ZLCRO8Z02YNX/horsegame+walk.gif Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update The animation for my own horse game that I made in about an hour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557678609056-0B0J6SXO2QD6H7NLCJ7T/ezgif-1-faa1b08f264b.gif Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update Walk cycle in Equestrian The Game for comparison (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557679359116-KUDIPWOTDKMIOUHQ1Q8E/animallica.gif Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update Animallica, a game that appears to use the Horse Animset (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557679616810-7D89UE9ZGRV9I9CM64T4/ElegantThunderousChimneyswift-size_restricted.gif Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update My Little Riding Champion proudly presenting its wrong walk animation. (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557680099708-RHF4Q2Z4ZETZWTR3T5WR/ezgif-1-edd2a2b8445f.gif Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update The updated walk animation coming soon to Horse Animset Pro. (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557680244786-NFAFM1BEVPVXJ6IJRCO0/bent+knees.png Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update “Bending the knee” like this may please certain white-haired draconic monarchs, but not the average equestrian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1557680337790-B1XJC3R90NK91WXD89A5/bent+knees+2.png Blog - The Most Popular Unity Asset for Horse Animation has a Fatal Flaw, but it’s Getting an Update If a front leg carries weight, it should be straight. That even rhymes. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/5/1/horses-are-already-magical-they-dont-need-fairy-dust-interview-with-the-team-of-equestrian-a-horse-game-for-adults monthly 0.5 2019-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556655950967-27983VTY1JJ301RM5S7R/Equestrian_cover_01.png Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556656278557-CTB53ZBNAZBOUVZKOENH/Molly1.png Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults Molly Ericson, Co-Founder and VP at Kavalri Games https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556740013319-8LMCEKW18AQ2ICHZPQTC/IMG_20160717_143120.png Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults Molly on Hasta Luego, a gelding she’s worked with for many years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556735641857-FCGTJ1JSIA9KF2U1FQG0/screen_2400x1350_2019-04-09_13-04-20_2.png Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults Trail rides were not originally planned, but added based on popular request, according to a Facebook post by the Equestrian team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556736230036-M00FD3TVCP4QACF3LGWK/screen_3840x2160_2019-04-08_15-55-07.png Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults Show Jumping and Dressage are the core disciplines that Equestrian will focus on, but more may be added at some later point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556735516320-TLFYOXRACEEWQDUBB7RA/BruisedMenacingHake-size_restricted.gif Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults The team has revealed on social media that individual gaits and skills can be trained and improved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556736940294-8UG4YF5C367UGCFUE1CR/ezgif-1-bbdc917fbc7e.gif Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults Lateral movement is incredibly rare in horse focused games, but has been included in a fashion in Red Dead Redemption 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556737431920-UY0YPY5LKAJ97XOC3OTL/Character_blue.png Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults Although male character models have not been revealed yet, Kavalri has confirmed that players will be able to customize their gender. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1556737607823-14U6JOJPKCRI4UFWZGNL/ezgif-1-faa1b08f264b.gif Blog - “Horses are already magical, they don’t need fairy dust!” — Interview with the team of Equestrian: a Horse Game for Adults A variety of bridles, saddles and other equipment will be available in the game. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/4/14/horse-riding-tales-cute-horses-bad-interface-and-excessive-microtransactions monthly 0.5 2023-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555248334785-JD0ZSNY1Z6X0Q5FBFQX6/vlc_2019-04-14_15-25-05.jpg Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555251111729-0D1ZI3WBYHDPG6DC283W/washing.gif Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions This would look better if I had taken the saddle off first, but that’s not really the game’s fault. