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CultuurInvest will support the production of upcoming indie horror game The Path with an investment of 90.000 Euros. The contract was signed a few days ago in CultuurInvest’s impressive headquarters in Brussels.

CultuurInvest is a new Flemish investment fund that exclusively finances companies and projects in the cultural industries. It was founded by the Flemish Ministry of Culture, supported by the Ministry of Finance & Buget and the Minister of Economy & Innovation. The Path is the first game they are investing in.

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Earlier this month, Tale of Tales submitted The Path to the Independent Games Festival. The upcoming horror title is far from finished. But designers Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn feel that the current demo represents their ideas well enough to merit attention.

This second “Alpha Demo” constitutes a crucial step in the development of The Path. Designers Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn have made some decisions on gameplay that may surprise the average gamer. But they are confident that they are well en route to developing a new form of play, and a new form of storytelling.

Tale of Tales embrace a “punk aesthetic” without shying away from contemporary technologies. They are determined to develop a style that is not based on faithful reproduction of nature but on artistic interpretation and expression. It doesn’t need to look real. It should feel real.

The Path is a short horror game loosely based on the fairy tale of Little Red Ridinghood but set in modern times. It’s especially the earlier versions of the tale that inspire us. Combined with a more contemporary psychological interpretation.

In essence, The Path is a very sad and cruel game. It’s about growing up. But it’s far less optimistic than most such stories. It’s about making choices. Choices that are unfair. Choices that inevitably lead to (self-)destruction.

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