Game Specs for Beacon Pines

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Title	Beacon Pines
Company	Hiding Spot Games Fellow Traveller
Developer(s)/Designer(s):	(Creative Director, Co-Writer, Story, Lead Designer, Animation, Programming, Scripting/Blocking) Matt Meyer (Lead Artist, Story, Design) Ilse Harting (Co-Writer, Story, Design, VO Editing) Brent Calhoun (Voice Of Storyteller) Kirsten Mize (Marketing & Communications) Tim Garris (3D Book) Cat Musgrove (Food Portraits, Backpack & Chronicle Icon Art) Nika Lemut (Perennial Harvest & Valentine Fertilizer Logo Design) Brooke Condolora (Chronicle Animation Pre-Production) Felecia Kiessling
Composer(s)/Musician(s):	Matt Meyer (Music, Sound Effects, VO Editing)
Year:	2022
Release Date:	September 22, 2022 (Switch)
System:	Nintendo Switch
Genre:	Multiple/Various, Narrative/Story-Based, Visual Novel, Point-And-Click, Adventure
Ratings/Suitable For Age Group?:	T for Teen (Crude Humor, Language) Additionally for pre-teen audiences, there are topics of death, bullying and milder instances of body horror
Arcade Version?:	No
Port To Other Game Systems:	Steam itch.io Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Windows)
Part of Franchise:	No
Rarity/Availability:	Currently available for digital download from various gaming platforms' online stores.
Add'l Game System Peripheral Needed To Play?:	N/A
1 or 2 Player:	1 Player
Number of Reserve Players:	Start with 1 Player
1-Up's	None
Life Meter	N/A
Password	No
Battery	No
Continue?	Yes, but will begin at start of a chapter, or Turning Point.
Perspective/Orientation Gameplay	2D with pseudo-3D, overhead view
Number of Levels	N/A
Checkpoints?	N/A
Save points?	Yes. The Turning Points appear at key plot changes or chapters along the Chronicle ?????
Uninterrupted Play?	Upon reaching an ending, play will stop andcan continue from previous Turning Point ("Chapter") from The Chronicle.
Internal Map(s)?	N/A
Score?	No
Difficulty Settings	No
Time Limit?	No
Hero	Luka
Sidekick(s)/Cast	Rolo                                          Beck
Weapons	N/A
Items/Equipment	Charms
Power-Ups	N/A
Power-Downs	N/A
Main Enemy	?
Person/Place Being Saved	The town of Beacon Pines
Objective/Goal	Discover what's going on in Beacon Pines and save the town
Ending?	Yes, various!
Secret Code(s)?	N/A
Stage Select	No, but you can start from different, previously-visited Turning Points (Chapters) in The Chronicle
Invincibility	No
Extra Players	No
Continues	N/A
Sound Test	No
Additional Secret Codes	?
Trivia/Little Known Facts	There were four additional, special characters that were added to the story of Beacon Pines because of Kickstarter goals being met. They are Geoff, Dawn, Kado and Natt: ↓                     Geoff                                      Dawn       Kado                                           Natt                 Matt Meyer was very busy working on Beacon Pines. He is a multitalented force at Hiding Spot Games—Creative Director and Programming being among his titles on the Beacon Pines project. But, did you know that he won an award from the Independent Games Festival (IGF) for Excellence in Audio for his music in the indie game, Ephemerid (SuperChop Games, 2015)? This would account for him being the sole musician on Beacon Pines, contributing all of the songs from the soundtrack. Ms. Hatch is a minor, alligator/crocodile character who has a fondness for reading. She can be found enjoying a book on a bench in front of the fountain in the center of Beacon Pines, near the Town Hall. If you have Luka engage her in conversation, she will give a sly foreshadowing of the events ahead. Her messaging will change depending upon whichever Chapter you stop to talk to her. (Not really a secret, but more of a mild spoiler.)       RETURN TO TOP