Factsheet
Developer:
+MPACT Games
Based in United States
Release date:
September 1 2021
Platforms:
Windows
Website:
hanakogame.com
Available From:
Free - Steam
$14.99 - Green Man Gaming
Description
Travel through a beautiful, fictional rendition of the 16th century of Feudal Japan. Choose between four types of warriors as you learn to master intuitive, directionally-driven swordplay while also choosing unique abilities to ensure victory over your foes. Join your friends in an immersive multiplayer campaign across Japan in pursuit of either preserving the peace and honor of the Emperor or bringing on chaos and death by playing across four different game modes with different objectives and strategies. Whether you prefer the blade wielding Kenshi or Naginata Samurai, the range and precision of the Samurai Archer, or the deceptive Ninja, the options are vast and the battles fierce.
History
The artistic qualities and backstory of the game serve as a symbolic tribute to team lead, Matt Canei's late mother. The art and lore of the game represent an everlasting struggle of life and death, health and disease and the natural balance of opposing forces to metaphorically represent real-life tragedies and to honor those lost.
Features
- Directional-Driven Combat
- Tug-of-War Online Campaign
- 4 Character Classes
Videos
Hanako Summer '16 Gameplay Teaser YouTube
Hanako End of Year Dev Update 2016 YouTube
Hanako Reawakens Teaser - Samurai PC Game YouTube
Images
Logo & Icon
Selected Articles
- "Hanako is not just another game about feudal Japan. Don’t expect anything like Samurai Warriors or Sengoku Basura. This game is a project that has had extensive knowledge, attention to detail, and love poured into it over the last 7 years. This is more like an interactive work of art."
- Kate Farrow, Game Skinny - "One of the potentially standout features of Hanako so far is its combat system. It’s always fun to pull out a few swords and bows to battle it out, but Hanako takes it a step further; the game features directionally-driven combat, meaning that swordplay and thoughtful swing of the blade will triumph over mindless hacking."
- Taylor Whaley, Indie Game Mag
About +MPACT Games
Boilerplate
We are an indie group currently dedicated to the production and published release of Hanako - Feudal Japanese Combat.
More information
More information on +MPACT Games, our logo & relevant media are available here.
Hanako: Honor & Blade Credits
Matt Canei
Creative/Art Director, Co-Founder
Connor McCarthy
Lead Level Designer, Co-Founder
Ajani Thomas
Lead Systems Programmer
Contact
Support
matt@mpactgames.com
Homepage
hanakogame.com
Indie DB
indiedb.com/games/hanako-soul-of-the-samurai
Twitter
twitter.com/playhanako
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