Milkmaid of the Milky Way
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| Milkmaid of the Milky Way | |
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| Developer | Mattis Folkestad |
| Designer | Mattis Folkestad |
| Programmer | Mattis Folkestad |
| Artist | Mattis Folkestad |
| Writer | Mattis Folkestad |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Windows, macOS |
| Release | January 5, 2017 |
| Genre | Adventure |
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an independent adventure game for iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS. It was developed by Mattis "machineboy" Folkestad and released on January 5, 2017.[1] The game's plot features a Scandinavian milkmaid, Ruth, who loses her cows to a spacecraft, and has to jump aboard to save them.
The puzzle adventure game takes place in space and in 1920s Norway.[2] The main character is Ruth, a milkmaid living alone with her cows on a farm in a Nordic fjord in the 1920s.[3] The game's story begins with Ruth doing tasks and chores on her farm, longing for a different life after the mysterious disappearance of her mother and death of her father.[4] Then a spaceship flies overhead and abducts her cows from a field. Ruth has to get on the wing of the ship as it flies away, and figures out how to get inside to rescue her friends the cows.[5] Later gameplay involves an intergalactic feud involving an oppressive monarch, and other characters such as an oracle, and space cows.[6][7]
Gameplay
The game is a point-and-click adventure game.”[3] Players start by exploring the farm and surrounding area, encountering various challenges and puzzles.[4] The game allows both running and walking speed.[7][8] Early tasks include milking cows, patching the roof, making cheese, and also rescuing a lost cow.[4] Puzzle solving is used to get through obstacles, not leveling up, and the skills learned in the first day are useful later on in the game.[9] In between gameplay, there are also animated video clips to move the story along.[4] On day two, the game becomes a science fiction venture concerning alien situations.[4] When a spaceship abducts Ruth’s cows, Ruth has to get on the wing of the ship as it flies away and figure out how to get inside.[5]
