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The Bard’s Tale – Now in Your Pocket!

March 23, 2022• Videogames

Grab your lute and your finest mug of ale: A brand new chapter of The Bard’s Tale series is coming to a mobile device near you.

Boden, Sweden – March 23rd, 2022 – Wanderword, the leader in interactive audio entertainment, in conjunction with Xbox Game Studios’ inXile entertainment, are excited to bring a new addition to the award-winning The Bard’s Tale series to smartphones everywhere.

Following its initial release on smart speakers, The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn is now available for iOS and Android via the App Store and Google Play.

“Bringing The Bard’s Tale to mobile platforms will give people from all over the world a chance to experience this exciting adventure.” said Johan Strömberg, Wanderword CEO.

The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn is an RPG that will provide you with hours of immersive gameplay. It takes you from Skara Brae to the small secluded settlement town of Largefearn, where citizens are disappearing under mysterious circumstances – and it’s up to you to unravel the mystery. In keeping with Wanderword’s “heads-up, hands-free” paradigm, the game can be controlled by voice. The available commands have corresponding buttons on the screen for situations where a silent input method is preferable.

“It’s exciting to see how Wanderword has brought The Bard’s Tale to a new medium, staying true to the world and fantasy while exploring new ways to play. We think everyone’s really going to enjoy playing in the Bard’s Tale world in a brand new way.” – inXile entertainment.

Choose between four playable classes, where you will be able to customize your character with advanced subclasses that can be unlocked through character progression. You will also be able to recruit companions along the way, where they will join you in combat and offer advice on your journey. Beautifully crafted artwork brings the world of Largefearn to life with hand illustrated images of characters, locations and combat.

Features

  • Four unique classes: Bard, Fighter, Rogue and Practitioner
  • Unlock and select one of two advanced subclasses to customize your character further:
    • Bard – Troubadour & Warchanter
    • Fighter – Warden & Berserker
    • Rogue – Assassin & Sniper
    • Practitioner – Conjurer & Magician
  • Recruit and customize companions
  • Turn-based combat system that rewards strategic thinking
  • Large degrees of player freedom thanks to contextual interaction
  • Beautiful hand drawn illustrations
  • Voice controlled player action

Press Kit

That includes screens and trailer click here

Check out this awesome trailer: https://youtu.be/mHn-uUbDPOg

Direct link to game on App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/the-bards-tale-wol/id1596758943

Direct link to game on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.wanderword.bardstale

About Wanderword

Wanderword develops and publishes pioneering interactive audio experiences for the global mobile and smart speaker market. With our tech platform Fabella, we are enabling storytellers to create their own interactive audio stories. Our inhouse Polar Night Studio is pushing the boundaries with cutting-edge production.

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Unlock the Power of Interactive Audio with Fabella Creator

March 16, 2022• B2C

Sweden-based Wanderword has just launched Fabella, a tool that lets anyone create stories with speech, sound and interactivity.

Boden, Sweden – March 16th, 2022 – Wanderword, the Sweden-based leader in interactive audio entertainment, has just released Fabella – a tool that puts the power of interactive audio in the hands of everyone who wants to tell stories using speech, sound and music.

What Fabella lets you do

Fabella is an editor that lets you create speech- and audio-based stories, games, quizzes and other types of audio entertainment. You can even make the storytelling interactive by setting it up to respond to voice commands. It’s so simple that beginners can master it in minutes, yet so powerful that professionals can build commercial products with it.

How Fabella works

When you create a new project, you can start with a template such as Quiz, Random Facts or Interactive Story. You can also start with a blank slate. The building blocks of Fabella projects are called Nodes, and to build things with them you tie them together in the sequence you want. There are several different types of Nodes, but the ones you’ll be using the most are called Say nodes (they hold dialogue for the synthetic Text-To-Speech voices) and Hear nodes (they listen for voice input from you).

There’s a Media library that lets you upload audio files like sound effects or music for your project. At your disposal you also have a library of synthetic voices to create a cast of characters with. You can later upgrade from the free Starter plan to Professional, thereby unlocking access to hundreds of premium voices as well as the ability to create an unlimited number of projects featuring an unlimited number of Nodes.

Where to find Fabella

On the Fabella Creator homepage fabellacreator.com you can sign up for a free Starter plan that lets you create up to 2 projects with up to 100 Nodes each. You can upgrade to the Professional plan anytime you want and unlock many more voices and features.

Made with Fabella

These are some examples of professional products created in Fabella: A role-playing game, a horror-themed adventure game and an interactive audiobook with ciphers and puzzles to solve.

