WolverineSoft Studio Presents:

Soul of the Forest

Step into the shoes of the exiled Druid. Outcast from society and beaten by the king's shining champion, the injured Druid wanders into the forest. Discovering the magical nature of the woods and its impending doom at the hands of the tyrannical king, they embark on a quest to unite the forest. Can they save the Soul of the Forest?

In Depth Combat System

Execute attacks, counters, dodges, and conversations in this thrilling, turn based RPG. Engage in a unique battle system inspired by Undertale and Franken as you navigate encounters. Defeat enemies in a game of combat, wits, or evasion - the choice is yours.

Wide Cast of Characters 

The forest is filled with life of all kinds. Engage in unique conversations with soldiers, villagers, ants, fungi, and more. Uncover their journeys as you convince them to aid you on your quest.

About WolverineSoft Studio

Soul of the Forest was created by a 55 person multidisciplinary team over two semesters at the University of Michigan's WolverineSoft Studio, a student games studio undertaking semester-long projects. It is an educational original game inspired by Undertale, Franken, and other comtemporary RPGs. Work on this project took place between August 2023 to April 2024.

Studio Director	MQ Nguyen
Project Lead	Jacob Robinson MQ Nguyen
Art Lead	Hilary Kohtz Samuel Turner
Audio Lead	Lea Detlefs
Design Lead	Jacob Robinson
Programming Lead	Allie Lavacek
Narrative Lead	Bel Fleszar Luke Lencioni Peter Yoo
QA Lead	Leo LoPorto
Tech Audio Lead	Laine Fleszar
Audio	Adrian Gayosso Jon Bell Laine Fleszar Lea Detlefs Ronald Jamieson Willie Cornish Will Kelley Scarlett Jiang Emily Sulkey
Art	Akari Fu Andie Ziemkowski Anna Jain Bella Spagnuolo Hannah Kim Hilary Kohtz Jordan Barden Lidya Sanchez Lucy Sun Michaela Wu Nadav Havilio Nicholas Way Samuel Turner Sophia Cao
Creative Producers	Anhua Wu Helena Grobel Jacob Robinson Nicholas Way Rahul Unniyampath
Design	Andrew Zhou Anhua Wu Gavin McGinness Glen Warren Jacob Draxsler Jacob Robinson
Narrative	Adam Miros Aman Khandaker Ashton Charron Bel Fleszar Luke Lencioni Peter Yoo Shannon Kilbride
Production	Athena Nguyen Claire Chen Connor Chen  Kenny Fuher Lyana Cremnitz MQ Nguyen Zehan Ge
Programming	Allie Lavacek Beining Zhou Chloe Bentley Heyi Xu  Jamie Park  John Keane Jose Franco Justin Lo  Justin Segawa Kumaran Nathan  Leo LoPorto Pedro Fonseca Ravi Bhatt Samuel Bohnett Teo Miklethun  Yanmei Wang Zihao Wang
Voice Acting	Druid: Russ Turner King, Mob, Guards: Jacob Robinson Hero: Dorillion Payne Child: Leo LoPorto Jester: Amanath Khandaker Mob: Nikhil Ghosh
Advisors	Austin Yarger Cameron Brown Crystal Lee Jerry Berlongieri Matt Rader Musa Haydar Natalie Fang Nico Williams Rachel Liu Will Shen

Sponsors

The following organizations are supporting the next generation of world class game developers. Without their support, WolverineSoft Studio would not have seen the success that it sees today.

UofM College of Engineering

The engineering school at the University of Michigan.

Read More: https://www.engin.umich.edu/

Arbor Interactive

Your Modern Media Team. Hire out your next game, website, or interactive digital experience. We deliver on fast schedules and efficient budgets.

Read More: https://arborinteractive.com/

The University of Michigan’s ArtsEngine

ArtsEngine’s mission is to inspire, foster, and strengthen intellectual collisions and durable collaborative practices driven by the arts, design, engineering, and technology to fully maximize the potential of students and faculty on North Campus.

Read More: https://artsengine.engin.umich.edu

Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan's mission is to integrate the visual, performing, and literary arts into the undergraduate experience at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus.

Read More: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/

If you like what you played and you want to donate a dollar or two to our studio, feel free to do so here: https://giving.umich.edu/basket/fund/939333

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