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555250915009-XWXK7M5BS9ALXBIVHPBE/rear+and+nuzzle.gif Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions Some animations can be triggered by clicking the horse while riding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555251411625-9GFQG7VL83KWMGNQ98Y9/vlc_2019-04-14_16-13-57.jpg Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions These horses can be tamed for free, but you can always buy more of them for gems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555251458921-LKKH9MG5OTFJQHBK421A/vlc_2019-04-14_16-16-05.jpg Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions If you’re willing to spend money, you can unlock pegasi, unicorns and other fantasy steeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555251684433-T018F6VWRO4I2A0IU2OB/vlc_2019-04-14_16-21-11.jpg Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions Learning how to ride well instantly thanks to the powers of observation and… uh… magic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555251895148-BW15DUUW7JIKZ9DI312Q/vlc_2019-04-14_16-22-02.jpg Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions The faulty grammar isn’t the real problem here, but it doesn’t exactly help either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555253920133-NY7LX8L388PUNN0SB56H/trot+to+canter+short.gif Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions Changing gaits by menu item is one of many obvious mobile UI leftovers that a proper PC port should have adjusted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555254179860-Q4H047J2FGAT71EL7677/vlc_2019-04-14_17-02-20.jpg Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions Don’t mind me, I’m just mining some cotton with my pickaxe in order to craft a horse-taming orb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555254123087-7PNDYCE7ADBRER6ASBIV/launch_2019-04-14_15-45-00.png Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555254157133-N8J39YQDWLY0H6BQLRNU/vlc_2019-04-14_15-27-01.jpg Blog - Horse Riding Tales — Cute Horses, Bad Interface and Excessive Microtransactions https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/4/13/horse-riding-tales-the-mobile-free-to-play-multiplayer-horse-game-is-out-on-steam-now monthly 0.5 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1555155589025-IM2V57HLOG1VT7ZB3RDZ/hrt_Screen_3-1024x576.jpg Blog - Horse Riding Tales: The Mobile Free-To-Play Multiplayer Horse Game is out on Steam now https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/4/6/very-far-away-horse-game monthly 0.5 2019-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1554545970880-SHXY1IULP9291OUEWTC7/far-away-horse.png Blog - "Very Far Away Horse" Game Cover Confuses Gamers https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/3/30/horse-games-that-should-exist-vol-i monthly 0.5 2021-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1553968340329-LO858ZSHWBY7WITO1D5H/HGTSE_Vol1.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol I Left to Right: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Stock Photo by Gene Devine, Shadow of the Colossus, Stock Photo by Ieva Vizule, Fable: The Journey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1553968773616-1M0LXBK7NY9D7DRTW6K4/A-screenshot-from-Stardew-Valley-showing-the-players-farm-inventory-and-avatar.png Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol I Stardew Valley is a wonderful game, but the horse in it may as well be a bicycle for its mechanical complexity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1553968867479-WJDXJQAR8DS6YGN8CFH6/yard.JPG Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol I The My Riding Stables games have many of the desired features, but none of the polish and depth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1553969096975-MY6YBHFVP7Y3Q1YDYE8K/20180217161813_1.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol I Kingdom Come: Deliverance is one of many games to feature horse riding for transport, but without any attempt at realistic input. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1553969260520-OOYZOCC9YH1Z49KMRNUU/thomas-peham-340216-unsplash.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol I Looks really simple, right? 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Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol I Shadow of the Colossus has a wonderful horse companion, but much of the gameplay is focused on combat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1554029378844-D1X5X9YFBANFVN8YN9S6/far.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol I FAR: Lone Sails is a sidescroller adventure game where your mount is a machine, but something similar could be made with an equine companion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1554029576216-RYEVMU0LZ0FG2XW4FYXB/fable-the-journey.jpg Blog - Horse Games That Should Exist – Vol I Fable: The Journey actually put travel with a horse in its focus, but received mixed reviews for its motion controls. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/3/17/my-time-at-portia-review monthly 0.5 2021-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552834209667-AE422ZTW8IJRPXWBB8C8/banner.jpg Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552834874069-HRAN6AMMMPXG7442PS6D/furnace.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Taking care of your furnaces and other crafting processes is a big part of the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552834769024-F146TTDG4PRQHI8X9ADB/missions.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Many of the quests are about crafting, repairing and exploring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552836420240-FIC8FI3DSG46N7E64YKN/vlc_2019-03-17_15-27-42.png Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Small things are crafted at a worktable, bigger constructs are put together on your assembly platform following the instructions in your handbook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552836499025-NBA3VJK5TW4ZMB7NYXTC/vlc_2019-03-17_16-06-18.jpg Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Chatting with NPCs is good for receiving tips or missions and for improving your relationships with the townsfolk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552834993603-Q4XQX5LOW46UC37HYVY2/chrome_2019-03-16_19-47-15.png Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics The requirements for building a stable (from Wiki) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552835694659-JXMNMB7MHW12SR6IKJHU/buying+horse.