History VideoGame / Spiritfarer

* KindHeartedCatLover: Stella's "second in command" is Daffodil, a cute fluffy cat that assists Stella in her duties as Spiritfarer. Apart from

* MushroomMan: [[spoiler: Stanley]] is the only spirit you don't find wandering around and the only way to find him is to [[spoiler: fish a mystery seed out of the water, plant him and pull him out once he grows]]. His sudden and unorthodox appearance certainly is a very unexpected.

* DownerEnding: There's no way around it: [[spoiler: Stella is as dead as any of the other spirits, and eventually, she has to ferry herself to the Everdoor.]]

* DownerEnding: There's no way around it: [[spoiler: Stella is as dead as any of the other spirits, and eventually, she will have to ferry herself to the Everdoor.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can feed the spirits glue to make them ill. Say, [[TheScrappy Elena]] over there looks like a prime target to try that out.

* GrannyClassic: Alice the hedgehog spirit is described as "the grandmother everyone wishes they had". She is kindhearted and selfless, she recounts tales of her younger days and gives you [[GrandmasRecipe free pastries]] from time to time. Apart from caring about Stella, she clearly also cared a lot for [[spoiler: her daughter Annie, and when her Alzheimer's starts getting worse, she mistakes Stella as her own daughter when the latter dressed up in the same clothes as Annie]].

* GrannyClassic: Alice the hedgehog spirit is described as "the grandmother everyone wishes they had". She is kindhearted and selfless, she recounts tales of her younger days and gives you [[GrandmasRecipe free pastries]] from time to time. Apart from caring about Stella, she clearly also cared a lot for [[spoiler: her daughter Alyssa, and when her Alzheimer's starts getting worse, she mistakes Stella as her own daughter when the latter dressed up in the same clothes as Alyssa]].

* BadBoss: Astrid is first encountered leading a bunch of workers in a strike against a boss who doesn't really seem to care about them at all.

** Elena the greyhound spirit almost makes Bruce and Mickey look nice by comparison. She constantly chastises Stella whenever she fails to meet her high standards, shows disdain for her students she used to teach, even the talented ones and is [[spoiler: the only spirit whose mood drops if Stella tries hugging her.]]

* SchmuckBait: The Thunder Lotus Twitter says that you *should* hug the dog spirit Elena. Just try that outside of sending her off, [[SarcasmMode that oughta end well!]]

* Jerkass: Bruce and Mickey are rude and abrasive, not just to Stella but also to other spirits on the boat, which can lower their mood. They are also very materialistic and entitled.

* KindHeartedCatLover: Stella's "second in command" is Daffodil, a cute fluffy cat that assists Stella in her duties as Spiritfarer.

* TheBigGuy: Atul is a frog spirit and is the largest of the cast seen so far. He's stubborn, boisterous, loves food, and is irrepressibly cheerful.

The game was released in mid August of 2020.

[[https://thunderlotusgames.com/spiritfarer/ ''Spiritfarer'']] is a management game by Thunder Lotus Games, following the story of a young [[{{Psychopomp}} Spiritfarer]] named Stella whose job is to explore the world to befriend and care for spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife.

The game was released in mid August of 2020 on Steam, .

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[[https://thunderlotusgames.com/spiritfarer/ ''Spiritfarer'']] is an upcoming management game by Thunder Lotus Games, following the story of a young [[{{Psychopomp}} Spiritfarer]] named Stella whose job is to explore the world to befriend and care for spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife.

A demo is currently available and the full game is planned to release later in 2020.

