{"id":7393,"date":"2021-12-14T11:35:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T02:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=7393"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:18:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:18:55","slug":"20211214-7393","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211214-7393\/","title":{"rendered":"Witch Explorer brings tower defense and shoot \u2018em up gameplay to Steam on December 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211213-185704\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2021-12-13 19:34 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese solo game developer Pico Games has announced <em><strong>Witch Explorer<\/strong><\/em> is coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1758920\/Witch_Explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> on December 20. Pico Games is also planning to release a <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1758940\/Witch_Explorer_Digital_Art_Book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">digital artbook<\/a> that contains model sheets for the characters and monsters that appear in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Witch Explorer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HBiZ2ybfyqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Witch Explorer<\/em> is a hybrid of tower defense and shoot \u2018em up gameplay where a young witch places elementals to help battle monsters. The protagonist of the game is Tia, and her family used to run a magic item shop. But her parents passed away while she was very young. Since then, the shop has been run by a friend, but things haven\u2019t gone so well, and they\u2019ve found themselves in a lot of debt. In order to pay off the debt, Tia sets off to collect the treasure sleeping in a monster infested area called \u201cThe Cave of No Return.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211213-185704-002en-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Tia and a magical lifeform she created named Doll combine their powers with elementals to fight monsters. The elementals you place will attack these monsters automatically like in a tower defense game, and they each have their own abilities that can be leveraged to defeat the waves of incoming foes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game also has shoot \u2018em up elements where Tia can attack monsters directly making this a tower defense and shoot \u2018em up hybrid. The game includes 7 types of elementals and 8 bosses to defeat.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u672c\u4f5c\u306b\u306f\u69d8\u3005\u306a\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3082\u3061\u308d\u3093\u304a\u98a8\u5442\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u3082\u3042\u308b\u3088\uff01<br>There are various events in this game, and the story progresses in a conversational style. And of course there&#39;s the bath event!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indiedev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indiedev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indiegame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indiegame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndieGameDev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndieGameDev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Umt4VO9nge\">pic.twitter.com\/Umt4VO9nge<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pico Games (@PicoGames_off) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PicoGames_off\/status\/1441990222888136715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pico Games also released a free game called <em>Doll Explorer Prologue<\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1492160\/Doll_Explorer_Prologue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> in January of 2021. It was highly praised for its cuteness and characters by players and currently has a user review rating of \u201cVery Positive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witch Explorer brings tower defense and shoot \u2018em up gameplay to Steam on December 20. 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