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics There are unfortunately not many horses to choose from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552835878208-DB0721EZNK7Q43BAI33W/pet+horse.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics You can pet the horse, which is nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552835481590-FTZKXVUCFKK4GECAYRO3/llama+taming.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Taming a colorful llama is a cheaper option to acquire a mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552836167686-XC9HP0V6DVLJW2O7CDMJ/llama+in+city.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics It may be easier to get, but the colorful llama is slower than the horses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552836553501-WWMP8JTU3T14297LCHVE/vlc_2019-03-17_16-25-27.jpg Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Your stable is a small open shelter in which your mounts move around freely. It cannot be upgraded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552836612868-0GWYLQIPQDXVM1GKK32E/vlc_2019-03-17_16-07-04.jpg Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics You can grow food for your animals in your own planter boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552837780260-86OOW3OVH0V8ILGC2EF8/training.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics You train your horses via this menu that’s accessible in the stable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552838038459-7ZOITJT5H5IDZ1L6UML7/falling.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Neither horse nor player take falling damage, and the horse cannot be attacked by monsters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552836785018-VCRIPF79TQLGIMUFODJ4/riding+outside+town.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Portia and its surroundings are always pretty to look at https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552837117622-H3VQLIFZLRL4XTYL5IDV/fast+as+fuck+booiiii.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics I bought the fastest horse. It’s very fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552837228822-ZNYFQFI1K38V7KEI3A9Z/send+horse+home.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Sending your horse back to its stable and taking the bus home is a neat way to save time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552837397171-E6EAUQ1I5MEVDJT8AC6B/farm+horses.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics You cannot put your own horses into a pasture. These are the ones living on Portia’s farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552838228690-Z4SNV8RCJMTAZ5WS2IQO/arlo+in+town.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Some of the NPCs have their own named horses and can be seen riding them around the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552838122684-SCS35AAI0ZCRMZAJTURV/cows.gif Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics Come on, that’s a mildly weird cow, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552838329771-MX3DO6LHNYHVSVY45CXW/vlc_2019-03-17_16-57-37.jpg Blog - My Time At Portia — A Wonderful Crafting Game Despite Rudimentary Horse Mechanics My Time at Portia takes place in a rather colorful post-apocalypse and its landscapes are pretty to look at. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/3/17/mount-amp-blade-ii-bannerlord-takes-their-reins-seriously monthly 0.5 2019-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1552823901606-Z53EHCTZ1PDFI86FBR1C/mountandblade_steam_screenshot Blog - Mount &amp; 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It does it without changing the actual text however, making the announcements stand out oddly in tone and wording. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549192175380-BZW8SYQ5ASCYBEH1NT4U/horse+colors.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better I love me some horse game realism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549192253661-E9KMZ5GZMKIXYAKBAYD6/name+entering.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better In the character creator where you enter your player’s name, you have to click letters or select them with the arrow keys because pressing letter keys on your keyboard results in triggering the wrong shortcuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549193467199-G9TYSDUOEIGU4S1RTN6O/chrome_2019-01-27_14-55-54.jpg Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549193592624-6ZAPIMXMZOGUZZCKPLI8/riding+trot+animation.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better Perhaps not well visible in this gif: Apart from the rising trot being out of sync with the horse, the player character just twiches instantly back into the saddle instead of having a sitting down animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549194001807-BQR9YSADJSPWM6Y3GCAY/left+right+twitch.