* AllThereInTheManual: Subscribing to Thunder Lotus's newsletter will have them send e-mails detailing information about the world and characters that do not appear in the demo.
%%* AnimalStereotypes: Mostly {{Averted}}, though some of the spirits play the stereotypes of their species straight. Atul the frog is a jolly, boisterous musician who loves the water, Bruce the hummingbird is an energetic MotorMouth, and Gwen the deer is elegant, calm, and majestic.
%%* TheBigGuy: Atul is a frog spirit and is the largest of the cast seen so far. He's stubborn, boisterous, loves food, and is irrepressibly cheerful.
%%* CatsHateWater: Jumping into the water will make Daffodil attempt to balance on his Everlight as it floats along the surface.
%%* CivilizedAnimal: Many of the less anthropomorphic spirits fit this description, though their behavior is not really animalistic at all.
%%* CoolHat: Stella wears a pointy blue-green hat with a wide, star-shaped brim. She can take it off and catch the air with it to glide.
%%* CoOpMultiplayer: The game can be played in this way, with the second player controlling Daffodil the cat.
%%* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Stella has dark skin and dark blonde hair.
%%* DontFearTheReaper: Stella is one of the least threatening depictions of a {{Psychopomp}} in media, being a friendly and cheerful girl whose job it is to befriend lost spirits and keep them happy until they are ready to pass on.
%%* FunnyAnimal: Several of the spirits fit this description, though many are less humanoid.
%%* GentleGiant: Atul is a very large frog spirit, and it just as friendly as most of the other spirits. Mickey also applies, being a huge buffalo that mostly just sits around and [[TheQuietOne doesn't say much]].
%%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Many of the spirits don't have any clothes at all, and the ones who do wear clothes often don't wear more than an accessory.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Astrid is described as having a "rough persona [that] hides a sensitive heart."
%%* KindHeartedCatLover: Stella's "second in command" is Daffodil, a cute fluffy cat that assists Stella in her duties as Spiritfarer.
%%* LightIsGood: Stella is a friendly and cheerful {{Psychopomp}} whose outfit includes a lot of gold and carries a golden glowing orb called the Everlight that she can use to [[MagicTool manifest different tools]] out of solid light.
%%* MagicTool: The Everlight, a golden glowing orb that Stella wears on her belt and Daffodil wears on his collar, can be used to manifest different tools that seem to be made of pure light, from oven mitts to a fishing rod.
%%* MotorMouth: Bruce never stops running his mouth, [[SiblingYinYang in sharp contrast to his brother]] [[TheQuietOne Mickey]].
%%* MusclesAreMeaningless: Bruce is capable of carrying around his brother Mickey, despite Bruce being a tiny hummingbird and Mickey being a huge buffalo.
%%* NonhumansLackAttributes: Most of the spirits don't have clothing, but nothing is visible despite this.
%%* OurSpiritsAreDifferent: The spirits here are the souls of the dead currently residing in the SpiritWorld that the game takes place in. They look like anthropomorphic animals, and its the players job to help them pass on to the afterlife proper.
%%* PetTheDog: Or hug the dog, in this case. You can hug your spirit passengers to improve their mood, and you can also hug Daffodil.
%%* PrettyInMink: Gwen's design is clearly supposed to evoke this look, with the fur around her neck resembling the collar of a poofy fur coat.
%%* {{Psychopomp}}: The job of a Spiritfarer is to find lost spirits and befriend them, caring for them so they may pass on to the afterlife.
%%* ProphetEyes: All of the spirits have blank white eyes.
%%* TheQuietOne: Mickey is described as being "too deep in introspection to produce anything other than murmurs," [[SiblingYinYang in sharp contrast to his brother]] [[MotorMouth Bruce]].
%%* SiblingYinYang: Mickey is a large buffalo that doesn't move [[TheQuietOne or talk]] very much, while his brother Bruce is a tiny, energetic hummingbird who is [[MotorMouth always running his mouth]].
%%* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: All of the spirits have the appearance of humanoid animals, though exactly how humanoid varies. Some are [[FunnyAnimal mostly humanoid]] in shape, others are [[CivilizedAnimal almost totally bestial]], and others are somewhere in-between. They still all act like people though.
%%* SpiritWorld: The game's setting seems to be this. It acts as a place in-between the mortal world and the afterlife where the spirits of the dead go until they pass on to the afterlife proper.
%%* VideoGameCaringPotential: The entire point of the game. You cook food for your passengers, build them nice places to live, help them deal with their problems, hug them, and generally try to keep them happy until they are ready to move on to the afterlife.

