Kyoto-based indie studio Denkiworks has introduced its debut title, Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, as a part of Xbox’s Tokyo Recreation Present broadcast. The cosy journey recreation could have gamers taking up the function of a cute BMX-riding tanuki who additionally occurs to be the mailman for a picturesque Japanese village.
The sport shares some similarities with Animal Crossing, with summer time actions together with bug amassing and fishing, and a village filled with quirky characters to work together with–but in contrast to Animal Crossing, the participant character Pon is the one critter in a village in any other case populated by people. Pon can construct or break relationships with the opposite characters, interacting with a easy emoji-based interface.
Whereas delivering mail and taking up odd jobs for the townsfolk, Pon may pull off sick BMX tips, flipping and grinding his method via a Japanese village impressed by actual places round Kyoto and Sapporo. Pon’s final purpose is to revive and adorn the Nice Tanuki Shrine for the Matsuri pageant on the finish of the summer time. Different summer time actions Pon can take pleasure in embody plating sushi, karaoke, sumo, and baseball.
Denkiworks was co-founded by three Q-Video games alumni, Liam Edwards, Taku Arioka, and Jan de Graaf. Edwards was additionally the creator and director of Chuhai Labs’ critically acclaimed “golf-like” Cursed to Golf, which de Graaf additionally labored on as a programmer.
Tanuki: Pon’s Summer is being revealed by Essential Reflex, and will likely be launched on PC, Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Swap. The sport’s launch window remains to be unknown.