Then, we built a brand new interactive fiction app called The Lost Legends of Redwall ( iOS and Android), complete with several new interactive fiction (IF) tales set in the same timeline that we both adapted ( The Caverns of Kotir, The Flower of Icetor) and originated ( The Wildcat Scroll). First, we joined Parts 2 & 3 of the 3D puzzle-adventure game The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout. That is truly a nerve-wracking undertaking.īut that is exactly what we two writers were asked to do. So, as writers, how do we face the task of actually adapting an IP so wildly beloved?

It’s part of who we are, because we grew up weaving it into ourselves as hungry children, uncertain teenagers, and maturing adults. The love readers have for this series is comparable to the likes of Harry Potteror The Lord of the Rings it’s not just a preference, it’s a personality. After the initial discovery, most Redwall readers fall hard and fast into the Redwall universe, devouring whatever novels were available to us and then eagerly awaiting the next release, growing up with the anthropomorphic animal adventurers and learning, as we grew, about right and wrong, bravery and honor, truth and friendship, and of course how and when to properly feast (the answer being enthusiastically, and often!). Readers who love Redwall usually are introduced to them as children we discovered them on the shelf of our sixth-grade classrooms, or on a trip to the library with our little sibling. This only adds to the timeless feel of the stories, the unique way they can delight us at so many ages. Characters of one novel might be only known as legends in another. The books span decades, and the stories themselves span what we humans might think of as centuries. Between that time and the author’s passing in 2011, there were 21 total novels published - and one more published posthumously. The first Redwall, written by the inimitable Brian Jacques, was published in 1986.

Here at Soma Games, we are so excited to share with you this post, written by the two writers who led the charge in the creation of the scripts for The Scout: Act 2 & 3, as well as the stories within our new Redwall interactive fiction App! Heather Rose Walters served as the Narrative Lead for these projects, and Ren-Alex Rose as a Narrative Designer and Game Writer.

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