* AnimalStereotypes: Mostly {{Averted}}, though some of the spirits play the stereotypes of their species straight. Atul the frog is a jolly, boisterous musician who loves the water, Bruce the hummingbird is an energetic MotorMouth, and Gwen the deer is elegant, calm, and majestic.
* TheBigGuy: Atul is a frog spirit and is the largest of the cast seen so far. He's stubborn, boisterous, loves food, and is irrepressibly cheerful.
* CatsHateWater: Jumping into the water will make Daffodil attempt to balance on his Everlight as it floats along the surface.
* CivilizedAnimal: Many of the less anthropomorphic spirits fit this description, though their behavior is not really animalistic at all.
* CoolHat: Stella wears a pointy blue-green hat with a wide, star-shaped brim. She can take it off and catch the air with it to glide.
* CoOpMultiplayer: The game can be played in this way, with the second player controlling Daffodil the cat.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Stella has dark skin and dark blonde hair.
* DontFearTheReaper: Stella is one of the least threatening depictions of a {{Psychopomp}} in media, being a friendly and cheerful girl whose job it is to befriend lost spirits and keep them happy until they are ready to pass on.
* FunnyAnimal: Several of the spirits fit this description, though many are less humanoid.
* GentleGiant: Atul is a very large frog spirit, and it just as friendly as most of the other spirits. Mickey also applies, being a huge buffalo that mostly just sits around and [[TheQuietOne doesn't say much]].
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Many of the spirits don't have any clothes at all, and the ones who do wear clothes often don't wear more than an accessory.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Astrid is described as having a "rough persona [that] hides a sensitive heart."
* KindHeartedCatLover: Stella's "second in command" is Daffodil, a cute fluffy cat that assists Stella in her duties as Spiritfarer.
* LightIsGood: Stella is a friendly and cheerful {{Psychopomp}} whose outfit includes a lot of gold and carries a golden glowing orb called the Everlight that she can use to [[MagicTool manifest different tools]] out of solid light.
* MagicTool: The Everlight, a golden glowing orb that Stella wears on her belt and Daffodil wears on his collar, can be used to manifest different tools that seem to be made of pure light, from oven mitts to a fishing rod.
* MotorMouth: Bruce never stops running his mouth, [[SiblingYinYang in sharp contrast to his brother]] [[TheQuietOne Mickey]].
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Bruce is capable of carrying around his brother Mickey, despite Bruce being a tiny hummingbird and Mickey being a huge buffalo.
* NonhumansLackAttributes: Most of the spirits don't have clothing, but nothing is visible despite this.
* OurSpiritsAreDifferent: The spirits here are the souls of the dead currently residing in the SpiritWorld that the game takes place in. They look like anthropomorphic animals, and its the players job to help them pass on to the afterlife proper.
* PetTheDog: Or hug the dog, in this case. You can hug your spirit passengers to improve their mood, and you can also hug Daffodil.
* PrettyInMink: Gwen's design is clearly supposed to evoke this look, with the fur around her neck resembling the collar of a poofy fur coat.
* {{Psychopomp}}: The job of a Spiritfarer is to find lost spirits and befriend them, caring for them so they may pass on to the afterlife.
* ProphetEyes: All of the spirits have blank white eyes.
* TheQuietOne: Mickey is described as being "too deep in introspection to produce anything other than murmurs," [[SiblingYinYang in sharp contrast to his brother]] [[MotorMouth Bruce]].
* SiblingYinYang: Mickey is a large buffalo that doesn't move [[TheQuietOne or talk]] very much, while his brother Bruce is a tiny, energetic hummingbird who is [[MotorMouth always running his mouth]].
* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: All of the spirits have the appearance of humanoid animals, though exactly how humanoid varies. Some are [[FunnyAnimal mostly humanoid]] in shape, others are [[CivilizedAnimal almost totally bestial]], and others are somewhere in-between. They still all act like people though.
* SpiritWorld: The game's setting seems to be this. It acts as a place in-between the mortal world and the afterlife where the spirits of the dead go until they pass on to the afterlife proper.
* VideoGameCaringPotential: The entire point of the game. You cook food for your passengers, build them nice places to live, help them deal with their problems, hug them, and generally try to keep them happy until they are ready to move on to the afterlife.

* LightIsGood: Stella is a friendly and cheerful {{Psychopomp}} whose outfit includes a lot of gold and carries a golden glowing orb called the Everlight that she can use to [[MagicTool manifest different tools]].

''Spiritfarer'' is an upcoming management game by Thunder Lotus Games, following the story of a young [[{{Psychopomp}} Spiritfarer]] named Stella whose job is to explore the world to befriend and care for spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife.

* CatsHateWater: Jumping into the water will make Daffodil attempt to balance on his light orb as it floats along the surface.

* LightIsGood: Stella is a friendly and cheerful {{Psychopomp}} whose outfit includes a lot of gold and carries a MagicTool made of light.
* MagicTool: The orb that Stella wears on her belt can be used to manifest different tools that seem to be made of pure light, from oven mitts to a fishing rod.

* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: All of the spirits have the appearance of humanoid animals, though exactly how humanoid varies. Some are [[FunnyAnimal]] mostly humanoid in shape, others are [[CivilizedAnimal almost totally bestial]], and others are somewhere in-between. They still all act like people though.

* GentleGiant: Atul is a very large frog spirit, and it just as friendly as most of the other spirits. Mickey also applies, being a huge cape buffalo that mostly just sits around and [[TheQuietOne doesn't say much]].

* SiblingYinYang: Mickey is a large cape buffalo that doesn't move [[TheQuietOne or talk]] very much, while his brother Bruce is a tiny, energetic hummingbird who is [[MotorMouth always running his mouth]].

* MotorMouth: Bruce never stops running his mouth, [[SiblingYingYang in sharp contrast to his brother]] [[TheQuietOne Mickey]].

* TheQuietOne: Mickey is described as being "too deep in introspection to produce anything other than murmurs," [[SiblingYingYang in sharp contrast to his brother]] [[MotorMouth Bruce]].
* SiblingYingYang: Mickey is a large cape buffalo that doesn't move [[TheQuietOne or talk]] very much, while his brother Bruce is a tiny, energetic hummingbird who is [[MotorMouth always running his mouth]].

* AnimalStereotypes: Mostly {{Averted}}, though some of the spirits play the stereotypes of their species straight. Atul the frog is a jolly, boisterous musician who loves the water, Bruce the hummingbird is an energetic MotorMouth,
and Gwen the deer is elegant, calm, and majestic.