  • The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn
  • Escape From 63rd and Wallace – an Interactive Audio Horror Story
  • The Copernicus Legacy – an Interactive Audio-book

Press kit – That includes screens, intro video and product information Please click here

Check out the Fabella intro video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRQuns7DOI

Visit FABELLACREATOR.COM to try out it out for free

About Wanderword

Wanderword develops and publishes pioneering interactive audio experiences for the global mobile and smart speaker market. With our tech platform Fabella, we are enabling storytellers to create their own interactive audio stories. Our inhouse Polar Night Studio is pushing the boundaries with cutting-edge production.

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Fabella, the Interactive Audio Creator officially launches!

March 2, 2022• B2B

Visit FABELLACREATOR.COM to try it out for free

Boden, Sweden – 28th February 2022: Wanderword, the leader in interactive audio entertainment, has officially launched their Interactive Audio development tool Fabella.

What is Fabella?
Fabella is a fully-featured visual editor that allows you to create Interactive Audio projects ranging from Interactive Podcasts & Audiobooks, Audio Games and much more. With its quick and easy drag and drop node-based system, Fabella allows anyone to be creating their first piece of content in minutes.

How Fabella can help you
Fabella empowers game developers, podcast producers, audiobook publishers, conversation designers and other creatives with a clean, intuitive and logical workflow, providing all the tools you need to achieve impressive results quickly.

It’s highly flexible, adapting to your needs at every stage of production – from early prototyping to finalizing the shipping product. The content can be published to Alexa and Google Assistant enabled devices, a standalone web player or as apps for mobile devices running iOS, iPadOS or Android – or all platforms with one push of a button!

“What I loved about Fabella is that I’m not a coder, but instantly I was creating logic to make a game work. I found it so intuitive and was getting results quickly!“ – Ben McCulloch

Features

  • Create once, publish everywhere – Fabella streamlines the publishing process by offering tools that allow developers to export to multiple platforms – including Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, iOS, Android and web.
  • Fast, intuitive editing – Fabella uses a quick and easy node-based system with drag-and-drop. No advanced coding experience required – beginners can be up and running in minutes.
  • Advanced game design features – Highly customizable, ready-made components tailored for gaming functionality.
  • Live collaboration – The Fabella editor allows your whole team to collaborate on a project in real time – a major time saver.
  • First class voices – Fabella offers access to over 400 synthetic voices (narrators, digital actors, promo voice-over) from the best providers, and you can bring your own voice recordings too.

Upcoming features

  • QR code support – Upload a QR image to your project, where you can trigger additional content when someone scans the same QR code in the real world.
  • GPS location implementation – Include a map marker through GPS, where when users reach the defined location you can deliver targeted content.

Check out what was made with Fabella

Tales of Sasha: The Interactive Audio Game (Play on Alexa)
The Bard’s Tale: Warlocks of Largefearn (Play on Alexa and play on Google)
Escape from 63rd and Wallace (Play on Alexa and play on Google)
The Copernicus Legacy: The Interactive Audiobook (Play on Alexa and play on Google)

Press Kit
That includes screens, intro video and product information Please click here

Check out the Fabella intro video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRQuns7DOI

About Wanderword
Wanderword is defining the Interactive Audio Entertainment Industry. With our tech platform Fabella, we are enabling storytellers to create their own interactive audio stories. Our inhouse Polar Night Studio is pushing the boundaries with cutting-edge production.

Visit FABELLACREATOR.COM to try out it out for free

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Start your adventure now!

December 15, 2021• Videogames

The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn is now available on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant!

Boden, Sweden – December 15th 2021 – The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn developed by Wanderword, in conjunction with Xbox Game Studios’ inXile entertainment is now available to Amazon Alexa users (U.S., U.K. and CA) and also on Google Assistant. Players are now able to experience a journey like no other, unlocking the mysteries of the small settlement of Largefearn. The first of it’s kind audio turn-based combat system rewards strategic thinking, similar to those that are found in traditional role playing games. Warlocks of Largefearn was built using Wanderword’s Fabella Creator Engine, which is revolutionizing the voice gaming market one adventure at a time.

The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn is now available on both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant devices near you!

Just say, “Alexa, open The Bard’s Tale.” – Click Here
Just say, “Hey Google, open The Bard’s Tale.” – Click Here

You can also visit The Bard’s Tale Product page on Poptale.
You can become a Fabella Creator as well just visit FabellaCreator.com for more information.

Features:
Four unique classes; Bard, Fighter, Rogue and Practitioner
Unlock and select one of two advanced subclasses to customize your character further:
Bard – Troubadour & Warchanter
Fighter – Warden & Berserker
Rogue – Assassin & Sniper
Practitioner – Conjurer & Magician
Recruit and customize companions and travel together through Largefearn.
Turn-based combat system that rewards strategic thinking.
Large degrees of player freedom, due to contextual interaction.
Beautiful hand drawn art for display devices.
Voice controlled player action, which gives the user a heads up and hands free experience.

