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The Little Acre

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The Little Acre
Developer(s)Pewter Games Studios
Publisher(s)Curve Digital
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
ReleaseLinux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
13 December 2016
iOS
21 June 2017
Nintendo Switch
25 April 2019
Genre(s)Point and click adventure game
Mode(s)Single-player

The Little Acre is an adventure game developed by Pewter Games Studios with Charles Cecil and published by Curve Digital.[1][2][3][4] It was released for originally released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in 2016, with versions for iOS and Nintendo Switch following in 2017 and 2019, respectively.[2][5][6] It was originally planned to be released November 22, 2016.[7]

Plot

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Set in 1950's Ireland,[5][8] The Little Acre tells the story of a small family. The player controls Aidan, a job-hunting engineer, and his daughter Lily. One morning Aidan goes missing and Lily decides to go and find him. During her search, she discovers an entrance-way to a mysterious world in the family's garden shed.[3][5][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "The Little Acre Adventures To A Release On 22nd November". 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "PS4/XOne/PC Preview - 'The Little Acre'". Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Irish adventure The Little Acre from Broken Sword creator points and clicks its way out November 22". 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Curve Digital to publish point-and-click adventure The Little Acre". 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Interview: Exploring The Classic Fantasy Adventure Of The Little Acre". 24 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  6. ^ "The Little Acre, an Enchanting, Hand-Drawn Point and Click Adventure, Discovers a Release Date". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  7. ^ "The Little Acre's Release Date Moved to 13th December – GameSpew". 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  8. ^ "The Little Acre is a hand-drawn adventure game from the creator of Broken Sword". PC Gamer. 2016-11-11. Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Handcrafted family adventure The Little Acre comes to PlayStation 4 on 22nd November". 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  10. ^ "The Little Acre preview - Entertainment Focus". 2016-11-22. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 13 December 2016.