Whateverland

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Caligari Games
Release Date: Sept. 15, 2022

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'Whateverland' Gets PC Release Date, Comes to Nintendo Switch And Xbox Later This Year - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Aug. 11, 2022 @ 11:05 a.m. PDT

Whateverland is a hand-painted point and click adventure with a branching dialogue system, non-linear gameplay, various endings and unique in-game turn-based strategy sports simulator.

Whateverland, a world where morally grey souls are banished and transformed in a darkly comical way into forms befitting their souls’ selfish desires, ends up being the perfect place for professional thief Vincent. Stranded in this weird place, Vincent must seek an escape out of a makeshift society full of people no one would ever (willingly) get a drink with alongside a newfound–and not-so-helpful–sidekick Nick.

Discover new puzzles, storylines, and endings with nonlinear progression. Branching narratives and a morality system stretch beyond the bounds of good and evil with lots of grey to play with. Vincent’s skills as a thief can help get what he needs or wants, but at a potentially steep price. Vincent’s choices lead him down different paths containing more than 20 mini-games, with not all of them discoverable on a single playthrough.

Lead a team of small bug-like creatures that spawned from burned books, called the Bookashes, each bearing different abilities in battle to score a goal before the other team in Bell and Bones, an easy-to-learn hexagonal grid strategy game that’s popular in the world of Whateverland.

The Whateverland experience combines a number of familiar influences, including point-and-click adventure classics and the best titles from the genre’s modern revival, with entirely hand-drawn art inspired by masters of the bizarre such as Tim Burton. Experience each storyline and mini-game with fully-voiced English language dialogue, told to the sound of an original jazz and polka inspired soundtrack performed and recorded by a sextet.


“We love the renaissance era of point and click adventures and want to bring back the feeling those games gave us to our audience,” said Eli Mikeladze, Narrative Designer, Producer, and Co-Founder, Caligari Games. “We’re glad we got such great support from fans of The Great Perhaps and with our Kickstarter and can’t wait to welcome them to the weird world of Whateverland.”

A playable Whateverland: Prologue is available now on Steam.

Key Features

  • A not so classic point-n-click.
  • You can steal stuff. Or not – it’s your call.
  • Your actions define the ending and what people think of you.
  • The most annoying sidekick in the universe. (We still love you, Nick)
  • You can talk to people. Not sure they’re gonna talk to you though.
  • Turn-based strategy sport simulator included in the game. With magic.
  • Loads of mini-games. At least 2.
  • Music recorded with a real sextet. How sexy is that?
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art style.

Whateverland is coming to PC (Steam / GOG / Itch.io), on September 15, 2022, followed by Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One versions later in 2022.



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