A village high in the mountains, safe from the ravages of the seasons. No one has left in a generation, no one until Estelle. In his world, a season is a time in history, an era. This season is coming to an end. Traveling the unknown, he leaves his home to try to capture this moment for the future. Estelle navigates through a strange yet familiar world, witnessing life on the brink of an impending but mysterious change.
Gameplay of the Season: Focuses on exploring, recording, meeting people, and unraveling the strange world around you. At any time, you can get off your bike and equip a tool from your bag. Each captures a different layer; Words and music, art and architecture, the voices of old people, extinct religious practices, the signs of the seasons are long gone. Your tools will help you to peel these layers until you are able to understand the culture, history and ecology at the bottom of everything.
Your camera can capture what you see. Instructional sound recording allows your microphone to capture and playback what you hear. This action also stimulates reflection and exploration moments because you can understand your surroundings, sparking thoughts and inquiries from Estelle. Use these current recordings to unlock answers for future use
The time you spend with other people is crucial. You help them through moments of calm crisis. The changes that are taking place in the world in their lives are not abstract, they are immediate. They are trying to navigate, to survive, to find a way to survive. You help them. You remember them. The choices you make are reflected and the importance of what you are doing becomes increasingly clear. Showing your recordings in these characters you see can also provide a useful piece of information or a moment of connection.
It all comes together in your journal, a letter for the future, where you fully integrate the pieces of the season. Through snapshots and recordings, you create a developed expression of your own perspective on what you saw and did on your trip. Through recording, your exploration and investigation is rewarded in amazing ways throughout the story.
With the PlayStation 5 dualsense controller, you’ll feel the terrain under your tires, thanks to the controller’s haptics. When you are cycling, while paddling up steep hills you feel resistance in the controller’s adapted triggers and then enjoy a comfortable coastal descent. You don’t have to be stuck on the main road: cycling off the beaten path will lead you to hidden places and new discoveries.
As you search for meaning for yourself and for the readers of your journal, your search leads you to the world of seasons. You will do your best to answer the big question: What is this season? And why is it over?
Season: In the autumn of 2022 a letter is coming for the future on PS5 and PS4.