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better The player can’t steer, so this left/right twitching is part of the fixed path you move on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549194244013-R4Y7D0RO4UD66Y8WXO1L/crooked+obstacle.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better Here, the predefined path makes your horse turn left mid-jump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549194642491-NRJQUN1ET5JAID9Q7WGR/instant-mode.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better The Instant Mode accessible from the main menu lets you move “freely”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549194781479-YZ02T9R9PCQZFIDX9TUR/moving+in+place.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better Collision detection and adjusting animations when something’s right in front of you is not that difficult to do in Unity. And yet… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549195118373-59E4249BXI9PFRLWRZ85/grooming+ani+twitch.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better Grooming a horse takes a solid minute, cleaning its hooves even longer. The horse’s idle animation doesn’t loop properly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549196296642-ZV2PZKAURCL7BKA8LHUJ/vlc_2019-02-03_13-17-56.png Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better Achieving Gold Shoes for horse care takes a while, but it’s the races that really hold your progress back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549196491677-E0DVK5A9YD58VICNUYYC/vlc_2019-02-03_13-20-57.png Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better The titular “horse breeding” happens in a menu where you preview the foal you’re going to get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549196388278-KWXYS4475GF1PRR41ZO3/vlc_2019-02-03_12-40-45.png Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better After waiting three days, your grown up horse appears in the paddock. There are no foals visible in this game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1549196178644-M0AALKFV0U3A8KHGFG52/image-asset.png Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses/Your Horse Breeding — Horse Fans Deserve Better Your “library” offers information on real-life horse care, but many of the texts are awkwardly written and badly formatted. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/2/2/ludicious19-talk-all-horse-games-are-bad-and-heres-why-you-should-care-about-that monthly 0.5 2020-03-15 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2019/1/20/star-stable-online-review-much-variety-little-depth monthly 0.5 2023-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548003125559-W3CZN8C9Q6JF8EG1MMOD/Star-Stable-pre-spring-2018-wallpaper.jpg Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548003356467-BAOO4RQY7RGQ3DNXHK7Y/vlc_2019-01-20_17-54-11.png Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth Screenshot from the opening crawl of SSO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548004039914-AL3R8RIXU3NHRDFFB4WE/vlc_2019-01-20_18-06-47.png Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth It was nighttime in Jorvik during my first few hours of playing for some reason, which wasn’t good for the readability of my gameplay recordings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548004508062-OHC9551SBH3FAZFRCCUB/vlc_2019-01-20_18-14-25.png Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth The Jorvik Map. I’ve only really visited the Moorland and Fort Pinta areas around the center of the map so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548005059238-1PAX2DHDQTQ82J9FZBDN/dishes+a+bad+quest.gif Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth Delivering a quest that consisted of running around the mall area and picking up dirty dishes while being limited by two frustratingly slow escalators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548005879386-N5DSUQ0HET9UMM2O9EHW/spirit1.jpg Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth Spirit as he appears in SSO. In accordance with the character of the TV series, in-game Spirit cannot be saddled or bridled, but he can be ridden if you complete a bunch of quests that make him trust you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548054193877-F5TD7S9KUH6M1SXLM9H9/daily+care.gif Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth If you return to the game every day and perform four of these daily grooming tasks, your horse will be happier and perform better. You can also pay Star Coins to have the game do them for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548053587356-14M0XH6Q5WYR2UFDG6IG/2018-09-23_17-19-14.jpg Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth The old Jorvik Warmblood had slightly wonky legs, but it was the forward-facing eyes that really made me laugh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548053513785-7FIT82UWVM7QQRHAVA8A/chrome_2019-01-21_07-36-45.jpg Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth The new model and texture looks smoother and fits in better with the rest of the game’s horses. Most importantly, its eyes are facing appropriately sideways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1548006125385-L6T8WOCZZ4PG404MJ52G/beach.gif Blog - Star Stable Online — Much Variety, Little Depth Most of the environment looks dated. 