The very first game announced during last night’s The Game Awards was The Free Shepherd, an adventure game where you play as a lone border collie trying to save flocks of lost sheep in a gorgeously stylized world.
Developer Frame Interactive is creating a world inspired by Iceland that combines cinematic exploration with subtle emotional storytelling, and a bit of the fantastical thrown in as well. As players explore the mysterious island setting, they will come to face a calamity that only this lovely (and lonely) border collie can prevent.
Though The Free Shepherd was the first game we saw at the TGAs, it was one of my favorite announcements of the entire show. I’ve got a border collie-heeler mix at home who looks just like this loyal protagonist, so I hope the game doesn’t tear me to pieces. It’s going to tear me to pieces, isn’t it?
