Zagreb, Croatia - 6 December 2024 - Studio Spektar and Porcupine Parkour released their jointly developed wholesome puzzle adventure Cave Hikers on Steam (PC) today.
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850620/Cave_Hikers/
Cave Hikers is a relaxing and humorous 2D interactive cartoon mockumentary that follows three protagonists - warrior Aki, alchemist Valeriano and mechanic Vuvo - through a cavernous world, on a quest to find the mystical “cave with an infinite ceiling”.
Dive into an underground cozy fantasy world to find unexpected hidden objects, solve calming puzzles, cook magic potions, play quirky mini games and wave at many strange creatures.
Features
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Documentary style - The story is narrated as if the characters are creatures in a nature documentary.
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The book of caves - The game comes with a book, both as in-game images and a pdf for printing and reading. The book is wordless and contains sketches of flora and fauna, but it also has recipes for magic potions that will be mixed by the player in the game.
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Alchemy - Collect some ingredients, mix some potions. shake some test tubes.
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Everyone waves at you - Any character you hover with the cursor will wave at the player. It’s a feature never before seen on this scale and was proven to cause delight with everyone ever.
About Studio Spektar
Studio Spektar is a Croatian art and game development studio founded by the locally renowned children-book illustrator Sven Nemet. Studio Spektar is developing colorful, quirky, narrative-driven games, two of which were released on Steam: "Viktor: A Steampunk Adventure," and "General Horse and the Package of Doom."
Studio Spektar was awarded the European Union’s Creative Europe MEDIA grant for the development of their upcoming, third story-based game „Ghost Painter.”
About Porcupine Parkour
Porcupine Parkour is an animation, illustration and game development studio from Novska, Croatia, led by Zvonimir Barać, who previously worked on "Viktor: A Steampunk Adventure," and "General Horse and the Package of Doom."
Porcupine Parkour is a recipient of Croatian Audiovisual Center’s grant for game development on “Cave Hikers.”