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Four of the 10 top games are horse themed. Src https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546445637910-R1N3F5IAIFKTMC9607RQ/box+art+RS+1.JPG Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 This is the Riding Star CD I still have, though from looking at in-game footage of both this one and Riding Star 2, the latter looks more familiar and I am not so sure which of the two I actually played after all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546446294955-B88YHKAGPPWZMX12DL41/image-asset.jpeg Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 I think Mary King’s Riding Star is the same game than the one I have, but honestly at this point who knows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546446304582-U2YLM9AGJBU663N4BQFO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 There have been at least a dozen game releases that have Riding Star in their title, and it’s hard to even find correctly labelled gameplay footage from an individual game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546446314547-R3IV3UY0F0GGH85JANKG/rs+2+box+art.jpg Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 Pretty sure this one is the cover of the game this interview is about though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546449712497-3AU1YFNH38BH85EKIE92/j%C3%B6rg_2006.jpg Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 Jörg Reisig in 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546448313513-763R4H79F5SICL7N2Y1M/drakensang.jpg Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 The Dark Eye: Drakensang was the role-playing game Jörg initially joined the company for. The game was based on the Pen and Paper game Das Schwarze Auge, which was more popular than Dungeons & Dragons in Germany at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546448814548-5NLQ6NWIH3HEQMIIPIW3/rs+2+gameplay+dressage.jpg Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 In the end, the player had to move their cursor along the dotted line to execute dressage manoeuvers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546448945264-5G08F598MNA7RBTPOYFN/chrome_2019-01-02_17-34-37.png Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 The dressage mode includes following lines in a specific gait, which is one of the most basic parts of real life dressage as well. 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Src https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1546449929527-F569MJ7FVPTTGTSW5Y41/j%C3%B6rg_2018.jpg Blog - “Working on a horse game nobody cared about was soul crushing” — The Unenthusiastic Making Of Riding Star 2 Jörg at AMAZE 2018, a game developer convention he attended in order to showcase his new project The Fermi Paradox. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2018/12/25/the-mane-quest-wishes-you-all-a-very-merry-christmas monthly 0.5 2018-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1545728433848-1JVPUPZFLCOTJIH2LXD4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Mane Quest wishes you all a very Merry Christmas! Photo: Chocoletta, the 16-year-old Freiberger mare I work with, during a recent intro lesson in Parelli Natural Horsemanship. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2018/12/18/farming-simulator-19-can-rideable-horses-make-the-tractor-driving-worthwhile monthly 0.5 2020-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544955132558-RU66FQZ3QZI95830ZVMI/vlc_2018-12-16_11-10-37.png Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544956988172-GIUKSN1EVIYUONENI8VG/chrome_2018-12-16_11-42-02.jpg Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? The Tending to Animals Gameplay Trailer makes Farming Sim look very cute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544958004195-WCM9F0X4WGGJBPX31B5L/FarmingSimulator2019Game_2018-12-16_11-58-09.jpg Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? I started the game in New Farmer mode first, but found it easier to get to the horses in Farm-Manager in the end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544959161827-9USA7VCIV9RBWQANFB07/tutorial+cultivator+fail.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? In this version, I cultivated the whole field and then tried various things for 20 minutes, not realizing where I had gone wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544959661745-635SK67FN35E13K77H5S/tutorial+cultivator+success.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? Finally, I realized: The tutorial only continues if you attach the front thing as well. Which the game never explicitly tells you to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544960048061-8X6XRSTVBZDQV9KP7FLS/FarmingSimulator2019Game_2018-12-16_12-33-18.png Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? Almost everything that can be purchased in the game is a realistic reproduction of an existing tool or vehicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544962167887-DTMVXMIY9GGBD545C8EL/stump+grinding.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? Just grinding up some stumps. This is very interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544961146564-UJDYJCC1E5JKDX7BQX36/image-asset.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? tHe tErRaiN cAnNoT bE dEfOrmEd hERe! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544962457965-0KHQFTGDF1FFI4IO2ES9/horse+colors.