Announcing Our First Game The Midnight Walk!
Hello! I'm Olov Redmalm, Co-Founder and Director at Moonhood. And we are delighted, even over the moon, to announce The Midnight Walk - a dark fantasy, first-person adventure made of clay, coming to PS5, PS VR2, PC, and PC VR in 2025!
In The Midnight Walk, players become The Burnt One, a mysterious figure that has dug itself up from the ground to discover its purpose. Early on, you'll encounter Potboy, a strange, small creature defined by the single flame that burns brightly atop his head. Together you'll navigate The Midnight Walk, a nightmarish highway fraught with peril. Along the way, you'll survive five strange tales about fire; it’s lifegiving warmth as well as its inherent danger.
You’ll outsmart ghoulish enemies, meet a fantastical cast of companions, and gaze in wonder at our hand-crafted world. That’s right; every asset in the game was first sculpted in clay before being 3D-scanned into the game and animated in a stop motion style!
But how did we at Moonhood come to create such a strange adventure?
The Origins Of The Midnight Walk Not long ago Klaus Lyngeled and I were both going through a creative drought after finishing co-directing our last project, Lost in Random. How do you follow up on a massive game like that? We asked ourselves, and went looking to rediscover that spark. While I went back to drawing comics, Klaus started working in clay again, creating sculptures and 3D-scanning them!
One day he came to me with a little creature built in clay; a childlike humanoid with a flame coming out of its head. We immediately started talking about a game where you’d have to protect this little creature as you journeyed through a dark fairytale world, filled with fire-eating monsters who want to devour you and your flame. And as that little flame creature came to life in our first playable mockup demo, so was a spark relit in both me and Klaus. The creation of the Midnight Walk was underway - and we haven’t looked back since.
Join Us On The Journey We’ve made games for many years together, but never have we been able to stay this true to our original vision - and to ourselves. This game is shaping up to be something truly beautiful and we can’t wait to put this piece of frightful poetry in your hands.
We’ll have much more to share on the game as we head towards launch, and we can’t wait to share more details and a look at exactly how we brought this world to life. For now, all you need to know is that The Midnight Walk is coming in the spring of 2025 to PS5, PS VR2 and PC!
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We have some exciting news!
Hoo! Hello, MoonHood family and Fellow Adventurers! We're positively thrilled to welcome you to the very first edition of the MoonHood newsletter. And have we got some exhilarating news to share with you!
For those who haven't met us yet, we are an artistic video game studio based in Gothenburg, Sweden. MoonHood was founded by Klaus Lyngeled and Olov Redmalm, the creative wizards behind award-winning titles like Lost in Random and Ghost Giant. Together with a team of not only programmers and designers, but traditional clay sculptors too, we aim to transport players into mysterious worlds - meticulously handcrafted in clay, cardboard, and what-have-you - for a wonderfully dark and dreamlike experience for consoles, PC, and even VR!
And as such, we are incredibly excited to announce our partnership with Fast Travel Games, our publisher based in Stockholm who will help us see this dream become reality. So buckle up, and take a gander at our teaser trailer where we take you on a tour through our studio, and the mysterious unnamed game we’re currently making! In time, it will invite you into surreal realms crafted with real clay, scanned into stunning 3D models. We’re saving some goodies til later, but expect a dark yet heartwarming tale with innovative gameplay mechanics, and breathtaking landscapes filled with equally nightmarish creatures.So stay in the loop by signing up for our newsletter here at www.moonhood.se, by following us on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Twi… X. Trust us, you don't want to miss out on our upcoming character sculptures and behind-the-scenes magic! Thank you for being a part of our owl-creature-thing family. Let's journey to the moon and beyond, together. Hoo!
Mr. MoonHood and team
