In September 2013, the Twitter feed was created, followed by the official Night in the Woods Facebook page the next month. Additionally, Mae must interact with her family and the populace of the town, who are all depicted as various other anthropomorphic animals. In the game, players control the protagonist Mae as she runs, jumps and solves puzzles in her hometown Possum Springs. First was a companion game called Longest Night (shown below, left), which was released in December 2013, and a second game titled Lost Constellation (shown below, right), was released in December 2014. There were two supplemental games released after the Kickstarter campaign. On February 21st, 2017, the game was officially released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux and PlayStation 4 systems. On December 15th, 2016, a trailer for the game was released on YouTube (shown below). Over the next month, the campaign earned over $200,000, allowing the developers to create additional animations and for Infinite Ammo and game developer Adam Saltsman to create a dungeon crawler minigame Demontower that is playable within Night in the Woods. On October 22nd, 2013, a Kickstarter for Night in the Woods was created by Holowka and Benson, which reached its $50,000 funding goal in under 26 hours.

In the game, players explore the hometown of the protagonist Mae, an anthropomorphic cat who recently dropped out of college. Night in the Woods is an adventure game developed by Infinite Fall, a studio founded by game designer Alec Holowka, and animator/illustrator Scott Benson. Video game, night in the woods, gaming, infinite fall, alec holowka, scott benson, demontower, longest night, lost constellation, possum springs, die anywhere elseĮditor’s Note: This entry and its image gallery contain spoilers.