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? The horse selection at the Animal Trader’s store interface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544962503934-2I1DRFX0TJ6LVF7OY52O/vlc_2018-12-16_12-50-40.jpg Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? Your animals get a random name, but you can change it later in the menu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544986079726-V9BGPHD6MCOQHWE0G2DE/jumping+is+weird.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? Upon pressing space, the horse practically jumps straight upward instead of realistically leaping forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544986151103-KACHEEKC8K3ZNOI6JIW9/image-asset.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? Good: The horse’s backward movement is alright. Bad: What is that neck even? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544963144178-MB5N31ENE2N0GIJPQCZI/FarmingSimulator2019Game_2018-12-16_11-19-36-1.jpg Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? The default head position is somewhat unnaturally high up for most horse breeds that aren’t Friesians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1544962702632-VDOVN6IYFFHXGUXZF16Z/vlc_2018-12-16_12-57-09.jpg Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? The neck has this weird bulge in it when the horses graze as a result of the slightly strange model and rig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1545029443044-LK26D9BHDPKZ40WKADH8/gallop+close+up.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? The hind legs get weirdly distorted in motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1545030180516-WAKZM6FCL96ZI0D18RHT/jumping+side+closeup.gif Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? The jumping motion just doesn’t look very natural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1545077732451-A2G2D8KQ6LWMFAGY0IBI/vlc_2018-12-17_21-15-04.png Blog - Farming Simulator 19 — Can Rideable Horses make the Tractor Driving Worthwhile? Horses’ stats can be seen in the animal menu. I still have no clue how I’d go about cleaning a horse. https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2018/11/28/game-z-festival-talk-about-the-best-horse-game-of-my-childhood-mein-pferdehof monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2018/11/27/disappointing-darksiders-3-reviews-no-horse-gameplay monthly 0.5 2019-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1543315640533-MT9BYZKS0QQM880AFQ35/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Disappointing Darksiders 3 Reviews: No Horse Gameplay https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2018/11/23/darksiders-iii-new-trailer-reveals-furys-horse monthly 0.5 2018-11-27 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2018/11/17/darksiders-iii-will-be-out-on-november-27th-but-where-is-furys-horse monthly 0.5 2019-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542470588462-9J50AKI5X8WRHWUWPYPV/890009.jpg Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? Promotional Art for War and Ruin, Vigil Games 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542470634719-QGKSNU66F7S8FSEC9SBU/DS2_Despair.jpg Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? Concept Art of Despair, Vigil Games 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542473778984-AHO8ZD6YT9SQ4MQZDVSL/ruin+1.gif Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? Look at this good boi. He’s on fire <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542473688292-D0ISXCENLHL5KJFU0Q1Q/ruin.gif Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? War reuiniting with Ruin in-game (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542473999147-UDT9QVQKX4H7K6J98AVF/despair.gif Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? Despair revealed in the Death Strikes Trailer (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542470866978-F3P6RJHUJUBMNFXHIQKL/Darksiders_Cover.jpg Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542470877522-DWRRQA6A4G08V5P07HZ4/DarksidersII.jpg Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542470855454-PGQPM8YC0KYUNP1QD9D2/Darksiders_3_Box_Art.png Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1542475687778-2YK9XKLW6AVXJL5IWOYL/image-asset.png Blog - Darksiders III will be out on November 27th - But Where is Fury's Horse? The Four Horsemen in a stylized cutscene from Darksiders, 2010 https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2018/11/11/dressage-moves-in-red-dead-redemption-ii-and-their-real-life-equivalents monthly 0.5 2019-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541930120027-596NC6C81UZYGQY3FXDB/yield.JPG Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541929734329-R476IFXETWFDRGYDG3X3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Horse Bonding advantages from the in-game help https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541930979015-G30UPCEBQNEMJC4XJHPX/rearing+gif.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Giving input to rear is followed by some gorgeous hopping and stamping around by the horse on its own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541928795364-O59HOULNAW0XE70715KU/Levade.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Levade by the Spanish Riding School in Vienna (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541929148118-ZU8SEIB8ZKT57MWSHEVC/Pesade.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Pesade (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541931156834-ZHISQIF20XLJON36J6W7/thumb.JPG Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Arthur’s position while rearing does not look very balanced to me. A real horse would be in danger of falling over like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541932376286-7CWFLPURYS8LWZXBKM8J/back+up.