Forestia (video game)
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
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|image=Forestia_cover.jpg
|developer= Daddy Oak
|publisher= LaserMedia
|release= 1998
|modes= Single-player
}}
Forestia is a 1998 point-and-click edutainment video game by French developer Daddy Oak. With a first-person presentation mixing traditional animation and pre-rendered 3D, the player explores a forest, collecting flora and funga and photographing fauna. There are 9 chapters to complete, randomly ordered.
Synopsis
The game takes place in a forest where the player completes various missions for its inhabitants. Sam, an anthropomorphic rabbit, gives the player guidance.
The Painting Present: The player needs to craft a painting as a birthday gift to Daddyoak, an anthropomorphic tree.
The Clouds: The player rides an airship to a mountain top to compete with Sam about who is the faster one to identify and draw animals from clouds.
The Little Siren: Everyone in the forest is hypnotized by a siren's song. The player needs to help the siren back to the ocean to break the hypnosis.
The Enchanted Mushrooms: Various forest animals become brightly recoloured with polka dots after touching mushrooms, and the player needs to undo the affliction by arranging mushrooms in a fairy ring correctly.
The Fire Mountain: The most infamous and well known part of the game; everything turns red, a dragon tells player to stop the evil sorcerer Morhurl from destroying the forest, done by rearranging the crystals at Morhurl's tower.
The Rocking Horse: The player crafts a rocking horse which was left unfinished by a lumberjack.
The Little Squirrel: The player plays a nature quiz board game with a know-it-all squirrel.
The Music Festival: After a party, the player participates at the local workshop in building musical instruments and a memory matching game.
The Queen of the ants' Secret Service: The player drinks a magic potion to shrink in order to enter an ant colony to deliver gift to an ant queen.
Reception
The Hungarian magazine PC Format scored the game 78%.{{Cite magazine |date=February 2000 |title=Forestia |magazine=PC Format |page=81}} The Portuguese magazine Revista Player gave the game five stars.{{Cite magazine |date=February 2000 |title=Interactividade Para os Mais Pequenos |magazine=Revista Player |page=84}} PC Gaming World gave it three stars, complimenting the rendering of the environments and saying that finding all the animals and plants "will keep interested youngsters hunting for some time".{{cite magazine |work=PC Gaming World |title=Forestia – The Great Adventure: Take a walk on the wild side |issue=34 |date=October 1999 |p=122 |first=Rhys |last=Lewis}}
Sources
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External links
- {{MobyGames | id= /71395/forestia/}}
Category:Educational video games
Category:Point-and-click adventure games
Category:Video games developed in France
Category:Single-player video games
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