During GDC Europe today, Far Cry 3 creative director, Patrick Plourde, has given an early look at Child of Light, a JRPG-inspired fairy tale project he is leading at Ubisoft Montreal.
Though very little was disclosed, Plourde did share a few details on the game, and these included that it was inspired by classic Square titles including Final Fantasy VI and that it followed the story of a young girl who grows up through her journey. Child of Light will use the same engine that powers Rayman Legends, Ubi-Art Framework, which will allow the artwork to be used in the game. Plourde also added that the original tagline for this project was “a playable poem”.
As well as being inspired by Square titles, Plourde explained that he looked at the work of artists such as Hayao Miyazaki and Yoshitaka Amano but the main source of inspiration was the Swedish painter and illustrator John Bauer.
Plourde did hint at a co-op gameplay and both PC and consoles releases but more specific details will be released when the game is officially announced.
Some concept art images have been released, see a few below, courtesy of Andrew Goldfarb at IGN.
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