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Backing up in the game is possible by holding R1 while standing. I think. It just kind of happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541932233692-K0NIGVA1BS94KQ427OU7/sliding+stop+to+back+up.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Sliding Stop to Back Up. (Source) Backing up at such a high speed is unique to Western Reining as far as I know, the exercise is performed much slower in English Dressage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541932488066-1A0A54GXLOFVZAU8O7LN/sliding+stop.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents The Sliding Stop ingame looks pretty flawless if you ask me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541932659586-CCG4LAH4T9QVPU73B64W/sliding+stop.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents The Sliding Stop as performed at a Reining competition (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541932110253-XM9M4HY0175LPVS6OT7Q/rollback.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Rollback in Western Reining (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541932892852-6OQN76OD1L1NDV5UWT6M/skid+turn.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents The absurdity of the “Skid Turn” maneuver is more visible when using the game’s cinematic camera. The horse slides impossibly far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541933564080-WXXATV9O7DX1XNJIJKNK/leg+yield+walk.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Leg yielding at a walk. The horse is bent away from the direction of movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541934329131-7C42G4R825Z37ELWLGW5/leg+yield+walk.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Leg yielding at a walk in classical dressage. (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541934415310-X39DYVYYJ41CXYX9OMDB/canter+yield.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents “Sideways canter” or half-pass in dressage. (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541933786856-TFQC2EYMGOL14KT1FTZR/canter+drifting.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents The canter “drifting” doesn’t really look like something any dressage exercise I know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541934826028-FML6HMXQP39D6GHN4BAQ/piaffe.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents The horse piaffing while Arthur does nothing at all, forever reaffirming the misconception that horse riding is not exerting at all because the horse does all the work anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1541934668989-7Q6MP5CAG8WPKRFKSFQG/piaffe.gif Blog - Dressage Moves in Red Dead Redemption II and their Real Life Equivalents Piaffe performed by a dressage rider. (Source) https://www.themanequest.com/blog/2018/11/01/jason-kingsley-interview monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540727675768-K5U4VXICM2KQGKYSLNJZ/probably-bbc-warlord.jpg Blog - Between Knighthood and Game Development : Interview with Jason Kingsley Kingsley and his gelding Warlord https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540732119072-E47BY5ZSK1K9UETGTWHF/jason-portrait.jpg Blog - Between Knighthood and Game Development : Interview with Jason Kingsley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540730037566-7HN0RFTD5OWMMRK8GCQD/warlord.jpg Blog - Between Knighthood and Game Development : Interview with Jason Kingsley Kingsley and Warlord, with costume and banner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540730956218-CJ08HXEIOAI1WONDSI4G/13th+century+illustration.jpg Blog - Between Knighthood and Game Development : Interview with Jason Kingsley 13th Century illustration of mounted combat. Note the knights’ long, almost straight legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540730704521-FQAIQ0E24RRSDM8VT2FI/saddle.JPG Blog - Between Knighthood and Game Development : Interview with Jason Kingsley Here, Kingsley uses a replica of a 15th century saddle, designed to distribute a knight’s weight with armor better than a modern saddle. Src https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540731680958-JLTU4CWKESZL6OLX2DQ7/talos-4yo-shire-andalusian-stallion-born-at-jasons-17hh.jpg Blog - Between Knighthood and Game Development : Interview with Jason Kingsley Talos is a Shire x Andalusian stallion that Kingsley is working with. 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Is that a non-binary character creator? Nope, just bad UI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540156980319-0M8538S8CHPU290RNG9P/tutorials.JPG Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses — So close to decent, so far from good. Many of the tutorials include badly formatted walls of text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540242592528-S63N4PW634GJFJZ4AGZ1/store.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses — So close to decent, so far from good. Everything functional, just decidedly not pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b981d61ec4eb7dc9c7aac8a/1540241608074-5QKJX9BVGMF4WFJ7N4OA/hooves.gif Blog - My Riding Stables: Life With Horses — So close to decent, so far from good. 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