Wik and the Fable of Souls

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Wik and the Fable of Souls
Screenshot from Wik and the Fable of Souls
Developer(s)Reflexive Entertainment
Publisher(s)Reflexive Entertainment
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
ReleaseSeptember 14, 2004 (Microsoft Windows)
December 14, 2005 (Xbox 360)
Genre(s)Platform game
Mode(s)Single player

Wik and the Fable of Souls is a game developed by Reflexive Entertainment. The main character, Wik, who is a frog-man like character, uses a combination of jumping and his long, grapple-like tongue to navigate the world. Accompanying Wik on his journey is a mule-like creature named Slotham. On each level the player must capture a set number of grubs and deliver them to Slotham, but getting the grubs to Slotham becomes more and more challenging through each "chapter". There are various bugs that try to steal the grubs or directly harm Wik, and on some levels Wik cannot fall off of the platforms into the abyss. On both the PC and the Xbox 360, each level includes three gems; (A Ruby, an Emerald, and a Diamond) capturing all of these throughout the course of the game is required in order to achieve the best ending.

The game is divided into 14 level sets of 5 levels each (or, on the Xbox 360 version, over 120 levels total). The game also features a challenge mode which involves practicing acrobatics and other tricks used during normal game play.

Wik and the Fable of Souls won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize in the downloadable games section at the 2005 Independent Games Festival, and also makes an appearance as one of the Xbox Live Arcade games on the Xbox 360.

Screenshots

File:Wik Screenshot Mushroom.jpg
Gameplay from Wik and the Fable of Souls for Windows
File:Wik xbox360 screen.jpg
The Xbox 360 version supports widescreen resolutions