The Good Life
Get ready to take the town of Rainy Woods by storm—SWERY’s The Good Life Launches Today
Posted October 15, 2021TOKYO, Japan, October 15, 2021—The cat’s out of the bag! Publisher PLAYISM and developers White Owls and Grounding Inc. are proud to announce that The Good Life launches today. This quirky and mysterious debt-repayment RPG/life sim adventure is available now on Steam, PS4, Switch and Xbox One for $39.99 USD, as well as on Game Pass.
In The Good Life, you play as journalist Naomi Hayward, who has just relocated from New York to the small English town of Rainy Woods. Drowning in debt, it’s time for Naomi to get snap-happy in her new job as a photographer at The Morning Bell newspaper, where she’s been tasked with solving an inexplicable phenomenon that transforms the townspeople into cats and dogs at night. With development teams led by Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro and Yukio Futatsugi, you can bank on The Good Life to deliver a highly engaging, funny, and bizarre experience that will keep you hooked until the very end.
Key Features
Solve mysteries as a human, a cat, or a dog!
Playing as a cat, you can jump and climb all over town to explore; while playing as a dog, you can use your acute sense of smell to track the town’s residents. Think strategically about your abilities to help solve the various mysteries and incidents you’ll face.
Work as a reporter, and make it big as a social media influencer
It’s not all about running around town with the cats and dogs—Naomi also has to make enough money to survive and pay her debts. Do this by taking photos of Rainy Woods for the newspaper and by keeping an eye on the hot new social media platform “Flamingo.” If you snap photos of whatever happens to be trending, you just might be able to earn enough money to make life in this small town that much easier.
It’s not all about running around town with the cats and dogs—Naomi also has to make enough money to survive and pay her debts. Do this by taking photos of Rainy Woods for the newspaper and by keeping an eye on the hot new social media platform “Flamingo.” If you snap photos of whatever happens to be trending, you just might be able to earn enough money to make life in this small town that much easier.
Live your best life
Grow vegetables in your garden, learn how to cook, explore the outdoors, hang out with townspeople at the pub and more! You’ll need more than cat-naps and doggie bags to survive and solve mysteries in Rainy Woods. Get lots of sleep, stay well-fed, keep yourself looking spiffy, all while enjoying small-town life.
Don’t be a scaredy-cat
Get out of your comfort zone if you want to succeed! There’s a wide, open world out there. Explore the town to expand your field of mobility, discover important locations, experience an array of events, unlock shrines and campgrounds. Interact with everything around you, even if it means hopping onto a sheep for a ride through the hills!
Get out of your comfort zone if you want to succeed! There’s a wide, open world out there. Explore the town to expand your field of mobility, discover important locations, experience an array of events, unlock shrines and campgrounds. Interact with everything around you, even if it means hopping onto a sheep for a ride through the hills!
The Good Life is available today on Steam, Xbox One, Game Pass, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch on October 15, 2021. Don’t forget to wishlist the game on your favorite store.
About White Owls Inc.
Operating out of Osaka, Japan, White Owls Inc. is led by Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro, best known as the creator of Deadly Premonition, D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die, and The Missing. Under the slogan of “From Osaka to all of YOU around the World,” White Owls Inc. strives to provide unforgettable gaming experiences through SWERY’s unique take on game creation.
To learn more, visit White Owls Inc.’s official website here.
About Grounding Inc.
Headed by CEO Yukio Futatsugi, creator of Panzer Dragoon and Phantom Dust, Grounding Inc. is a Japanese game development company with four development studios located in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Kyoto, and Kochi. In addition to game creation for smartphones and consoles, Grounding Inc. is also involved in the development of VR content.
To learn more, visit Grounding Inc.’s official website here.
About PLAYISM
Japan’s oldest indie publisher, PLAYISM is known in the West for supporting popular indie games such as Gnosia, Idol Manager, Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight, Touhou Luna Nights, Fight Crab, Record of Lodoss War -Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-, the La-Mulana series, Bright Memory, and DEEEER Simulator among other titles.
PLAYISM’s motto is “Bringing a Different Breed of Indie Game to the World”.
