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The game was released on Platform/{{Steam}} and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on December 5, 2023.

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The game was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on December 5, 2023.

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* InUniverseGameClock: Time passes over the course of the game, with different times of day such as "morning," "early evening" and such shown in the corner of the screen. These affect your need for sleep, and there's a time limit of seven days to reach Uncle Hamish as well.

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* InUniverseGameClock: Time passes over the course of the game, with different times of day such as "morning," "early evening" and such shown in the corner of the screen. These affect your need for sleep, and there's a time limit of seven days to reach Uncle Hamish in time for Beltane to receive the best ending as well.well.
* NewGamePlus: After you reach the Lighthouse, you can start over with all your maps, all unlocked shortcuts, and much of your inventory. This is especially useful for getting to the Lighthouse in time for Beltane, to get the best ending.



* ReplayValue: An intent of the developers, as they say the game was meant to be played through repeatedly.

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* ReplayValue: An intent of the developers, as they say the game was meant to be played through repeatedly. Reaching the ending results in a NewGamePlus which can make the next trip easier, as you try to find the most efficient path to arriving in time for Beltane.
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* ExactWords: In one of his letters, Uncle Hamish says "Yer mam would never forgive me if harm came to ye." [[spoiler: He's referring to Moira's ''real'' mother, who is revealed to be a selkie.]]


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* TheReveal: If you reach the Lighthouse in time for Beltane, Uncle Hamish reveals that [[spoiler: he's Moira's real father and that her mother is a selkie, who welcomes her daughter to join her in the sea.]]
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* TwoAndAHalfD: The world is multiple 2D layers, in which you can travel between the current mountain/layer and one in the distance. You keep moving to further and further layers until you reach the end.
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* FunetikAksent: Taking place in Scotland, the dialog is written to emphasize a Scottish accent from every speaker. Words like "mebbe," "cannae," and "willnae" are spelled out phonetically.
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* InUniverseGameClock: Time passes over the course of the game, with different times of day such as "morning," "early evening" and such shown in the corner of the screen. These affect your need for sleep, and there's a time limit of seven days to reach Uncle Hamish as well.
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* ReplayValue: An intent of the developers, as they say the game was meant to be played through repeatedly.


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* StoryBranching: Due to choices you can make and paths you can take during each playthrough, the playthroughs play out differently and reveal different details.
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* DialogueTree: Conversations with the game's rare [=NPCs=] give you a handful of choices to pick from, often without the ability to go back and make a different choice or ask a different question, hurrying things along.
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* PlatformGame: A 2D one which appears to also be open world.
* RhythmGame: There are moments in which you appear to jump according to the beat of music to get across some platforms.

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* PlatformGame: A 2D one which appears to also be open world.
One of the multiple genres this game fits into. There are elements of jumping from grass, rocks, walls and other things.
* RhythmGame: There are From time to time, you enter moments in which where you appear to must jump according to the beat of music to get across some platforms.music.
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The game was released on Steam and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on December 5, 2023.

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The game is a non-linear CinematicPlatformer in which you play as Moira [=McKinnon=], a teenager who runs away from home to seek out her uncle's lighthouse by the sea by Beltane (May Day) after receiving a letter from him. In order to reach his lighthouse, however, she must traverse through the Scotland Highlands and climb mountains, spelunk through caves, and deal with unpredictable weather conditions, amongst other dangers, all while finding out various secrets and folklore related to the highlands along the way.

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The game is a non-linear CinematicPlatformer in which you play as Moira [=McKinnon=], a teenager who runs away from home to seek out head to her uncle's lighthouse by the sea by Beltane (May Day) after receiving a letter from him. In order to reach his lighthouse, the sea, however, she must traverse through the treacherous Scotland Highlands and climb mountains, spelunk through caves, and deal with unpredictable weather conditions, amongst other dangers, all while finding out various secrets and folklore related to the highlands along the way.



* GhibliHills: The game takes place on the Scotland Highlands, so this is to be expected, with the game being set behind beautiful green vistas filled with mountains and lakes.

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* GhibliHills: The game takes place on in the Scotland Highlands, so this is to be expected, with the game being set behind beautiful green vistas valleys filled with mountains mountains, wildlife, and lakes.rivers.


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* TheRunaway: Moira is described as having run away from home to seek out her uncle by the sea after receiving a letter from him.
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The game is a non-linear CinematicPlatformer in which you play as Moira [=McKinnon=], a teenager who runs away from home to seek out his lighthouse by the sea by Beltane (May Day) after receiving a letter from her uncle Hamish. In order to reach his lighthouse, however, she must traverse through the Scotland Highlands and climb mountains, spelunk through caves, and deal with unpredictable weather conditions, amongst other dangers, all while finding out various secrets and folklore related to the highlands along the way.

