After an ultimately unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign on Fig, SWERY promised he wouldn’t give up on The Good Life, which leads us to its current Kickstarter. Advertised as both a “debt repayment daily life RPG” and an “action-adventure game with a slow life that isn’t actually slow,” The Good Life is a game that stands out as a one-of-a-kind entry into the current landscape.Our protagonist, Naomi, takes a job at a newspaper in order to pay off her massive debt. They send her out to Rainy Woods, a rural English village. Throw in a murder mystery, the townsfolk turning into dogs and cats at night, a color palette dressed in a combination of recognizable, charming polygonal shapes and warm, small-town colors, and you have The Good Life’s elevator pitch.With one foot firmly in Deadly Premonition and the other steeped in Sweryism, The Good Life comes across as a game SWERY intends to make without concession. Whereas Deadly Premonition was faced with shoehorned combat mechanics, and D4’s life was cut short, The Good Life is an honest pitch from a truly unique creator to show us what he’s capable of. It’s a chance for him to make something truly amazing without any limitations, and I would argue it is a chance he deserves.For more information and gameplay footage of The Good Life, visit the game’s Kickstarter page, and be sure to stick with GameSkinny for more information on The Good Life as it develops.
