Hello Cozy Coven! 🔮✨
We hope you have been enjoying the Magical Creatures update! This update was a labor of love and our way of bringing a final touch more magic to Fairhaven in order to finish Tara's story. From the long awaited lighthouse repair, to a new familiar for Tara, there is no shortage of secrets to uncover.
With that being said, this is our final update for Wylde Flowers. We want to remind the community that this is not a goodbye, but a see you later! We absolutely hope to create more games like Wylde Flowers in the future. In the meantime, we wanted to look back over the past few years and share some of our favorite memories from working on Wylde Flowers, It has been such a special experience to create and share the wonderful, witchy world of Fairhaven with all of you 🌸
When asked to recall some of their favorite memories from working on Wylde Flowers, the Studio Drydock team had no shortage of funny and heartwarming stories to share about the collaborative efforts that went into making the game.
Riley, one of our Environment Artists, shared that “working on Wylde Flowers for me was such an amazing experience; I grew a lot as an artist and had so much fun making cute assets for people to enjoy. It's been really cool seeing people connect with something that the whole team put so much of themselves into ”. Riley also remembered when she was designing the sewing machine for our Violet’s Boutique update, and our Technical Director, Alex, helped by sharing pictures of his mom's incredible collection of vintage looms and sewing machines. These pictures served as references for the final design that ended up in the game!
Here's another sweet moment where Alex added a feature requested by Riley's mom:
Nyasha, one of our Narrative Designers, said one of her favorite memories was sitting in on a voice over recording session for the first time. “It was SO trippy to hear what I wrote, but sound way better because I was watching these crazy talented actors”. She also shared that she loved getting the opportunity to “work with the script of the game, tinker around in Unity, and learn how to put together cutscenes,,,it was the first time I’d get to see my work in the game finally paired voice to visual”.
There were also moments outside of working on the game itself where our team had the opportunity to bond. Wylde Flowers was nominated in a couple of categories, including Best LGBTQ Indie Game and Best LGBTQ Character, at the 2023 Gayming Awards. A few members of our team were able to attend the award ceremony and for some of them, meet in person for the first time! QA team members Alexandra and Laura, as well as Concept Artist Isa and Community Manager Audrey all met up in New York City for the ceremony, and had the honor of accepting the Best LGBTQ Character award on behalf of the studio. We had so much fun exploring the city together, and we even got to meet and hang out with the voice actress for Tara, Valerie Rose Lohmann, who attended the awards ceremony as well.
As you can see, just like Wylde Flowers has helped so many of you create special memories, developing the game has helped all of us make some really wonderful memories too. What is shared here doesn’t even scratch the surface. That’s why we are so excited to take everything we’ve learned from this time and use it to make something new. We know it’s hard to say goodbye, but we will be back with something hopefully just as if not more special than what we’ve made with Wylde Flowers.
We hope to see you at our next venture, but remember that Tara and all of Fairhaven will always be there for you if want to pay them a visit! 💕
✨ Laura and the Studio Drydock Team
P.S. We would love to hear your favorite memories from playing Wylde Flowers! Please share them below 🙂💖
