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Wildheart Gourmet

Philip Sutherland

Wildheart Gourmet is a video game based around foraging for wild foods, as well as finding one’s own place in the natural world. The foraging aspect is at the core of this experience; using the fun, engaging nature of video games, Wildheart Gourmet serves to introduce people to the concept of foraging for food in the wild. What’s more, it also highlights various aspects adjacent to the nature of foraging, such as invasive species and responsible attitudes when confronting nature.

This game is published and available to play for free on Steam.

Fabrics are sewn together to represent the essence of specific memories, some as simple as roasting marshmallows during camping trips to the many hopscotches created with her grandfather to the homes she grew up in.

Certain patterns also represent members of her family, including those that are gone but never forgotten.