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The game is a non-linear CinematicPlatformer in which you play as Moira [=McKinnon=], a teenager who runs away from home to seek out his her uncle's lighthouse by the sea by Beltane (May Day) after receiving a letter from her uncle Hamish.him. In order to reach his lighthouse, however, she must traverse through the Scotland Highlands and climb mountains, spelunk through caves, and deal with unpredictable weather conditions, amongst other dangers, all while finding out various secrets and folklore related to the highlands along the way.
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->''I must've climbed the hill behind the house a hundred times. I know every stone. But after that hill there's another... ...and then, another again... ...and after all that then that's the sea. And I've never been there.

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->''I ->''"I must've climbed the hill behind the house a hundred times. I know every stone. But after that hill there's another... ...and then, another again... ...and after all that then that's the sea. And I've never been there."''



The game is a non-linear CinematicPlatformer in which you play as Moira [=McKinnon=], a teenager who runs away from home to seek out the sea by Beltane (May Day) after receiving a letter from her uncle Hamish. In order to reach his lighthouse by the sea, however, she must traverse through the Scotland Highlands and climb mountains, spelunk through caves, and deal with unpredictable weather conditions, amongst other dangers, all while finding out various secrets and folklore related to the highlands along the way.

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The game is a non-linear CinematicPlatformer in which you play as Moira [=McKinnon=], a teenager who runs away from home to seek out his lighthouse by the sea by Beltane (May Day) after receiving a letter from her uncle Hamish. In order to reach his lighthouse by the sea, lighthouse, however, she must traverse through the Scotland Highlands and climb mountains, spelunk through caves, and deal with unpredictable weather conditions, amongst other dangers, all while finding out various secrets and folklore related to the highlands along the way.

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''A Highland Song'' is an open world 2D CinematicPlatformer published by Inkle Studios (''VideoGame/EightyDays'', ''VideoGame/HeavensVault'')

The game stars a teenager known as Moira [=McKinnon=], who runs away from to seek out the sea by Beltane (May Day). However, in order to reach the sea, she must traverse through the Scotland Highlands, a mountainous and treacherous wilderness filled with paths and danger, as well as some unpredictable surprises.

The game requires multiple playthroughs to see everything, as the developers say that one trip is not enough.

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->''I must've climbed the hill behind the house a hundred times. I know every stone. But after that hill there's another... ...and then, another again... ...and after all that then that's the sea. And I've never been there.
-->-- '''Moira'''

''A Highland Song'' is an open world 2D CinematicPlatformer platformer published by Inkle Studios (''VideoGame/EightyDays'', ''VideoGame/HeavensVault'')

''VideoGame/HeavensVault'').

The game stars is a teenager known non-linear CinematicPlatformer in which you play as Moira [=McKinnon=], a teenager who runs away from home to seek out the sea by Beltane (May Day). However, in Day) after receiving a letter from her uncle Hamish. In order to reach his lighthouse by the sea, however, she must traverse through the Scotland Highlands, a mountainous Highlands and treacherous wilderness filled climb mountains, spelunk through caves, and deal with paths and danger, as well as some unpredictable surprises.

weather conditions, amongst other dangers, all while finding out various secrets and folklore related to the highlands along the way.

The game is full of multiple pathways and shortcuts and requires multiple playthroughs to see everything, as the developers say that one trip is not enough.

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An open world 2D platformer set on the highlands of Scotland, in which you assume the role of a teenager who leaves her home in search of her uncle after receiving a letter from him.

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An ''A Highland Song'' is an open world 2D platformer set on the highlands of Scotland, in which you assume the role of CinematicPlatformer published by Inkle Studios (''VideoGame/EightyDays'', ''VideoGame/HeavensVault'')

The game stars
a teenager known as Moira [=McKinnon=], who leaves her home in search of her uncle after receiving a letter runs away from him.
to seek out the sea by Beltane (May Day). However, in order to reach the sea, she must traverse through the Scotland Highlands, a mountainous and treacherous wilderness filled with paths and danger, as well as some unpredictable surprises.



Very little is known about this game so far, having just been announced, but it releases in early December 2023.

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Very little is known about this The game so far, having just been announced, but it releases in early was released on Steam and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on December 5, 2023.




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* GhibliHills: The game takes place on the Scotland Highlands, so this is to be expected, with the game being set behind beautiful green vistas filled with mountains and lakes.
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An open world 2D platformer set on the highlands of Scotland, in which you assume the role of a teenager who leaves her home in search of her uncle after receiving a letter from him.

The game requires multiple playthroughs to see everything, as the developers say that one trip is not enough.

Very little is known about this game so far, having just been announced, but it releases in early December 2023.
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* PlatformGame: A 2D one which appears to also be open world.
* RhythmGame: There are moments in which you appear to jump according to the beat of music to get across some platforms.
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