What happened to WAY TO THE WOODS? Developer Ant Tan shares a preview of post-apocalyptic deer game

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Do you remember Way to the Woods? The post apocalyptic game where you play as a magical deer moving through the ruins of humanity was revealed in 2019 as an Xbox exclusive but for mostly solo developer Ant Tan, it's been a long process of getting everything right.
We sit down with Ant to find out some of the design inspirations, learn more about the game play, how Steven Universe and Ikenfell composers Aivi & Surrashu are making the soundtrack and when it's coming out.

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00:00 Start
00:32 Introduction
01:29 What is Way to the Woods?
01:45 How a flooded mall inspired the game's setting
03:01 Telling stories with an animal protagonist
04:51 How do the magic antlers work?
05:58 How Katamari Damacy & Journey inspired the gameplay
07:55 Are all the humans dead?
09:28 How come it's taken so long for an update?
11:48 The team working on this game
13:08 When will it be out?
14:16 Outro

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