WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition News

FREE WolfQuest Dreams Wallpaper!

As a small thank you to everyone who has supported WolfQuest over the years, we've put together a pack of desktop/phone wallpaper depicting some of the wolf dreams in WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition.

When playing the game, your wolf occasionally dreams of their quest for survival in Yellowstone National Park. What do wolves actually dream of? No one knows, so these images are our best (albeit whimsical) effort to imagine them.

It's a free download -- enjoy!

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Lucky winners will receive a free copy of WolfQuest 2.7 (and PC/Mac users will also get WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition Early Access for PC and Mac)! Winners can choose to get any version of the game (Mac/Windows, Android, iOS, Kindle).

Or you can choose the WolfQuest Soundtrack and Music Extras.

[h3]How to Enter[/h3]
Email your answer to the question: "What are three interesting facts about wolves?" to [email protected]. Winners are selected randomly from complete entries. Please enter only once in each monthly contest.

All entries must be received by midnight (Eastern Daylight Time) on Sunday, December 22, 2019.

[h3]Random Drawing[/h3]
Each complete entry will be assigned a number. We will then use a random-number generator to generate three numbers. The entries bearing those numbers will each win a free copy of the game or soundtrack.

One of my favorite elements in WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition is the dynamic snow, which accumulates everywhere….except for the rocks on the cliffs overlooking the Lamar Valley. But no longer! The shader we’ve been using for those rocks didn’t support dynamic snow, but we’re switching to a different shader now which does. It’s a spin-off of the amazing MicroSplat shader that we’re using for the terrain, so the snow and other rendering effects will match the terrain quite nicely. Today’s video shows that new shader in action. It’s been a lot of setup and tweaking (and in a couple of those shots, the cliff rocks are a bit dark still), but it’s coming together.

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This isn’t available yet — it’ll be in the next update. (No date on that yet, still wrangling with a couple other things). But do you know what IS available? The updated WolfQuest Soundtrack with all the new music from WQ: Anniversary Edition! All sales revenue helps support further development of the game.

Watch our video about it.

Buy it here on Steam!

Already have the WolfQuest Soundtrack but still want to support the game with a direct donation?

The WolfQuest Original Soundtrack & Music Extras pack includes the soundtrack to WolfQuest Classic and new music of WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition, composed and performed by Tim Buzza and Ben Woolman, plus a 25-minute video featuring Tim Buzza talking about how he created the signature sound of WolfQuest and many memorable tracks in the game. The soundtrack currently has nearly two hours of music, and we will be adding more tracks as we continue to develop the game! All sales revenue helps support further development of the game.

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NOTE: This pack is identical to the one as sold as DLC for the old WolfQuest game. (Steam doesn't allow us to share DLC across multiple game products, so this is a duplicate of that one.)

Buy it here on Steam! (If you already purchased the Music Extras for the old game, you'll get the new tracks as a free update.)

TRACK LIST

WOLFQUEST (CLASSIC)
Composed & performed by Tim Buzza

1. Title Theme
2. Exploration
3. The Chase
4. Danger!
5. Low Hunt
6. High Hunt
7. Death
8. Foreboding
9. Into the Woods
10. Wary of Strangers
11. Attack
12. Sleeptime
13, Waking Up
14. Bear Attack
15. Satisfaction

SLOUGH CREEK
1. Slough Creek Exploration
2. The Creek
3. Mission Completed
4. Pups
5. Playing with Pups
6. Death of a Pup
7. Defending the Den
8. You've Got Pups! 9. Freeplay
10. The Ranch
11. The Journey
12. Danger at the Creek
13. Rendezvous

LOST RIVER
1. Lost River Main Theme
2. Lost River Exploration
3. Neighborhoods
4. Lost River Chase
5. Low Danger
6. Danger–Lost River
7. Low Hunt–Lost River
8. High Hunt–Lost River
9. In the City
10. Bear Attack–Lost River
11. Dying
12. Dying Extended
13. Bonus Piano Theme

WOLFQUEST: ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Composed & performed by Tim Buzza & Ben Woolman

1. Exploration Unplugged
2. Roaming
3. Herd Ahead
4. Flight of the Wapiti
5. Elk Showdown
6. Dinner Music
7. Sweet Dreams 8. Rumble
9. Sunny Meanders
10. Chilling
11. Exploration (Fingerstyle)
12. Lazy Day
13. Courtship Conversation
14. Maybe-Mate Melody
15. Chasing Meals
16. Idyll Idle
17. Menu Music
18. Food Fight
19. Night Ramble
20. My Mate and Me
21. Ungulate Hunt (Fingerstyle)
22. Wild and Free

WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition is in early access. We will be adding new tracks as we release the new versions of Slough Creek, Lost River and, eventually, Tower Fall.

The elk hunt in WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition is designed to realistically capture the challenges and dangers facing wolves in Yellowstone as they seek their main prey. For players, this means mastering many skills: how to find a herd, identify a vulnerable member, deal damage with risky bite-holds, and when hunting calves, avoid the dangerous hooves of the mother. We asked JayPlays, a popular YouTuber and longtime WolfQuest player and beta tester, to suggest some tips and tactics to help players hunt elk more successfully. Here’s her video — enjoy!

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(And then go enjoy many more videos of WolfQuest and other animal games on her YouTube channel.)