The Endless Forest
Platforms: PC
Genres: Open World and Simulation
Released: February 2006. Added to this library 4 months ago, last updated 10 weeks ago.
Overview
This is a whimsical online multiplayer game where you play deer in a peaceful forest. You freely explore ruins and ponds, and meet other players, communicating in symbols. The world is like a moving painting, but one that players have a strong sense of ownership over. An avid community of players have contributed to the game’s evolution, and a new version is in development.
You start as a fawn and in a little over a month your deer grows up and becomes a stag. The sorts of things you can do include exploring the forest, eating, drinking some water, sleeping under the trees. There are also social activities that deer commonly engage in, such as dancing, pool parties, hide and seek, and tag.
The game is being redeveloped for newer technology currently. With a crowdfunding project providing the funding to achieve this.
This game is good if you want to connect with grandparents, escape life's storms for a while or inhabit another world.
Commitment
Costs
Free to download from the developer website.
Ratings
No ratings available for this game.
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
Accessibility
System settings: Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators... read more.
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The games on this page are part of the PLAY&TALK Weekend, which has launched in time for National Loneliness Awareness Week, aims to reduce feelings of isolation by getting people to talk with friends or family safely online. Backed by over 30 companies in the games industry, the Play&Talk weekend hopes to initiate 10,000 extra conversations across the UK through the power of games.- Co-operative: Some of the games are good ways to connect and play co-operatively online (like Feather, Overcooked 2, Ibb and Obb, Skylanders Children of Light).
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- Asynchronous: Other games are a way to connect and play without being online at the same time (like Horizon Chase Turbo, Worms, Words With Friends, Wargroove, Animal Crossing).
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