Stray Fawn Studio

Factsheet

Developer:
Stray Fawn Studio
Based in Zurich, Switzerland

Release date:
July 17th 2025 (Previously in Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview)

Platforms:
Steam (Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam Deck)
Microsoft Store (Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, Windows)
PlayStation 4 and 5
Nintendo Switch

Website:
thewanderingvillage.com

Regular Price:

Description

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

History

The Wandering Village is the third simulation game made by Stray Fawn Studio. After seeing a beautiful artwork of a city carried by a giant creature at a local exhibition, the two founders of Stray Fawn agreed that this would be an interesting setting for their next game. The rest of the team was very much onboard with the idea. After some initial research the team found that there were quite a few games out there that used giant animals as part of their story and visuals, but very few where the creature actually influences the game mechanics and interactions. They decided to make a new game that revolves around the relationship of a giant and a group of human survivors, a game about symbiosis. Successfully backed on Kickstarter and after three years of development, The Wandering Village has climbed into the top 30 most wishlisted games on Steam. On September 14th 2022, Onbu's Journey started on Steam Early Access for PC, Mac and Linux. The game was released on Xbox as part of the Game Preview program on July 20th 2023. And with its 1.0 release on July 17th 2025, The Wandering Village made its way to PlayStation 4, 5 and Nintendo Switch.

Features

• Build a unique village on the back of a giant creature known as Onbu
• Farm various crops to feed your villagers
• Send out foraging missions to gather rare resources
• Survive a variety of different biomes and events
• Build a relationship with a giant beast and influence its actions
• Research and construct a variety of different buildings
• Story Mode featuring lore, quests and a story-based end goal
• Hostility modifiers provide extra challenges for experienced players
• Controller and Steam Deck Support
• Ecology/Biology inspired gameplay
• Unique art style with a blend of 3D and hand-drawn, hand-animated 2D graphics

Stray Fawn Studio Credits

Philomena Schwab
Project Lead, Game Design, Marketing

Micha Stettler
Programming

Arno Justus
Programming, Gamedesign

Naemi Matter
Programming

Stephanie Stutz
Art

Markus Rossé
Art, Animation

Robin Bornschein
Game Design, Programming

Roger Winzeler
UI

Claudio Beck
Audio

Larissa Wild
Marketing

Marco Conrad
Marketing

Tim Matter
Programming

Max Striebel
Programming

Martina Hugentobler
Animation

Denise Hohl
Graphic Design

Dana Senn
Marketing

David Stettler
Tool/Web Developer, Testing

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Animated Trailer Credits:

Director
Takuro Suzuki

Storyboard Artist
Akihiko Yamashita

Storyboard Artist / Character Designer / Key Animator
Yoshiharu Sato

Animation Director
Yoshiharu Sato

Key Animator
Yoshiharu Sato, Tomoyuki Takematsu, Yosuke Yamamoto

Inbetween Checker
Hisako Yaji

Digital Inbetween Checker
Hiromu Aoyama

Inbetween Artist
Hisako Yaji, Shin Ohba, Rikako Matsuno, Osamu Akamatsu, Uken Ko, Ayaka Shiotsugu, Nina Yamashita, Aya Takahashi (CONTRAIL CO.,LTD.)

Digital Inbetween Artist
Hiromu Aoyama, Moe Takemata, Miho Tomioka, Toru Sekikawa, Honoka Tezuka, Akiko Teshima (CoMix Wave Films), Nanami Igarashi (CloverWorks), Yuyu Bando (CloverWorks), Hiyo Hiraga (CloverWorks), Honami Nakata (CloverWorks)

Color Designer
Tomoko Hanamura

Color Supervisor
Akiko Koyama

Cel Painter
Tomoko Hanamura, Hajime Komoriya, Tomomi Asano, Takashi Oohira, Takemoto Mai (CloverWorks), Sakadume Riko (CloverWorks)

Cinematographer
Tomohiro Urabayashi

Cinematography supervisor
Junji Yabuta

Editor
Akira Ikizawa

Background Artist (IKY CO.,LTD.)
Yukino Sakai, Misaki Kawazoe, Ai Noguchi, Ayane Okawa, Rei Igarashi, Shohei Haneda, Aoi Kosaka, Yoh Shinomiya, Yuiko Tsugawa, fumesi, Pippi, TkHdesignlab, faPka, hiroto

Background Artist (Dehogallery, Inc.)
AKANE MORI

Production Manager
Risa Tanaka, Reina Okajima

Co-Producer
Aya Kobayashi

Producer
Yoichiro Kugimiya, Yuri Nakajima

Animation Production

TRASH STUDIO.,LLC.

NIPPON ANIMATION CO.,LTD.

Contact

Inquiries
info@strayfawnstudio.com

Twitter
twitter.com/StrayFawnStudio

Facebook
facebook.com/StrayFawnStudio

Web
StrayFawnStudio.com