Screens, artwork and trailer:
Please check out the brand new teaser trailer here
For assets please click here

Direct link to game on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bards-Tale-Warlocks-Largefearn/dp/B09N9Y95NY
Direct link to game on Google: https://assistant.google.com/services/a/uid/0000003d9f408683

About Wanderword
Wanderword is defining the Interactive Audio Entertainment Industry. With our tech platform Fabella, we are enabling storytellers to create their own interactive audio stories, Polar Night Studio is pushing the boundaries with cutting-edge productions, & our inspiration hub Poptale is guiding the active listeners to best practices and unique experiences. Wanderword is part of the game cluster Arctic Game, a collaboration of game studios in northern Sweden.

About Arctic Game
Arctic Game is an organization that is working to create a strategic platform for the game industry in northern Sweden; with business development, investment support, game educations and events to build a strong games community. They are creating an opportunity for studios to grow and give individuals the chance to enter the industry. Arctic Game is a collaboration between the municipalities Umeå, Skellefteå, Piteå, Luleå and Boden. In this area there are about 75 game companies and studios, about 500 professionals working in this industry and 14 game educations at university and higher vocational educations. Arctic Game is now northern Europe’s fastest growing games cluster. For more information visit arcticgamelab.com

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The Bard’s Tale to release in December

December 1, 2021• Videogames

Wanderword, the leader in interactive audio entertainment, in conjunction with Xbox Game Studios’ inXile entertainment, is bringing the popular The Bard’s Tale to an Amazon Alexa device near you!

Boden, Sweden – December 1st  2021 – Wanderword, the leader in interactive audio entertainment, in conjunction with Xbox Game Studios’ inXile entertainment is bringing the popular The Bard’s Tale to an Amazon Alexa device near you. Wanderword with their in-house development team, Polar Night Studio has worked on this project tirelessly. They were able to develop a turn-based combat system that rewards strategic thinking, similar to those that are found in traditional role playing games.

“Bringing The Bard’s Tale to life for another generation to experience is something that is close to my gaming heart. The team was able to create a semi-open world that will immerse players of all ages.” said Johan Strömberg, Wanderword CEO.

The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn is an Audio RPG that will provide you with hours of gameplay. It’s up to you to unlock the mysteries of this small settlement. Choose between 4 different playable classes, players will be able to customize their characters further – with two advanced subclasses that can be unlocked through character progression. The player will also be able to recruit companions to join you on your journey, where they will take your side in combat and offer advice as you adventure.

If you’re utilizing a screen enabled device, a particularly grand experience awaits you as the game provides beautiful hand drawn images for characters, locations and even during combat. The characters and locations come to life with detailed artwork setting the mood for this fantasy adventure. Players will be able to see the combat grid and make moves that will have an effect on the outcome of the battle. 

From inXile entertainment “It’s exciting to see how Wanderword has brought The Bard’s Tale to a new medium, staying true to the world and fantasy while exploring new ways to play. We think everyone’s really going to enjoy playing in the Bard’s Tale world in a brand-new way.”

Players will be able to interact with the world in a completely different way by giving the user control of the adventure instead of the traditional linear story. Fans of the beloved franchise will be able to relive the days of old as they explore this open world fantasy adventure. All you will need to enjoy The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn is just your voice, because now it’s your controller!

The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn will be available in December 2021, on an Alexa device near you! More information to be shared soon. 

Just say, “Alexa, open The Bard’s Tale.” You can also visit The Bard’s Tale on Alexa. 

Features:

  • Four unique classes; Bard, Fighter, Rogue and Practitioner 

  • Unlock and select one of two advanced subclasses to customize your character further:

    • Bard – Troubadour & Warchanter

    • Fighter – Warden & Berserker

    • Rogue – Assassin & Sniper

    • Practitioner – Conjurer & Magician

  • Recruit and customize companions and travel together through Largefearn.

  • Turn-based combat system that rewards strategic thinking.

  • Large degrees of player freedom, due to contextual interaction.

  • Beautiful hand drawn art for display devices.

  • Voice controlled player action, which gives the user a heads up and hands free experience.

Screens, artwork and trailer:
Please check out the brand new teaser trailer here
For assets please click here 

About Wanderword:

Wanderword is defining the Interactive Audio Entertainment Industry. With our tech platform Fabella, we are enabling storytellers to create their own interactive audio stories, Polar Night Studio is pushing the boundaries with cutting-edge productions, & our inspiration hub Poptale is guiding the active listeners to best practices and unique experiences. 

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